THE PROPERTY TAX.
A Wellington correspondent referring to the amount of Property Tax paid ( into the Treasury observes : - Several pri\ atb ! individuals ho wever have' paid jn amounts of four figures etich so there are some very respectable" fortune owners m New ! ; j Zealand. Among the contributors are -several .English peeysand peeresses, .including '^Diike'of Mahchester, the EaVl and ; Countess of toedbigh. Lord Lyttelton and others ; 'bdt I' understand,. that ?l seveVkl'ingehioits but abortiveifttismptß" have been made'by-feomc of the' Veal th^ property owners to shuffle partly out of 1 their liabilities. These gentry will,' however, find; themselves caught up short rather' unexpectedly for being suspected. :i -As a 'result of their last year 'tricks they have been carefully watched, and will be duly brought to book atja-ff' '.'eai-'ly date. They will be sued for all" '•penulitics, which will be pressed for, aud which will amount to a very coii'(siderable .sum. \Porbaps Chis wjsl bea :! lesson ; for next yeai> ..'/-..,>
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 34, 9 January 1884, Page 3
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157THE PROPERTY TAX. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 34, 9 January 1884, Page 3
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