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Title: The extent of our taxation. The progress of our debt. The interest on our public debt. The public revenue & the public debt. Articles from the South Australian Advertiser, May 1884

Author: South Australian Land Nationalization Society

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 82

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 82

Year. Population. Interest paid Rate per head. 1855 96 982 £ 7,000 £ s. 0 1 d. 5¼ 1856 104 708 11,500 0 2 2¼ 1857 109,917 24 579 0 4 5½ 1858 118,340 33,240 0 6 4¼ (a)1859 122,375 21,455 0 3 6 1859 60 124,112 47,315 0 7 7¾ 1860-1 126,830 49,300 0 7 9¼ 1861-2 135,329 31,687 0 4 3 (b) 1862-3 140,416 71,535 0 10 2¼ 1863-4 147,341 51 069 0 6 11 1864-5 156,605 49,749 0 6 4¼ (c) 1865 160,028 23 886 0 4 2¼ 1866 163,452 46,530 0 5 8¼ 1867 172,860 51,562 0 5 1½ (d) 1868 176,298 78,702 0 8 4¼ 1869 181,146…

Year. Population. Interest paid Rate per head. 1855 96 982 £ 7,000 £ s. 0 1 d. 5¼ 1856 104 708 11,500 0 2 2¼ 1857 109,917 24 579 0 4 5½ 1858 118,340 33,240 0 6 4¼ (a)1859 122,375 21,455 0 3 6 1859 60 124,112 47,315 0 7 7¾ 1860-1 126,830 49,300 0 7 9¼ 1861-2 135,329 31,687 0 4 3 (b) 1862-3 140,416 71,535 0 10 2¼ 1863-4 147,341 51 069 0 6 11 1864-5 156,605 49,749 0 6 4¼ (c) 1865 160,028 23 886 0 4 2¼ 1866 163,452 46,530 0 5 8¼ 1867 172,860 51,562 0 5 1½ (d) 1868 176,298 78,702 0 8 4¼ 1869 181,146 114 714 0 12 8 1870 183 979 107,856 0 11 8½ 1871 185,626 115,307 0 12 5 1872 192 223 115,375 0 12 0 1873 198 075 120,901 0 12 2½ (e) 1874 204,623 66,522 0 6 6 1874 5 210,442 143,425 0 13 7½ 1875-6 225, 677 179,618 0 15 5½ 1876-7 236,864 197,383 0 16 8 1877-8 248,795 233 430 0 18 9 1878 9 259,460 272,714 1 1 0½ 1879-80 267,573 362,764 1 7 1¼ 1880-1 286,324 432 233 1 10 2¼ 1881-2 296,509 479 128 1 13 10½ 1882-3 304,812 519,491 1 14 1 (5) 1883-4 315,480 571,273 1 16 2½ Less (d) .. Total ... £4,681,343 51,000 £4 580,313 (a) Half-year, January 1 to June 30. (b) Interest for three half years (c) Half-year, July 1 to December 31. (d) From the interest carried to account in this and the three following years £51,000 must be deducted, because the bonds stood at credit of immigration, and were subsequently cancelled without being used The actual payments per head for those years for interest will consequently stand thug—'68, 7s. 5¼d; '69, 11s 2½d; '70, 10s 4¼d; and '71, 11s. 0¾d. (e) Half-year, January 1 to June 30. (f) Where the odd shillings and pence were less than 10s they have been rejected. Where they exceeded the 10s. they have been carried on as £1.