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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

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He was also grateful to all

SATURDAY, MAY

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QUEER TAXES.

SOME FORMER BUDGETS,

The Budget in its present form those who had so kindly sub- of a balanced annual account of Escribed to their prize fund, the national income and expenditure

result of which they saw in the shape of cups and trophies on the

H. K. V. D. SMOKER.

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Thelt rifle meeting had been a success, and had attracted greater number of entries than on occasion. Sergt. RMajor Westlake, Gunner Frith, and Company Sergt. Major 'Stewart had put in all the spade Ework in connexion with the rine

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meeting (applause).

Concluding, the chairman said finally and on behalf of the Corps he wished to thank His Excellency

was first presented to Parliament in 1822. Customs excise, and various licence duties then pro

vided the bulk of the revenue, but 健 ono interesting item, #guring, the head of "Other Re- under

sources" was: "Lottery, surplus

reciepts, after payment of lottery

prizos, £219,139."%

Until 1793 the nation's financial

year began on October 11-old

Michaelmas Day. The date was then changed to January 6. In 1832 the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer asked for supplies for a year ending on March 31, taking

M General Luard for hone the assist five quarters in one year the idea

with his presence, for

ance received from him and the whole of his staff, and for consent ing to distribute the prizes.

Prizes Distributed.

His Excellency then distributed the prizes after which he said ho

is enough to make Mr. Churchill's. mouth water and March 31 has been the closing date ever since, though it was not till 1854 that it was thus finally fixed for all finan- cial purposes of the State.

Budget really means a small 10x. The Budget derives its

I appreciated what Col. Bird had name from the despatch case,

said with regard to himself and his Staff They were always ready to assist the Corps in any possible WAY. it

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With regard to musketry, he had

green in the old days, red now, in which the Chancellor brings his secrets to the table of the House of Commons. To this day he is said to "open the Budgot" when

Elways been interested, and he up-making his announcement of new

preciated what it meant to win musketry prizes. There were

taxes.

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quite a number of people present On March 11, 1842, Sir Robert who, no doubt, could shoot in an Peel, for the first time in our

Cordinary way, but before they modern financial history,

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could win prizes they had to prac-duced the income tax. tice and keep fit, and take an ex- previously been in existence for

Rceptional interest in the game. a few years during the Napoleonic

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A point that had caught his at-wars.) Peel fixed it first a 7d. in the £ and promised to repeal tention that evening Was that

it in three years. What a hope! rather too many prizes had goneIt has been in existence ever since, to one or two units, and it seemed but was once as low as 2d. in the to hirm that they had not been quite

£. divided. The En-

Asufficiently

paste the tenth duties. "The

dead hand," said he, "is a creation of the law. No one has any right to property after his death. The State shall say how it shall pass. And the successor to it shall pay the new death duty."..

The year 1894 is also memorable gineers won several prizes, and in financial history, for it was then the Scots won Muse) Although he knew that a

more (ap-that Sir Willam Harcourt first im- Seot was always a good shot he did not admit a Scot was better than anyone else (laughter), but he thought the Scot had shown that he had practised and taken more trouble than anyone else, He would like everyone to aim at. beating the Scot (applause).

Concluding he said he would like to say how extremely pleased he was to give away the prizes, and assured them that anything tre could do for the corps, he would.

Chancellors seeking new sources of revenue may be led to reflect that even in taxation there is noth- ing new under the sun. Chimneys and windows were once taxed, and the impost on the latter gpatinued

1851. when Lord" Halifax

be only too pleased to do it (ap-changed it to the Trouse Duty, plause).

Three rousing cheers were then given, and toasts were heartily drunk from the silver cups.

Trophies and Winners, The trophies and winners, are as follows:

Nathan Cup for Efficiency.-- Won by the Artillery Coy.

Rains were taxed during the Common-wealth because the Puri- tans disliked plum puddings. Pitt taxed hair power in the days, when men wore pig-tails; it was known as the "guinea pig tax." Men first adopted the "Eton crop" to evade it. War with France was The cause of the tax on 'dogs.

