§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether a capitation tax, and of what amount, per head, is imposed in Burmah; what classes of persons are exempted from the tax, and the grounds of such exemptions; and, whether this tax is complained of by the Natives as most oppressive on the poorest members of the community?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JOHN GORST) (Chatham)A capitation tax, five rupees for each mar- 547 ried man and two rupees and a-half for each bachelor, is imposed in Burmah. In some parts the rates are only two rupees and one rupee respectively. Teachers, Government servants, persons unable to earn their living, and immigrants for the first five years of residence, are exempted. The tax is not specially unpopular.