Fort Vila's Lighting Tax
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PORT Vila, in the New Hebrides, now has a lighting system, completed just before the Pacific war. And now the happy residents of Vila will pay for their light, according to their condi tion. A recent “Gazette” says that the annual Lighting Tax is as follows:
Mr. M. A. W. Long, clerk in the Brit ish Colonial Service in Tonga, resigned recently, according to a notice in the Western Pacific High Commission Gaz ette, in March.
£ s. d.
Bachelors of 18 years and over .. .. 1 12 0 Married men, no children 1 12 0 Married men, 2 children or less .. .. 1 8 0 Married men, more than 2 children under 18 1 4 0 Married women with an income besides their husband’s income 1 4 0 Spinsters of 20 and over 1 4 0 Widows and divorcees, no children . 1 4 0 Widows and divorcees supporting one child 1 0 0 Widows and divorcees supporting more than one child 16 0