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bidder for the purpose of collecting the salt formed in them 
during the summer season ; as also some trifling rents of places 
for grazing cattle at certain seasons of the jear^ taken by the 
month. 
2. The duties levied on grain, wine, and brandy at the bar- 
rier are as folio vvs : 
Rd. sk. St. s. ef. 
For 10 muids of wheat 2 6 4 or 11 4 
— 10 muids of barley 12 4 5 4 
— 10 muids of peas 4 0 0 l6 0 
— 10 muids of beans 5 0 0 20 0 
On wine and brandy the duty is exactly the same, 
being 3 rixdollars for every legger, let the price or quality 
be what they may. This duty amounts to about 5 per 
cent, on common wine, and not to | per cent, on Con- 
stantia. 
3. The transfer duty on the sale of immoveable estates is 4 
per cent, on the purchase money, which must be paid to the 
receiver of the'land revenues before a legal deed of convey- 
ance can be passed, or, at least, before a sufficient title can 
be given to the estate. 
4. The duty arising from the sale of buildings, plantations, 
and other conveniencies on loan-lands, is 2| per cent, on the 
purchase monej'-, and must be paid in the same manner as the 
last, on the property being transferred from the seller to the 
purchaser. 
