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212 METHODS OF SOCIAL REFORM.
aenger. Thw, if we are to have tho rapid delivery without
which telegrams seem to me nearly valueless, the property
and staff, and, of come, the expenses of the department,
must expand nearly proportionally to the business. A reduotion
of the rate to Gd., by bringing a great increase of work,
would greatly augment the expensea of the department, and
inflict a loss upon the nation.
APPENDIX A.
Estimate of the proportion of expenditure paid as taxes,
general or local, by average families of man and wife, with
one child over 10 years of age, and ono child under 10 years.
The families Izro supposed to expend respectively the total
amounts of f40, $85, and GOO, and to represent the classes of
labourers, artisans, and middle-class persons, The family
expending E500 a-year is supposed to maintain three servants.
I
Family spending per Annum. 1
Taxes on necessaries - Tea, sugar,
coffee, fruit Local tascs. . . . . Income tax, house and legacy duty .
Stimulants-Beer, spirits, wine, tobmxo
. . . . . .
Total per cent. of income .
In the above statement no allowance is made for many of
the stamp, license, and minor customs duties, or the net
revenue of the post office, so that six or seven millions of
revenue remain unaccounted for. These duties fall mainly
upon the wealthier classes, and if they could be apportioned,
would probably raise the payments of the middle-class and
art@ana’ families to 10 per cent., the lebower’s payment e-