HC Deb 18 June 1902 vol 109 cc958-9
MR. CLAUDE LOWTHER (Cumberland, Eskdale)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government, at an early date, to lay upon the Table a copy of the Proclamation recently issued at Pretoria imposing a 10 per cent. tax on the profits of the gold mines; and, whether such tax will be increased as soon as the gold industry in the Transvaal has had time to recuperate.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN,) Birmingham, W.

I have not yet received the text of the Proclamation, but will lay it after it has reached me. The question of taxation in the Transvaal involves a number of complicated problems and I am not prepared to make any statement at present.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)

Was not the proposal to impose fresh taxation on the mines one of the causes of the war?

[No answer was returned.]

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

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