§ Sir A. Beitasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the names of those Colonies and mandated territories where there is no Income Tax nor Estate Duties; and what are the rates of Income Tax and Estate Duties in Bermuda?
Mr. M. MacDonaldThere is no Income Tax in the following territories: Bahamas, Bermuda, British North Borneo, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Malaya, Malta, Palestine, St. Helena, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Tanganyika Territory, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Virgin Islands, the territories under the administration of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific and Zanzibar.
There is a personal or poll tax in the following territories: British North Borneo, Cayman Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Mauritius, New Hebrides, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika Territory, Tonga and Uganda.
Number of Persons killed or injured in Road Accidents. Police District. Month 1939 1938. 1937 Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed Injured. Scotland … April … 45 1,451 60 1,647 52 1,440 May … 62 1,646 41 1,632 61 I,842 Glasgow … April … 10 299 10 385 9 415 May … 11 316 7 347 11 402 Edinburgh … April … 4 83 6 99 6 83 May … 2 94 2 120 3 104 Dundee … April … 1 55 1 66 4 55 May … 2 63 2 42 1 89 Aberdeen … April … — 81 — 71 — 92 May … — 89 — 74 — 60 Greenock … April … — 18 1 19 — 27 May … — 17 11 20 — 30 The figures for June, 1939, are not yet complete and I will forward them, with comparative figures for the two preceding years, to the hon. and learned Member as soon as they are available.