The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 7, 1915. STAMP DEPARTMENT REVENUE

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 December 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 7, 1915. STAMP DEPARTMENT REVENUE

Statistics issued by the j{cgis(..rar-(ien-eral show that in the seven monthfe from April to October, 1915. the Stamp Department ol Sew Zealand collected £752,473 3s, b'y way of revenue. From an inspection of the items forming this total wo note that the ifsax on totalisator investments has yielded the Dominion Treasury close upon £50,000 in the seven mouths April to October inclusive. October's yield amounted to £4362 14s sd. From time .to* time '[ho Treaeiiiry receives etuns ranging from a tew shillings to £50.-.by way of conscience money. These amounts sometimes are sent to atone for careless acts; sometimes to snlve troublesome consciences'; and ir odd instances by instruction from observant people who intimate to transgressors that reparation may avoid 'itjhe neod for public exposure. But there are ' other * offenders whose consciences are untroubled, and of these i\, few have been brought to book during- the eight months under review. There have been more recoveries (during this seven months) of stamp dues that were evaded than there were In the whole twelve niontlis immediately preceding. A (total of £1093 15s lid was collected in the period by -jyny of fines and penalties; whereas in the months from April to October a sum ot £1,378,Cβ 7d was extractor! by process of mulct. Part of ttiis would come from court fines of £5 levied when unstamped/ agreements were submitted by way of proof in; civil actions. Death duties for the seven momflis total £313, 727. from duty on legal iifstrumente £170.008 was raised, and £103,651 came from the sale of adhesive stamps. The death duty tax of £318,727 was levied on 2,371 estates; their value being £7,535,391