DEPUTATION.
morning a deputation waited, by agreemeat, upon the Colonial Secretary and the Commissioner of Customs in reference to the reduction or total abolition of the gold duty by the Province of Otago There were present Messrs Y.Pyke, Bradshaw, J. C. Brown, and Stewart, M.H.R.’s., Messrs H. Bastings, G. F. C. Brown, T. Daniel, C. A. deLatour, B. Hallenstem, T. Hazlett, G. Ireland, and H. Manders, M.P.C, s. Mr J, C. Brown, having explained that the object of the deputation was to arrive at an understanding between the two Government as to how the wishes of the Provincial Council could be legitimately carried out, Mr Pyke stated the position of the question, and handed to the Colonial Secretary a copy of an intimation from the Provincial Government to the president of the Miners’ Association, which appeared to throw the onus of the obstruction upon the Colonial Government. , Dr Pollen having read the correspondence from the Superintendent, which had been replied to by himself with the assistance of the Commissioner of Customs, which reply he also read, observed that the Colonial Government l nri the Province what should be done with its own revenues. Gold duty was land revenue, and, as such, Provincial sevenue. What the Colonial Government objected to was, he said, special legislation. The reasons why the last year’s Ordinance was disallowed were twofold: firstly, it was manifestly unjust to other Provinces ; and secondly it appeared to be an unconstitutional interference with Colonial taxation. What the Province chose to do in appropriating its own revenues did not concern the Colonial Government. # As was remarked in his letter to the Superintendent, there had been no opinion offered as to the policy of the proposed reduction of the duty. If the Province chose to appropriate the unnecessary and embody it in the ordinary appropriation, there could be. he thought, no objection. It was pointed out that this was the course pressed upon the Provincial Executive last year, but a special Ordinance had been insisted upon under the plea that if the sum voted was embodied in the Appropriation Act that Act W( rmT “issallowed or invalidated. The Colonial Secretary stated that was a point that could he ascertained. The Colonial Government were prepared to say “ aye ” or no ’to a distinct issue put to them. At present no such issue was before them. The deputation, having thanked the members of the Government, then withdrew.
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Evening Star, Issue 3811, 12 May 1875, Page 3
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