THE NEW TAXES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 238, 13 November 1909, Page 2

THE NEW TAXES.

OIiJICCTIOX 'l'd PRIMAGE DUTY. TEMPORARY IMPOST OX SUCI \R .SUGGESTED.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Xi s hf. A niaeting of local merchants molested strongly against the form in which (he Government propose to eoi"■(i primage duty. The difficulty of '■pniputing the tax, together with'"elling the necessary information from the Customs Department, in addition to the ti'onl. c caused to the Customs officer, is considered altogether disproportionate to the sum to be raised. It is suggested that if more simple means of raisin* (he revenue cannot be adoptcd„prima"c iiity should be, levied on all dutiable goods jmportcd and not on goods i„ fond .Merchants make a .suggestion that th e amount required should sinii.lv be collected by the imposition „f „ ! n potarydutyofaneiglithofapci'o, sugar. ' •' u "

DUTY OX TEA SUGGESTED. , , Auckland, Fridav. A meeting ot the wholesale merchants passed a resolution protesting n «ninst I he one per cent. ]irimage on duliahle goods, owing to the (rouble in colled in , '1;,,! "i'i" «"!? S| " ,chll ''"•lotions, whip'. I" hulk ot the tax- must fall on who],.: le traders. They recommended thu " pl.wc of pnmag,, dutv a tax of fwo--I'once a pound be phieed on tea, which is ""«' on (he free list.