VALUATION AND TAXATION.
The question is naturally asked: Since the Government raised values because of the prosperity of the country, should they not lower values iii a ! time of depression, and when tho pro-, ductiveness of the land, owing to the fall in prices oil cvertain staple products, is reduced in value? Who will pretend'that sheep-raisers obtained as much off their land last year as they did the year before? The'Prime Minister is faced with an awkward situation. With a shrinking revenue through the Customs he is confronted w T ith tlje possibility of shrinkages m other directions.—The Dominion.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 2
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99VALUATION AND TAXATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 2
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