Newfoundland in 1897 - Rumbolt

ENGLAND'S OLDEST COLONY. 137
YEAR. REVENUE.
1887 $1,272,600
1888 1,370,030
1889 1,362,893
1890 1,454,536
1891 1,820,206
1892 1,883,791
1893 1,753,845
1894 1,641,035
1895-96 1,564,45V
If we take the revenue of 1895-96, $1,564,457, and
the present population as 210,000, we find that there
is a taxation of $7*44 per head for the entire population:
It must be remembered, however, that there are no
direct taxes in the Colony except a municipal tax in
St. John's for water, light, sewerage, and street improve-
ments, which is but small. This amount of $7 '44 per
capita represents almost the whole amount of taxation.
In the United Kingdom the taxation is $6*62 per head ;
in New South Wales, $12 ;
in Western Australia, $22 ;
in New Zealand, $16*91 ; in Canada, $5'81. But in
all these countries there are direct taxes, in addition,
and in some of them these are onerous, and greatly
swell the total amount of taxation. Newfoundland,
therefore, compared with other colonies, must be
regarded as a lightly-taxed country.
The following figures show the amount of the funded
public debt in the years named :
YEAR DEBT.
1887 $3,005,040
1888 3,335,589
1889 4,133,202
1890 4,138,627