Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Seymour, Frederick to Grenville, Richard 9 September 1867, CO 60:29, no. 10816, 75.
Abstract
Despatch to London.
Minutes (4), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Seymour forwards
No 23. An Ordinance to repeal the real estate Tax Acts of Vancouver Island,discusses why ordinance 23 was created, and forwards the corresponding
Attorney General's report.Holland's minute summarizes ordinance 23 and advises sanctioning the ordinance. Minutes by Rogers and Buckingham discuss the impact in delaying changing the customs rules for Vancouver Island after the union of the two colonies.
No. 106
Victoria
9th September 1867
My Lord Duke,
I have the honor to forward an authenticated and two plain
copies of an Ordinance of the late Session of the Legislature
of this Colony,entitled
entitled;
No 23. An Ordinance to repeal the real
estate Tax Acts of Vancouver Island.
entitled;
No 23. An Ordinance to repeal the real
estate Tax Acts of Vancouver Island.
2. On the proclamation of the Act of Parliament 29 & 30 of
Victoria, Chapter 67, the Customs Tariff of British Columbia
became extended over Vancouver Island. It became therefore a
matter of simple justice that the direct taxes by which the
late Government of the Colony had beensupported
supported should cease.
Hence this measure.
supported should cease.
Hence this measure.
3. The Attorney General's report is enclosed.
Minutes by CO staff
Yes. But the V.C.I. people will get off very well, for it
appears that, altho' really liable to Customs duty from the date
of the Union, the previous importations were such as
practically to give them at least a year's consumption of
goods on wh no duty had been paid.
FR
6/11
The equitable thing would have been that the Act repealed shd
have remained in force until the customs duties were really coming
in—and further this act shd not have been repealed as regards
the public condition until an equivalent amount was recovered but
it is too late to deal with the matter I presume.
B&C
6/11
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
H.P.P. Crease, Attorney General, to Seymour, 6 July 1867,
reporting on the ordinance as per despatch.
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Buckingham to Seymour, No. 78, 8 November 1867 conveying “Her Majesty's gracious confirmation and allowance of” a number of ordinances,
one of which is ordinance 23.