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<leiived ii-oiu Custoni.s' Duties on impoi-ts ; so that .^8 per head 

 lepresents nearly the wlrole amount of taxation. In the United 

 Kingdom the taxation is ^6-62 per liead ; in Victoria the taxa- 

 tion is $15-35 per head ; in New SoTith Wales §'12 ; in "Western 

 Australia $22 ; in New Zealand .5'16-91 ; in Canada ^5-81. In 

 all these countries tliere are direct taxes in addition, whicli 

 greatly swell the amount paid. 



If you take the revenues for 1889, 1890 and 1891, the average 

 amount is -§1,580,545, which wouhl give a little over seven 

 dollars per head for taxation. This cannot he reckoned exces- 

 sive when it represents almost the entire yav capita taxation. 

 The duties are partly ad valorem and partly specitic, but only to 

 a slight extent differential, the tariff being designed for revenue 

 purposes only, not for protection. All expenses for making and 

 repairing roads, streets, bridges, breakv/aters, public wharves, 

 etc., are defrayed out of the general revenue, the Board of Works 

 having charge of that department The provision for the poor, 

 for education, for the maintenance of a police force, and for the 

 whole Civil Service is also chargeable on the genei'al revenue. 

 The Crown lands and the postal service are the only other 

 .sources of revenue besides the Customs duties. In 1891 the 

 M-hole voluuie of trade amounted in value to $14,306,616'. 



The following table shows the principal countries with which 

 trade is carried on, and the amount in each case, in year 1891 : 



/-. Value of Imports Value of Exports 



' ' therefrom. thereto. 



