8.-29b

1914. NEW ZEALAND

DEATH DUTIES COLLECTED SINCE 1908 ON ESTATES LEFT TO STRANGERS IN BLOOD; SHOWING SEPARATELY TAX ON ESTATES UNDER AND OVER £500.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 23rd July, 1914. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the amount of death duties collected on estates left to strangers in blood for the fit ancial year prior to the amendment of the Act in 1909, and for each year separately from then, and up to and including the year 1914, each year ending for the purposes of the return on the 31st March ; the return to show separately the amount of tax collected upon estates under £500 and over £500."—(Right Hon. Sir J. G. Waed.)

Death Duty collected on Estates left to Steakgebs in Blood. Y ear Under £500. Over £500. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1909-10 ... ... 359 13 6 30,031 1 5 1910-11 ... ... ... ... 1,222 10 4 22,630 15 6 1911-12 ... ... ... ... 990 611 17,010 2 7 1912-13 ... ... 226 4 5 18,477 11 11 1913-14 340 7 1 27,235 17 9 Total for five years ... £3,139 2 3 £115,385 9 2 P. C. Cokliss, Commissioner of Stamps. Approximate Cott ol Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (t>so copies), lUs.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l4.

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