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| Monopoly on killing hogs and selling pork | | Date Created: Jan 30, 2005, 12:54 AM |
1825 Regulation IX
A REGULATION for vesting in one Person the exclusive privilege of killing Hogs and selling Pork.
Whereas on the representation of the principal Chinese Merchants and Settlers on this Island, it has been deemed expedient to establish an hospital and Poor House for the relief of the sick and distressed of that nation; and Whereas it is just and reasonable that the expenses of maintaining that Institution should be supported by a tax, bearing principally on the description of persons to whose benefit that Institution is directed, and it being well-known that the flesh of Hogs is principally consumed by the Chinese inhabitants; the Honorable the Governor in Council has re-enacted this regulation passed on the 20th March 1806, and approved by the Court of Directors and sanctioned by the board of Commissioners for India Affairs, for vesting in one person the exclusive privilege under certain limitations of killing Hogs and selling Pork, and for disposing annually of the said privilege to the highest bidder; re-enacted 1st January 1825.
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