National taxation in Britain works out at £l4 10s 6d a head for the current finances. Mr L. Hore-Belisha, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, gave this figure in a written parliamentary answer. The taxation per head in the United States was given as 18.47 dollars (£3 12s 5d at 5.10 dollars to the pound); in France as, 1105.81 franca (£l3 3s 3d at 84 francs to the pound); and in Germany as 105.99 reichsmarks (£7 14s 9d at 13.70 reichsmarks to the pound).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22203, 5 March 1934, Page 11
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