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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 19, 20 June 1868, Page 3

AMorxT o* Taxation. —ln the financial year 1866-57, ending with March, 1867, th« revenue received at the Exchequer (including the charges of collection) amounted to £2 12b. per head of population of the United King» dom. In the year 1857-58, the amount was £2 Bs. 2d. per head ; in 1858-59, £2 6s. 2d j in 1859-60, £2 9s. 10d.; in 1860-61, £2 8?. lOd.) in 1861-62, £2 Bs.; in 1862-63, £2 Bs. 5d.; in 1863-64, £2 7s. 10d.; in "1864-65, £2 7s. 7d.) in 1865-66, £2 ss. 7d.; in 1866-67, £2 6s. 4d These figures include some branches of revenue which are not raised by taxation — the income from Grown Lands, miicellaneou? re» ceipts, and the Post-office revenue, which last can hardly be considered of the nature of taxation, except so far as the. charges feu* transmission may exceed what would be re* quired by persons performing the service. To ascertain the amonnt of imperial taxation per head, it would be necessary, therefore, to de* duct from 7 to 10 per cent, from the turns above stated, reducing the amount in the yea* 1866-67 to about two guineas* The local taxation of the United Kingdom— poor rate* borough rates, and vvariouss s local rates — can* not be stated with exactness. Perhaps the whole amount of taxation, imperial and local, may reach an average .of £3 per heud.