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Hats were taxed once, and had to bear a revenue stamp; so were

Commandant's Cup for Mus-gloves, mittens, almannes, per- ketry. Won by the Engineer fumes, tooth-powder, glasa, stone Company.

Lugard Cup for Field Firing at Unknown Ranges. Won by the Engineer Company:

bottles, and bricks. For every gold watch, then slung round his neck on a chain, a man once had to pay ten shillings.

Bachelors and widowers were

Commandant's Cup for Kirk- patrick Scheme-Won by the En-taxed from 1695 to 1706, but pre- gineer Company.

Bent-day advocates of a similar impost will be grieved to learn that the same Chancellor imposed duties on marriages and births. To lake 43 example: a bachelor duke had to pay $12 11s, a year;

Blake Shield Competition Won by No. 5 Platoon, Corpl. Young, Pte. K. C. McLennan, Pte. C. Nisbet and Ptc. G. R. Maakell. Special Prize:Pie, G. R. Maskell.if he married he had to pay a lump Francis Cup Competition.-Won sum of £60.4s. Less exalted folk by No. 5 Pintoon, Capt. D. C. got off more lightly. Logan, M.C., Pte. K. C. McLennan, Pitt, who seems to have been Corpl. C. Young and Ptc. G. R. most prolific in new Maskell.

Tile Competition.-Won' by No. 1. Platoon, Lt. A, H. Penn, Pte. A. W. Hayward, Corp. A.C.I. Bowker and Pte. J. R. Collls.

Jar Competition-Won by the Engineer Company Field Section "R" Team, 2/Lt. R. S. Logan, Spr. A.J. Wadmore, Cornl. E. S. Carter and Spr. C. Strange.

ideas for

squeezing the citizens, taxed female servants at the rate of 29, 6d, for one and 10s. each for three or more, and made every shop- keeper pay a special tax based on his rental.

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Glastone delieved the longest budget speech on record; it lasted for five hours. Bir Austen Cham- berlain (then Mr. Austen) holds the record for close budgeting. Attack Competition-Won by When Chancellor in 1904-5 he es- No. 5 Platoon. Leader:-2/Lt. A.timated the revenue in advance at Mackenzie, Corpl. G. Young, Ptc. £143,350,000, and the amount actu- K. S. Boulton, Pte. G. R. Maskell, ally realised was £143,370,000. Ple. J. A. Watson, Pte. K. C. Mc- Lennan and Pte. A. H. Maxwell. Musketry Competition. 1st Capt. D. C. Logan, M.C. 2nd-Pte, K. C.. McLennan., 3rd-Corpl. C. Young.

Corps Championship 1st Spr. H. F. Westlake. 2nd-Pte. K. C. McLennan, 3rd-L/Corpl. D.E.G. Nicholson.

Tyro Competition.-1st Pte. M. G. Mille.

Revolver Competition (Open) 1st-P, O. Fleet, W. 2nd-P. 0.1 Wells, W. H.

Revolve Competition (Corps). -1st-Lt. A. M. Thornhill. 2nd-- Corps S/Major II. Westlake.

Lewis Gun Competition-Won by No. 1 Platoon. 2/Lt. S. Jarvis, M.C, Corp. A.C.I. Bowker and Ptc. J. R. Collis,

Reserve Challenge Cup.-1st- Pte. G. E. Stephens.

Thanks were expressed to the following:-Hon.

D.G.M. Mr. Bernard, Mr. Henry Humphreys, Mr. R. M. Dyer, Mr. G. M. Young, M.B.E., Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird, Mr. J. A. Plummer, Mr. R. G. Shewan, Mr. J. H. Taggart and Mr. T. G. Weall..

The Budget fira: exceeded £100,- 000,000 in 1896. The last pre-war Budget, in 1914, was the first to exceed £200,000,000.

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