Taxation.
TO THE EDITOK. ' Sib,—When Sir Harry Atkinson/ took office he said, we cannot give £ for & subsidies to Eoad Boards without putting on fresh taxation, so he accordingly put' a tax on sugar and tea. Now I see that the Customs tax is £1,480,000,. and 'the property tax is £355,000. I' think if you take the value of all the' property in New Zealand- there will be very little for the land to pay. Then, if this is the ; case, how can we console ourselves at the action of the 'in giving £'for £ to large land-holders to fence their, land off into paddocks, justbecause some of the big nobs brought rabbits here for sport, and then carelessly let them increase. Don't you .'. ".think that instead'of always making, a rise out of the; Customs, which falls [heaviest upon the poor man, it would be better, to have a land tax to: take its share of th6se/taxes? There is no. doubt .the rabbits have been a blessing to the wprlang classes of New Zealand" , and the cause of making some of tha . absentees spend ; a part of their income.—l am, &c, G. H. Watson.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 78, 21 October 1890, Page 2
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