UEW TAX COMMISSIONER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12931, 13 December 1912, Page 2

UEW TAX COMMISSIONER.

(BpeoiW.itOiiHerftl<l_.) nc, Wellington, tins day

The new ' Commissioner *of Lands and Income TaS; John M. King;, is an Aucklander by birth. It is &) years since that event, and he has lived in Wellington since boyhood. His Civil Service career will give heart to those who say the public service offered but slow reward. Mr King has been in the State employ since May, 1879. , Always in the same Department, until October of last year he had never passed out of 'the ordinary rknk of clerk. Then in quick succession Tie became ' chief clerk, afterwards Deputy -Commissioner," and now is at the' top of" the departmental tree, with many years of a*ctivity apparently aliead. Mr King* joined the Department .wben i^s work, cpnsisted of the collection of the' bid TancCTax, lenown as Grey's tax. It, was -Jeylied, on u^ the same [principle as , the present7taxT. I<i gave, way "to the property , tax c^f evil repute, and in, 1893 the land arid income tax as we know, it came "into operation. Income tax collections, in ,189£ anjjDuniexi to £105,000, but Mr King, w}iose special work :in the D«P.art™ent7ftas. had, ;i tp ,<kj with this branch'; ha? seen tlie receipts grow to £448,000, while the two taxes return a revenue of £1,095,0067 ;. ;>; , t]