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Cemmeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeea i ic . _ Lite InSUEraNde." _ _ ---- under our: litense %:.l t:les hi?n'e'e.: 87 MR caphnve. (~% ross premiums «wwere as follows :--Wholes ce + Tece O%e%e rf(f:ntt)'u::mts:e vflthin the Pro-- |--$150 ; licensee in a large city--meaning ny transacting 'a city over 20,000 population--$100 ; li-- ons gv?rydfnl;?:fl&noe and one-- censee in a town, $80 ; licensee in a vil-- caiF us I mer vent. qirevery other insur-- 1 $60 : 'licensee in a township, $60. half of 1 per cent, on every other *ge, > * n That scale of fees obtained until 1884, angeconpany: when they were. increased to the fol-- Loan Companies. lowing rates :--Wholesale ll'cens:;!éoszzii 3 M = ease of 35 ; large city, , & With fixed or permanent paid--up ;1':'1(::;1:;@ $y es og: fowit $10; village, capital $65 on every $100,000. 72. By the act of 1884 With terminating or-- withdrawable $80 ; township, §1i2. BYy 2. th apital between $100,000 ary! $200,000 a. the revenue was increased $114,892, the fa';' of $50, from $209,000 to $500,000 a tax number of licenses at the time of the | hC on 2x Eus oc , change being 3,151. In 1885 the Scott .--.{ $75, from $500,000 to $1,000,000 a tax of act agitation was at its height, and one $100, and $50 for each additional million. efrect of that was to withdraw a colr:- * siderable area of the Province from the 'Trast 'Conmpanies, £*) .. operation of the license law. 'That en-- One--third of 1 per cent. on paid--up tailed a loss of revenue of at least $50,-- | capital stock. 000 while that was the case. In 18%, | rale P another but smaller . increase took, | Ra:il" ay Companies. ' place in the fees, the advances being as Fifteen dollars per _ milé for every follows :--Wholesale licensee, $25 ; large mile of railway operated which re-- city, $90 ; small city, $40 ; town, $40 ; ceives Provincial subsidy. 'village, $40; township, $15. The in-- crease in revenue resulting from the:; Street Railways. | law of 1886 amounted to $48,832. So far) Every street railway opcrating in any | as the department was aware neither| pity $20 per mile for each mile of track the law of 1884 nor that of 1886 cut off| | when the mileage does not exceed 15 a single license by its operation. It lmiles in the city. $35 per mile for each must be remeinbered that the increase | mile between 15 and 25 miles, $45 for of revenue gained by these two acts | each mile betwoeen 25 and 50 miles, and went solely to the uses of the Province, $60 for each mile in excess of 50 miles. but those laws did not deprive the a municipalities of the powers they en-- Telegraphs. joyed of increasing license fees of their One--fourth of 1 per cent. upon the own accord. _A by--law. to increase the paid--up capital stock, and one--tenth of licenseé fees, which had not been sub-- 1 per cent. where the line is worked or mifted to the, people, had been..carried operated by others. in 340 odd municipalities out of seven or Companies that work or operate lines ioig:lt hundrro(c'l. butjonly in t"_& solitary'! owned by others to pay 1 per cent. upon lf:i:'::;ogtpd'g';tg'.'g;;fl l:?\"ds:n}l');:itct%':lr:gi the paid--up capital. the electors. * | Telephones. § Additional Wholesale Fees, One--sixth of 1 per cent. upon the paid--up capital. It was proposed that in a city with a e 3 population of over 150,000 the wholesale Natural Gas Companies. licensee should pay an additional li-- Where producing natural gas, $500 ; Chike fee of $200 for the uses of the where transmitting as well as produc-- Province. In cities with a ing, $2.000 additiconal ; where transmit-- population . or _ 40,000~ to _ ~150,000---- ting or transporting, $2,500. anrd there were two of them-- an increased fee of $150 would have to Express Companies. b:; l1im\id. In the seven other cities the i additional wholesale license fee to be A tax of $3,000. | paid would be $100. £ + t ) * 3 Bieeping Cars R e ' Tavern and Shop Licenses. 005 ]:;z):l"g or parlor car companies, 3},, As regarded tavern and shop licenses * these places would, in a city of 150,000 The License Bill. ;md l:xlpwt}rds, ggzman ad5dltlonal $150; | . n cities from 40, to 150,000, an ad-- Hon. Mr. Harcourt, in introducing ditional $100 ; in cities under 40,0%0 a bill dealing with liquor licenses, ex--; population, an additional $109, and three pressed his desire to deal with the ques--| saloons connected with railways would tion from & revenue standpoint only, be required to pay $150 each. The in-- and said that no doubt the House would crease wouid affect 200 licenses in To-- receive with satisfaction a succinet and ronto, which was the only city possess-- brief account of the license legislation ing over 150,000 population; 205 lisenses ; of Ontario, in so far as it was connect-- in the second--class of cities with a pop--| ed with revenue probiems and with the ("';;"?';"i:fog;':':' ('41(:%200 h';--" %10-000;)5;?! '2' 4 + se t 8 ving & = receipts of the 'Province, _ -- Originally ltl(m under 40,000. In T«;;vmto therel were six wholesale licenses and 200 tay-- ern and shop licenses. In HMamilton there were 9 licensos, and in Ottawa 110. These two cities formed the sec-- ond scale, and they possessed 11 whole-- sale licenses, In the smaller citios there ns mmmmmmmammmmmeme h444 0000440004 t e t