FIJIAN AFFAIRS.
THE GOVERNMENT ’S POLICY.
SUVA, May 7.
The Legislative Council of Fiji is now sitting. There are many new fiscal bills; trading licenses are to be doubled, stamp duties increased, the export tax on copra increased by ten shillings per ton, ditfo on sugar. An Income Tax Bill has been introduced. The minimum income 1? £IOOO, and the tax is 5 per cent, -grlxlduated to 3/6 in -the £1; insurance companies 5 ‘per cent on premium ' receipts; shipping companies dit-fo on ol“ltWail‘d freights and passages, A
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3481, 8 May 1920, Page 5
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88FIJIAN AFFAIRS. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3481, 8 May 1920, Page 5
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