INCREASE OF TAXATION
A STRIKING COMPARISON The following table shows the yield of taxation under the various headings last financial year, compared with that for 1935-36---
1936-37. 1935-36. Increase. £ £ £ Customs 9.499.000 8.161.000 1.338.000 Beer duty 842,000 715.000 127,000 Sales tax ; 3,045.000 2,403.000 582,000 Highways 2,503,000 2,124,000 379,000 Stamp and death duties 3,163,000 2,842,000 321,000 Land tax : 1,048,000 459,000 589,000 Income tax 6,019,000 4,581,000 2,038,000 Other . 222,000 211,000 11,000 26.941,000 21,556,000 5,385.000 The gross amount of taxation collooted annually in the past six years is shown in the following table:— UnemployOrdinary. mcnt. Total. £ £ 1031-32 16,189,000 1.217,000 17.406,000 1032-33 15,004,000 4.100,000 19,704.000 1033-34 17,058,000 4,413.000 21,471,000 1034-35 20,176,000 4.562,000 24,738.000 1035-36 21.556.000 3,922,000 25.478,000 1036-37 20,941,000 ' ‘3,922,000 ’ ‘30.063,000 * Estimated,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 10
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