, 1880-12-08

meet on the aforementioned days, to receive
information in writing relating to the taxes fox
the present year.
For the town of Christiansted
at the Royal Treasurer7s Office at 10 O'Clock
forenoon viz:
Friday the 10th December, for the inhabi-
tants of Kings, Company, Queens, Strand,
North, and West Streets, also Western sub.
urbs.
Saturday 18th December for the inhabi-
tants of Smith, West and Ulke lane, Watergut,
Market and Princes Streets, Kings and
Queens Cross Streets, Church, Hospital, and
Green Streets and Eastern su blrbs.
Monday The 18th December, for the inh@h-
tants of Hill, East, Lagoon, Little Hospitals,
New, and Fisher Streets.
For the Country
every forenoon viz:
Tuesday the 14jh December for the inhabi-
tants 10 both East End Quarters, at the Stock
Estst Sally's Fancy.
Wednesday the 10Th December for the in.
habitants in Company's Quarter at the Estate
Work and Rest.
Thursday the 10th December for the inhabi-
tants in Queens and Northside Quarter Ltr.
b. at the Courthouse at Kingsh.1.
Friday the 18th DeceAber for the inhabi.
tants in Princes Quarter and Northside Quar-.
. az Ii 3Sbab " Il l0CCs
Tuesday the 2lst December, for the inhabl.
tauts in West End Quarter and Northsids
Quarter letter A at the Police office in Frede-
rlkSted.
For the Town. of Frederiksted
same day for the Inhabitants Of Strand, Kings
and Queens Streets.
"Wednesday 22nd December, for the inhal | ants
of Princes, Hospitals, and New Streets, Kings
Cross Street, Market, Hill, and Lagoon Streets
all at the said Police Office at IL O'Clock.
Besides those calculations which are required
for the calculation of Taxes and which every
owner or lessee of houses in and out of town
or estates, is bound TO give to the commission,
the Government considers it requisite at the
same time to be informed of the nnmher 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 furnis he'd with
columns to contain such information.
Owners of estates are to specify in writing
the exact number of acres in Sugar cultivation,
in other cultivation, and iu pasture.
If any portion of the land is considered to
be useless, aud yields no revenue to the owner,
the number of acres of such portion must ba
stated in the tax list, and a certificate on oath
issued by the proprietor and two b~urghers resi-
dug in the quarter, aud furthermore attested
by the quarter officer, delivered to the COM
mission, when it will be taken into considers.
ton if and to what extent exemption from
taxes can be grained.
Owners of houses that have been
unoccupied for six months and up
wards claiming deduction in the tax
es, are to give satisfactory proof Of
the house having been vacant during
the period stated.
Persons ~negIecting to procure the
information and proof prescribed by
the regulations in the above shape,
time and plaoo, must ascribe to their
w neglect a losses resulting there
from.
Blanks for tax Isis will be distributed some
days previous to the meeting of the tax Commits.
sion, and are required to be accurately filled
out by the parties concerned, and delivered to
the Commission on The day. which is fixed on
for each street in tho town aud for each Quarter
in the country.
The Tax Commission for st. Croix the
LIST December 1880.
S. w. VAN BRAKLE.. O. KRAUSE.
j. A. HOYER.