TAXES PAID BY ANIMALS
The natives of the Congo pay their (axes in kind, as might he expected in a territory just beginning to be civilised. The value of domestic animals in that country is very low. A bullock is valued at about 151s fid, a cow £2 2s, a horse £3 5«, a sheep Is 3d. The camel commands the highest prize, viz., £4. The custom of payment in kind is not so remote as most persons would think. The late Professor Flint once stated that during the time he was Professor of Moral Philosophy in St. Andrews he was accustomed to receive parts of the emoluments of his chair in kind from the farms belonging to the University. This would be prior to 1876, in which year he was transferred to Edinburgh.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 253, 4 March 1911, Page 9
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134TAXES PAID BY ANIMALS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 253, 4 March 1911, Page 9
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