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public vendue duty, the transfer duty on sale of immoveable 
estates, and the duty arising from the sales of buildings on 
loan-lands, are branches of the revenue mostly of this de- 
scription. 
The revenues of the colony are derived from the following 
sources, comprized under thirteen heads : 
"Rents of Loan farms. 
Gratuity lands. 
< Quit rents. 
Places taken by the month. 
Land revenue, 
consisting in 
L Salt pans. 
2. Duties on grain, wine, and spirits, levied at the barrier. 
3. Transfer duty on sale of immoveable estates. 
4. Duty arising from the sale of buildings on loan farms. 
5. Public vendue duty. 
6. Fees received in the Secretary's office. 
7. Customs. 
8. Port fees. 
9. Postage of letters. 
10. Seizures, fines, and penalties. 
11. Licences to retail wine, beer, and spirituous liquors. 
12. Interest of the capital lent out through the loan bank, 
13. Duty arising from stamped paper. 
1. The revenue arising from the soil has been sufficiently ex- 
plained in describing the tenures of land ; but, in addition to 
the articles therein explained, may be mentioned the rents of 
some salt water lakes in the Cape district let out to the highest 
