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CHURCH. 
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There never has been either a Clergy¬ 
man or Church at Prince op Wales 
Island. It is not necessary to dwell 
upon the many serious evils which must 
naturally result from this cause. 
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REVENUE. 
The first Revenue raised on this Island, 
was in the year 1739-90; it was, of course, 
very trifling, and arose from the Farms of 
Opium, Arrack, and Gaming, which were 
the only sources of Revenue, with the 
exception of a small Tax on Shops, to 
defray part of the expence of the Police, 
till the year 1800, when Two Additional 
Farms were created, viz. the Tobacco and 
Beetle-leaf, and Attaps Farms. In the 
year 1801-2, a Duty of Two per Cent, on 
£ 3 
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