HC Deb 08 March 1922 vol 151 c1308W
Mr. WISE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the approximate taxation per head in our Dominions, Empire of India, and important Colonies and Dependencies?

Mr. CHURCHILL

An approximate statement of the taxation per head (including indirect taxation) in the undermentioned Colonies and Protectorates is:—

£ s. d.
Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States 4 7 5
Hong Kong 2 6 0
British Guiana 3 1 0
Trinidad 3 18 8
Jamaica 1 7 8
Mauritius 2 8 0
Gold Coast 1 0 0
Ceylon 13 0
Kenya 12 6
Uganda 4 10
Nigeria 3

These figures are, of course, subject to qualifications which it would take too long to state in detail, and I only give them as a rough estimate. I am not in a position to give figures for the Dominions or India.

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