FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
WELLINGTON, Last ni-ht. TftO Financial Statement shows a not doOi-ir n{ l' I (5,000. It, is not proposed ) to fund 1-i^t year's deficit, but to mi po^e a tax of one per cent on all imports fur two }« an, fo meet the deficit. The innv i-ed Customs taxation amounts to £l ( .)t,OOt). Fioni 20 to 25 percent is imposed on articles affecting ioialindu^(iies generally. '1 lie l'ropeity Tax is not toucliod. Twojcnce per lb on tea, nothing on sui^ar. Tiio reticnchment is siiort of the estimated quarter of a million by .£30,0 00, Jt i?. piopo^ed to abolish the Public Works department, and to anut'uate the Colonial Secretary's and Native departments.
G [JM DIGUE K'S LICENSE. WELLINGTON Last Night. The m n 10 s department decided to charge an annual license of 10s fo gunuligging outside State forests ; the charge for digging within State forests from May Ist to .Sept. 30th will also bo ten shilling. An agitation is on foot to make the license fees county revenue.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 2
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170FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 2
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