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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13802, 30 September 1915, Page 8

mmw MWm^mw Mwmr mmt m hi*ii#wb ■■■^■■■■■■ipHaMHHaariMHHaiaaßHaßaHai i LANP^ FOR SOLDIERS^ THE' BiptoAL COMMISSION; (From our Parliamentary Reporter.-) ;;. wiraLLINGTONv this day. The' attention' of the 'Government was called last night by Mr Okey to the announcement of Mr- Bonar Law, Secretary of State for. the Colonies, that as the* result, of the '.promises of the Goverinnents of the.. Dominions to cooperate . ih: settling soldiers on the land,' he has appointed .Sir Ridei* Ilaggard to H«, chairman ,6f a small Copimis9ion to .'■ : . j..' <i . the Doihinions and draw up ; a" scheme. ,.' The Prime ' Minister replied that - Sir Ridd-i"' Haggard, had!; already visited ,ife.w Zealand, atufiie knew' him as, an /exceedingly practical man. Whe: theH'Tie came here to teach or to learn, the, Government ' would be very glad to give liim every facility."' Presumably Sir- Rider Haggard was looking into matters with a view to ascertaining if there were!, an.\\ blockjs of land in New Zealand OW" wluolv " Imperial,' soldiers .could be seated' ,1 ;,'„ ' THE WCOME^TAX. u VVHEK Ei IT COMES FROM. SOME INTEa^iESTING. FIGURES. (Prom Our' Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON,,. this day. A return was presented to the House last evening, on thei motion of Mr Witty, showing- the " number . pf taxpayers, who pay income tax to be 13,967. Of these 10,101 pay income tax on amounts tin- . der £700, 715 on amounts between £700 anc} £800, 535 between £.800 and £90Q, 373 "between £900 and £1000, 704 be.tween £1000. and £1500, 573 ,' between £1500 and £2000.' 463 between £2000 and £3000, '' 147 between £3000 a nd £4000, 80' between £4000 and £5000, 88 between £5000 and £7000, 52 between £7000 and£lo ( oQQ, and 137 wl}o pay tax . on amounts over £10,000, -Again;, of the 13,967 Income taxpayersj -363 of them pay less than 6s, while only 1406 pay over £50 a- year. „A. further . return shows that 4033 of .these taxpayers are salaried persons, 5368 are; traders, manufacturers, etc., 1590 are companies. 1705. 'are. professional persons, and , 1271 are put down under the heading of '•various." The net incomes of the 13,967 ; taxpayers last _year ahioumted in. the aggre-. gale to £138^502^ 6s ,ld,, and the total tax assessed ' for the Year was £538,845 10s Id. ■...'■-■ „" „.' ■■. •..."■ ,-■""; ■ • ;"-■'■ ,'. .i.^-Aj^oea^ijEi'Ji.'Jg . ..' v "|?or In.fluenaa, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cut*- Neyer fails,. ''M 6-4 *"d. 2s. 6c|.* I