THE Marlborough Express.
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1868.
“ GiVR mo the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, aboro all other liberties.” —Milton.
By the Public Revenues Act, the Provinces now take one-half of the Consolidated Revenue. It is therefore evident that the heavier the disbursements of the General Government, the larger is the Provincial share ! For instance, the Interest on the Colonial Loans and the Panama Subsidy, &c., requires about £350,000. To meet this without Loans, would require the Government to raise double the amount, or £700,000 by Taxation! Even the miserable Postal receipts are called Revenue, and divided. The cost of the Postal Services exceeds £200,000 ayear ; the receipts are under £50,000, yet, instead of being set against the cost, as they would be in any other country, they are divided, and half is given to the Provinces. Thus the Provinces get half the cost, and half the receipts besides ! Is it any wonder that Taxation is stretched to its utmost limit 1
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Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 121, 13 June 1868, Page 3
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