Mr. Middleton, examined by Mr. Bryan, stated that the Council began to collect taxes on "fan-tan" lend about 1869 according te the records, but owing to the difficulty encountered in ascertaining owners of the land and the areas concerned, very little of the tex was actually collected and the matter was then left in abeyance. In 1937, collection of land tax on "fan-tan," he said, was resumed by the Council. Collection of tex on "fan-tan" land. he continued, was left at a standstill from 1882 to 1937 with the exception of certain payments of land tax on agricultural land which wes surrendered to the Council.
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