With the exception of the small amount now derived from the casual and territorial funds, the public revenue of Lower Canada is derived from duties imposed, partly by imperial and partly by provincial statutes. These duties are, in great proportion, levied upon articles imported into the Colony from Great Britain and foreign countries; they are collected at the principal ports by officers of the Imperial Customs.
At the time of the writing of the report the total revenue collected was about £100 000.
My how things have changed since those old pre-income tax and pre-welfare state days.
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