TAXATION (GREAT BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS)

HC Deb 01 August 1923 vol 167 cc1529-30W

Mr. DARBISHIRE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of taxa- tion per head of the population in Great Britain, Australia., Canada, and South Africa in the year 1913 and in the last financial year?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The figures are as follow:

—	1913–14.	1922–23.
United Kingdom	…	£3 11s. 4d.	£17 12s.*
Australia—
Commonwealth	…	£3 8s. 1d.	£8 10s. 5d.
States	…	£1 5s. 11d.	[£3 4s. 2d. 1921–22.]
Canada—
Dominion	…	$16.60	$36.80
Provinces	…	$2.41†	[$5.40† 1920.]
South Africa—
Union	…	£1 9s.	£3 9s. 11d.
Provinces	…	4s. 9d.	11s. 9d.‡
* Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
† Approximate.
‡ Estimated.