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ANALYSIS of the Taxation of Ceylon for 1848. Population 1,500,000; viz., Europeans and Burghers 8,500, Natives 1,481,500, Malabars, not included in census, 40,000.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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PLLC.O. 882

1

Amount of Revenue.

Paid by Burghers and Europeans.

Paid by Natives.

Paid by Malabars.

£

2.

d

£

d.

£

4.

d.

£

3. d.

Chank licences

350 11 9

350 11

9

Sale of salt

Tax on rice lands,

&c.

•

Importation duty on ghee, curry stuff, pepper, &c. Ditto on oats, peas,

and wheats

44,902 16 4

3,384 12 6

44,602 16 4

3,100 0 0

36,492 19 111 A. 600 0 0 B35,242 19 11 C.650 00

A la. 6d. each, to allow for servants.

B. 5id each, agrees

with Sir J. E. T'.

calculation.

C. 4d. each.

300 0 0

284 12

6

Ditto on paddy

Ditto on rice

Ditto on cheese, beer, tea, pro- visions, &c.

Ditto on all other

articles

Export duty

cinnamon

Ditto on arrack,

arekanuts, chanks &c.

--

3,063

2 2

8,012 4 11

55,725 12 2

2,527 3 0

3,063 2 2

2,200 0 0

2,800 0 0

2,527 3 0

5,812 4 11

42,435 12 2 10,500 00

•

on

9,466 7

22,132 4 5

3

16,482 4 5

9,016 7 3

1,017 15 11

+5,500 0 0

450 0 0

1,017 15 11

* At banbel sach per mensem. But quary,

Is not this really

paid by the European planters ?

+ Chiefly on clothe

and metals.

Ditto on all other

articles

9,561 0 10

9,061 0 10

Port dues

8,702 15 91

3,302 15 9

Tolls and ferries

Stamps

Post Office

House Tax

Carts and carriages

Carriers' licencen..

20,571 12 5 17,271 12 5

27,499 18 24 13,750 8 2

$1,565 0 0, 1,260 0 0

5,409 13 OH 4,000.0 0

1,320 14 0 50 0 0

843 4 0

500 0 0

400 0 0

13,300 0 0

13,749 10 0

0 300 0

1,409 13 0

1,270 14 0

Rum and arrack

stilla Arrack licencen

1,777 15 94

48,139 8 34

307,466 13 6

Sales of Govern- 107,299 2 71

500

0 0

under Bd, to Mala- bars 3d.

300 0 0 1,477 15 94

46,789 8 81 850 0 0 86,539 14 94 218,542 5 2 12,384 12 6 Total of taxation.

257,549 9 4 85,389 14 94170,275 2 0 11,884 12 6

Foot tolla being abolished, natives have only tolls on carts laden with dried fish, salt, curry, cloth,

and chatties.

8,0101, but service is ren- dered for this the real tax is only on the profit of the esta blishment over cost.

Amount of taxation without arrack, 10% 10. per bead for European and burghers, 2.31d.for natives and 50 11jď. for Malabar

Tax on luxuries, to &c. Europeans,

2. 8 d., natives

§ Income

843 4 0

ment property. rents, fines, and

stoppages

Total

414,765 16 14

D

Total of Revenue,

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