QUEENSLAND FINANCE.
STATE TAXATION RECEIPTS. INCREASE PER HEAD SHOWN. A. and N.Z. BRISBANE. Oct. 13. The report of tho Queensland AuditorGeneral shows that receipts from State taxation in the year 1925-26 equalled £4 15s 4d per head of the population, compared with £2 2s 9d per head 10 years ago. Tho interest on the public debt in tho same period increased from £4 4s 7d per head to £5 6s 4d per head. In the Legislative Assembly tho Government introduced a bill to increase cheque duty by 100 per cent, to 2d. It is anticipated that this increase will yield £50,000 a year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19458, 14 October 1926, Page 11
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