THE TAXATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2378, 5 July 1892, Page 2

THE TAXATION.

The following appears in the Marlon Mercury : —“ A settler in the Marten district owns 250 acres of land. When asking him which party he would support, the Uonsecvatieg or the liberals, his answer camp straight, “I support that policy which gives me the greatest benefit, and here are the proofs of my reasons. This is a statement of what I paid under a Conservative Government, and here is the one I have to pay under tjio present Government. T§ tiers' apy need to ask me which policy I §ha|J support?” under conservative oovernnent. , Property Tux Assessment. Real property, 250 aares at £7 per acre £1750 Stock, horses, and sheep 290 Furniture 100 Exemption ... ... ... 50(j • £1640 Tax, Id in the £ on £1640, £6 Ips i^d. UNDER LIBERAL GOVERNMENT. Laud Tail Assessment, Real property, 250 acres valued at £1976 Value of improvements ... ... 1210 Unimproved value ... ... £766 Exemption , M u . ... 555 £266 Land Tax, Id in tho £ on £266, £\ 2s 2d. “ Which party shall I vote for?” “For my 250 acres, I paid £G 16s 8d per annum under the Conservative Government, biit | have no\y only £1 2s 2d per annum to pay under the present Liberal Government. I do not agree with all the measures of the present Ministry but 1 shall certainly support that party which reduces my taxation,” *

The opinion of the settler quoted above is the opinion held all over this district. Each farmer has only to compare his taxation returns under the property tax assessment with those under the land tax assessment and he will at once be convinced that the Liberal Party, who have made the farmers’ taxation lighter than any previous Government, are well worthy of support. These figures speak more eloquently than any number of lengthy arguments : Taxation under Conservative Government on 250 acres £6 10 8 Ditto under Liberal Government £1 22