, 1865-10-24

Tax Commission for St. Croix will meet on the
aforementioned days, to receive information in
writing relating to the taxes for the present
year.
For the Town Of ChristTansted
at the Royal Treasury's Office at 10 o'clock,
forenoon, viz:
Wednesday the 11th October, for the inhabit-
ants of Kings, Company, Queens, Strand, North
and West Streets, also Western Suburbs.
Thursday the 18th October, for the inhabit-
ants of Smith, West and UIke lanes, Watergut,
Market and Princes Streets, Kings and Queens
Gross Streets, Church, Hospital and Green
Streets and Eastern Suburbs.
Friday the 18th October, for the inhabitants
of Hill, East, Lagoon, little Hospital, New and
Fisher Streets.
For the Country
at II O'Clock forenoon, viz
Tuesday the 18th October, for the inhabitants
in both East End Quarters, at the Stock Estate
Sallys Fancy.
Wednesday the 18th October. for the inhabit-
ants in Companys Quarter at the Estate Work
and Rest.
Thursday the 10th October, for the inhabit-
ants in Queens, Kings and Northside Quarter
Letr. B, at the Courthouse at Kingshill.
Tuesday the gath October, for the inhabitants
in Princes Quarter, at the Estate Grove Place.
Thursday the 26th October, for the inhabit-
ants in Westend Quarter and Northside Quar-
ter Letter A. at the Courthouse in FredeTik-
sted.
For the Town of Frcderilkstcd
same day for the inhabitants of Strand, Kings
and Queens Streets.
Friday the 27th October, for the inhabitants
of Princes, Hospitals and New Streets, Kings
Gross Street, Market, Hill and lagoon Streets,
all at the said Courthouse.
Besides those calculations, which are re-
CURED for the calculation Of Taxes and which
every owner or lessee of houses in and out Of
town, or Of estates, is bound to give to the COM
mission, the Government considers it requisite
at the same time to be informed of the number
of labourers on the estates or Of other persons
residing there, as also of the quantity of stock
on the estates &c, for which purpose the blanks
for the tax lists are furnished with columns to
contain such Information.
Owners Of Estates are to specify in writing
the exact number Of ACT s in Sugar cultivation,
in Cotton cultivation, in other cultivation and
in pasture.
If any portion Of the land is considered to be
useless, and yields no revenue to the owner, the
number of acres of such portion must be stated
in the tax list, and a certificate on oath, issued
by the proprietor and two b~urghers residing in
the quarter and furthermore attested by the
quarter officer, delivered to the commission
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to what extent exemption from taxes can he
granted.
Owners of houses that have been unoccupied
for six months and upwards claiming reduction
in the taxes, are to give satisfactory proof of
the house having been vacant during the period
stated.
Persons neglecting to procure the informa-
ton and proof prescribed by the regulations in
the above shape, time and place, must ascribe
to their own neglect all losses resulting there
from.
Blanks for tax lists will be distributed some
days previous to the meeting of the Tax Com
mission, and are required to be accurately filled
out by the concerned, and delivered to the
Commission on the day, which is fixed on for
each street in the towns, and for each Quarter
in the Country.
Tax Commission for st. Croix, the 1st Octo-
Der 1866.
Carl Hattensen. G. R. Magens. j. Helm,