STRIKING FIGURES.
Statistical generalities of a very ntcresting character a:e provided in he last advance-sheet of the New Zealand Year Book. In its pago> flic man in the street may learn how much he pays in taxes annually, what he average man is worth, and to ivhai extent his credit has been plcdg- ' '1 by the State. The sum of ,£4 3/5 s paid annually in taxation by each individual in the colony, including Maoris, this sum being made up by iv °/9 Customs and excise duties—iome pay more than other*—o/4 land ax. 5'S income tax, and <S/S stamp Juties. Local taxation woiks out at j Ci 4 per head of the European pojji.l.ition. Tlu pub'ic d'bt amounts 0 5 4 per head of the population, hough the amount of sinking fund accrued would reduce thi« by £2 i.X, per head. Against there j s an isset of in our public propejiv, whiie if the estimated private vvealth of New' Zealand was divided it would give everybody £203 and a icw pence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81858, 5 October 1906, Page 2
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172STRIKING FIGURES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81858, 5 October 1906, Page 2
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