8.—19b.

1913. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND AND MORTGAGE TAXES (PAYERS OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the Bth August, 1913. Ordered, "That there be laid before this House a return for the year 1913, similar to 8.-190, 1910, relative to land and mortgage taxes."—(Mr. Ell.)

Rbtuen. (1.) The number of payers of land-tax alone ... ... ... 20,540 (2.) The number of payers of mortgage-tax alone ... ... 9,257 (3.) The number of payers of land and mortgage tax combined ... 7,565

The above figures represent taxpayers for financial year 1912-13. J. M. King, Commissioner of Taxes Land and Income Tax Department, Wellington, 11th-December, 1913. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; priuting (1,400 copies), £1 10s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l3. Price M.]

Tax. Laud. Laud. Mortgage. Laud and Mortgage. l £ s. d. Jnder „ 0 2 6 and under 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 10 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 0 U 0 0 12 0 0 13 0 0 14 0 0 15 0 0 16 0 0 17 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 35 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 90 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 : 200 0 0 : 250 0 0 ; 300 0 0 ; 350 0 0 400 0 0 450 0 0 ;500 and over £ B. . 0 2 0 5 0 10 0 15 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 10 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 0 17 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 40 0 45 0 50 0 60 0 70 0 80 0 90 0 100 0 150 0 200 0 250 0 300 0 350 0 400 0 450 0 500 0 d. 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 346 731 1,489 1,067 1,151 3,538 2,268 1,610 955 726 658 572 422 387 367 368 306 286 229 184 200 154 153 129 427 308 218 168 125 129 169 122 78 57 43 154 71 47 30 26 14 13 7 38 1 331 692 467 565 1,758 1,107 634 441 429 290 232 207 192 154 110 133 108 101 129 76 58 62 58 181 159 92 63 42 49 54 34 31 15 17 36 26 7 4 4 3 ■ 2 24 25 74 123 366 405 34b 255 257 279 290 309 333 309 273 252 204 191 155 143 138 116 129 478 338 246 185 133 118 172 113 100 68 68 169 95 54 33 20 20 17 7 95 Totals 20,540 9,257 7,565