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Of the total revenue, as shown here, less than one-half was 

 derived from taxation, and the amounts thus raised were as 

 follows : 



It is worth noting - , as indicating a centralization of power far 

 greater than that which exists in the United States, that the ex- 

 penses of public instruction, amounting to £843,311, are defrayed 

 by the general government, that the large sum of £800,000 was 

 transferred to the Public Works Fund for the construction of 

 roads and other public works, that £145,999 was expended on 

 hospitals and charitable institutions, and that the sum of £109,591 

 was given in subsidies to local bodies. The total revenue of all 

 the local bodies for the year 1906-7 was only £2,812,440. Of 

 this amount £1,338,536 was derived from rates, licenses, and 

 other taxes, including, in the case of the cities and many bor- 

 oughs, special taxes for water and other utilities supplied by the 

 municipal governments. 



The sum total, then, of general and local taxation is about 

 £5,984,290 ($28,000,000), or £6.3 ($30) per head of the total 

 population. This is far greater than the total of federal, state, 

 and local taxation in the United States, which does not exceed 

 £4.3 ($20) per head. Of this amount 52 per cent is derived from 

 duties on imports, and the rest chiefly from direct taxes of various 

 kinds. The revenue from taxation has greatly increased in recent 





'If the calculation be made including the Maoris, the amount per head 

 of population would be £4 15s. 5d. 



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