GIBRALTAR.
A DESIRABLE DOMICILE. Gibraltar seems to fulfill all the conditions of a "desirable residence" for war-worn people (comments a writer in the London Daily Chronicle). There are no taxes, except on alcoholic liquors and tobacco, and the revenue mainly derived from Customs and port dues, shows a handsome balance on the right side. The colony has no public debt, and the prosperity of its inhabitants is shown by the savings bank deposits, which doubled in a year, and at the end of 1918 gave an average of <:4B for each depositor. At present the British civil population numbers about 16,000. There is room for a few more on "the Rock," because the Census of 1911 enumerated nearly 17,000 besides Maltese and aliens, who have also I diminished since then.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 578, 26 October 1920, Page 1
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