LAND TAXATION.
The Melbourne “Age,” discussing the question of the land tax, says : One would imagine that this was the first time in the history of the world that a land-tax had ever been imposed, and that the projectors of the impost were groping completely in the dark, whereas such a system of taxation is as old as civilisation, and is as general as “the casing air.” Great Britain raises from houses and lands, £2,728,922; France, £7,000,000; Aus-tria-Hungary, £10,000,000; Belgium, £840,000; Greece, £340,000; Italy, £7,200,000; the Netherlands,£l,ooo,ooo; Prussia, £5,800,000; Russia,£l4,ooo,ooo; and Sweden and Norway, £170,000; while in many instances the lands and houses taxed are subject to additional imposts levied upon them by local governments, corresponding, in some degree, with our shire councils and muncipalities.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2552, 26 May 1881, Page 2
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125LAND TAXATION. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2552, 26 May 1881, Page 2
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