Document: Order respecting the farming of the excise

For reasons moving the director general and councilors thereto, it is resolved, on the last day of this month when the tappers’ excise will be farmed out, to farm out the wine excise separately from the beer excise in hopes that it will then bring in more revenue. And it is resolved to farm out the beer excise for 16 months and the wine excise for 17 months. Dated as above.

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