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(b) Licenses and Fees As stated earlier, most territorial local authorities derive some revenue from licenses and fees. The following table gives a fairly clear picture of the revenue of boroughs from this and related sources :—

Table showing Licenses and Fees collected by Boroughs from 1924-25 to 1943-44

_ Perhaps the first reaction from a study of the foregoing table is the number of small and relatively unimportant licenses and fees which are collected. From a revenue point of view it is probable that the amount raised could be more efficiently collected by an addition to the rates, but in many cases the actual tees paid are of less importance than the control over activities of a potentially harmful character. .Regulation rather than revenue is an important factor in many of the licenses.

* Includes fees from motor-drivers and vehicles and drivers (other'than motor). f Shown in " Other."

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