OPOSSUM SKINS
SOURCE OF STATE REVENUE.
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE, September 15.
Mr W. N. Gillies (Secretary for Agriculture and Stock) stated that the yearly income from the sale of opossum' skins from 1917 to 1923 amounted to £300,000. It was proposed to charge a royalty of Id per skin. TTie Minister added that this source of wealth was practically equal to the gold yield.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19278, 16 September 1924, Page 7
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66OPOSSUM SKINS Otago Daily Times, Issue 19278, 16 September 1924, Page 7
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