Land Tax.
TO THE EDITOB. ' l Sib,—l do not pretend to be clever enough to debate with "Manaroa " on the land-tax v. property-tax question ; but what I see of Sir George Grey, Mr Ballance, and others, it is to try and make the tax more equal. For instance, as the tax is now about onethird of it. is collected through the Customs, bo it falls heaviest on the working man. " Manaroa " gays that some qf the farms are so" heavily mortgaged that a land-tax would cause a collapse; so much the better. If we had more bona fide owners we' would have less snivelers ; men have been too grasping after land in New Zealand, they are like the dog in the manger—they cannot work it themselves, neither will they give another the chance to work it. I think a land-tax to; last for about five years would put New Zealand in a healthy state; at least, there would be no harm in trying it. It would not hurt the small holder, because, what was put upon the Hand would be taken off the Customs tax—tea, sugar, tobacco, &c., . ; , ; I am, &c., G. H. Watson.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 52, 25 July 1890, Page 2
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223Land Tax. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 52, 25 July 1890, Page 2
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