TAXES ON BACHELORS AND BRIDES.
: The Bulgarian bachelor, who has to pay I an. annual tax of Bs. 4d. a year,, lias less caiiso to grumble than many a British celibate a couple of ccnturics ago. During the eleven years from 1695 to 170 C the man over wlio'shirked'matrimony, was c.illed-'on-to pay an annual sliil,ling; witha-'furthet siimV'i'nligirig 'iiccird'-; -.ing to rank,- .from .ss. for. a' gentleman to' -iE32,105. for a Duke—n tax which yielded ;t'vthe revenue about .£looo.a week. In these' "good old times"-the .Briton had to pay a- tax when he took n'wife, and another tax. every .time lie qualified-as a '-.father.<;Tlius,. a.Duke.'s nuptials .cost him v£s -i-5.; his heir, ,£3O 2s.j,and for , cacli to' his.-fninily-hi? joy ''(hfe-discoiintod'by a payment of ,£25 2s. The . Benedick whose income was less than ,£'ofl ..i'/.year had .to pay 25.. Gd. 'foi" his bride, ,'aiid 2s. every time he-became a father.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 5
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