'File F/2 II Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Manamah Municipality' [‎41r] (81/464)

of bazaar property, shops, offices and go
dov/ns the tax always has oeen paid by the
tenants and it has never been suggested
that the system should be altered, I think
it would be a mistake to change the system
in the bazaars as the landlords are in
many cases members of the Ruling Family
and the result would be that they would pay
nothing.
7. In the case of houses the method
of payment is according to assessment which
was made many years ago^ and has been reduced
several times by an all round reduction per
cent. When new houses are built or added
on to, the committee assesses the tax or adds
to it.
8. ohops and offices in the bazaar pay
two annas per rupee according to the rent.
it was recently suggested that a similar system
should apply to houses which are leased in the
residential part of the town, that is outside
the bazaar area, provided that the lease amounts
to not less than Rs 300/- per annum. In case
of houses whose rent does not amount to Rs 300/-
per annum the old system of assessment will
apply* It is considered reasonable that houses
occupied by their owners should pay less than
houses which are let. 1 think that this is a
not unreasonable suggestion and I think that to
assess the tax according to the rent is a fair
way of deciding it. Yours sincerely,
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Gaptaia G.A.Cole, I.A.,