OHINEMURI SILTING COMMISSION.
t - • —, . _ ) A2f'IMPORTANT RECOMMENDA- , TION. > 'DIVIDING''THE GOLD DUTY. I (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary "Reporter.) . ) WEL.LINGTON, this day. ) The Ohinemuri Silting Commission re; , 1 port will be presented to Parliament this ' week. I understand the Commissioners > recommend the deviation of the gold < tax from its present source. Since 1902 . tbe Waihi Borough Council has drawn ' * between £120,000 and £130,000 out of . i gold revenue, and is now deriving - £25,000 per year by a gold tax of 1/G , in the pound. The Ohinemuri County , Council is also drawing £5,000 a year 3 - from the same source. It #is now pro- . posed, instead oi increasing the gold ■ jtas, to deviate a portion of this amount | to coping with the silting. difficulty. ,
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 162, 11 July 1910, Page 2
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118OHINEMURI SILTING COMMISSION. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 162, 11 July 1910, Page 2
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