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VoL, I. SATURDAY, FesRuARY 3, 1912, No. 23.

Probable Changes In Taxation Methods

The report of the commission on taxation, recently presented
in the local house, will serve as a basis for the proposed changes in
the tax system. The commissioners, who made an exhaustive in-
vestigation of the subject, make a number of recommendations,
the adoption of which, in toto, would involve radical departure
from the present methods. Up to the time of writing, the govern-
ment has not brought in the new assessment act; but it is altogether
probable that it will dispense with the poll tax, which last year
added $313,838 to the treasury. The report of the commission
recommends the abolition also of the personal property tax.

With regard to the income tax it recommends the following
changes: That the exemption be raised from $1,000 to $1,500; the
withdrawal of any exemption from incomes over $50, 000, and an
addition of a surtax of 5 per cent, for that part of an income which
exceeds $50,000; an exemption of $2 for each legitimate child under
18 years of age for farmers, and an average system for assessing
the incomes from trades,

The commissioners state their object to have been to reduce
the taxation on citizens with smaller incomes and at the same time
readjust its incidence on the possesgors of larger incomes:

It further recommends the periodical reassessment of property
according to value as defined, the abolition of taxation on improve-
ments, legislation enforcing registration of real estate on affidavits
setting forth the true consideration for purchase, and that the
registration fee of one-fifth of one per cent. on the value of real
estate up to $5,000 be extended to all real estate, irrespective of
value.

No change in the mineral tax is proposed.

As to the land tax the commissioners recommend that, in order
to obtain a just assessment of land, the staff of assessors should be
increased, and that the assessors thus appointed should be experts
on various kinds of land to be met with in the province, such as
timber land, dry areas, non-irrigable lands, ‘‘delta’’ lands. The
cost of this increase, it is claimed, would far more than repay itself
in the increased valuation both of lands held for use and of lands
held for increase in value, a large percentage of the latter anda
smaller percentage of the former being at present, according: to
many witnesses, taxed too low.

The commissioners point out that in their judgment such an
assessment and an examination and mapping of provincial lands
might be found to justify as their ultimate result the lowering of
the present tax of 4 per cent on wild land. They do not, however,
advise a reduction in the present rate until the assessment has
been undertaken and the financial results proved.

Revision of Provincial Statates

In some of the provinces of the Dominion it is the custom to
revise the statutes every ten years. There is no fixed rule in British
Columbia; but a variety of conditions rendered the consolidation
and revision of the provincial statutes necessary, and the wortr,
which was entrusted to a commission of leading lawyers, has been
completed and presented to the legislature for approval. Since the
revision of 1897 there have, of necessity, been many additions to
the laws of the province, and the new work, filling three volumes,
is nearly one-third larger than that of 1897. The commissioners
have not only revised all the statute laws of British Columbia up
to last year, but have also included the legislation of last session,
so that the revision and consolidation includes all the laws upon the
statute books up tothe end of 1911. The arrangement of the
volumes is said to be a great improvement, allowing ready reference
to any required statutes. The revision has also made possible the
elimination of duplicated statutes and the making of minor changes
in wording which have been proved desirable, without taking up
unnecessary time in the house.

Loyal Sentiment Grows In India

Not so long ago there were current rumors that India, beneath
the surface, was seething with revolt. Whatever foundation there
may have been for such reports, ‘it is evident that the visit of the
King and Queen to the empire has had a remarkable effect in
strengthening the feeling of loyalty which the natives of India
have more than once evinced. In this connection a French view of
the present situation is apropos. Writing of the royal visit and the
_ new Indian policy, the special correspondent in India of the Paris

Temps says:

- ‘The King has couragously assumed a great responsibil-
ity in taking upon himself the proposals of Lord Hardinge
and the India Office, but some such Coup d’Etat’ was per-
haps necessary in order to overcome the Parliamentary _
opposition which certainly would otherwise. have been

‘ eneountered. The changes will no doubt be. discussed, but
one fact remains—namely that the King is
-of his: “Indian people, Hindus and. Mahometans

spray for ‘him with all sincerity, and the agitation which

has caused so much anxiety is dead. This, the outcome
of the King’s visit, has surpassed all the expectations of
. Great Britain’s well-wishers. A memorable page ‘of ‘history
has been written,

British Columbia A Wealthy Province

‘!- The revenue of British Columbia is larger than that of Ontario,
much larger than that of Quebee, considerably greater than the
guitn of the reveriues of the three prairie provinces combined, and
three times that of the three maritime provinces, Yet Ontario has
.. six times, Quebec five times, the prairie provinces three times and

: the Maritime provinces. more than double ‘the population of this

TRE OMINHCA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8; 1912.

COMPLETE PLANT
FOR SHIPBUILDING

Plans Prepared for G. T, P.
Terminals and Floating
Dock at Prince Rupert

The engineers appointed by
the Grand Trunk Pacifie to pre-
pare plans for the construction
of the terminals and floating
dock and building yards at Prince
Rupert say the first work to be
undertaken under their plan will
be'a pier, 520 feet long and 60
feet wide, with a shore platform
80 feet wide and 980 feet long,
with area of 74,400 square feet.
At the western end of this plat-
form there will be an extension
off shore 350 feet long by about
100 feet wide, and at right angles
to this an extension 560 feet
long by 80 feet for the attach-
ment of a floating dock. Owing
to the excessive rise and fall of
the tide, about 25 feet, a double
line of diagonal bracing will be
used in the pile work, The total
area of the platform and pier
work will be 181,400 square feet.
in front of the main platform,
east of the pier, there will be
built a launching platform for
side launching, 80 feet wide by
440 feet long.

The engineers say: ‘‘The plans
provide for a complete shipbuild-
ing and repair plant with large
machine, boiler, blacksmith and
carpenter shops. In the machine
shop machinery will be provided
to handie all the heaviest crank
and other shafting for large
steamers, and boring, drilling,
turning machinery, ete. The
large tools will be driven by in-
dividual motors. A 10-ton over-
head crane will be provided for
both boiler and machine shops,

“The drydock will be a pontoon
floating dock with a capacity of
20,000 tons, it is proposed to
construct this dock with the plant
to be built at Prince Rupert. The
‘dock will have an over-all. length
of 604.4 feet and clear width of
100 feet, width over all 130 feet.
Unlike the majority of modern
docks, timber will be used largely
in the construction, The lifting
power is the aggregate of 12 pon-
toons of timber " construction, |5
united by steel side walis or
wings. The construction will be
arranged so that part or the
whole of the dock may be used,
The machinery for pumping the
dock will consist of centrifugal
pumps operated by electric mo-
tors, with a capacity sufficient to
pump the entire lifting power in
two hours.”?

Unequalled Opportunities

In its last issue, the Canadian
Mining Journal, of Toronto, says: | -
“British Columbia, blessed with
equitable laws, should prove
more and more attractive to the
capitalist... . To enumerate the
promising openings in British
Columbian metal mining would
be a Herculean task. It must
suffice to say that the range of
choice is exceeded by no other
country and ‘is equalled by few.’’

Canada’s Fish Industry
The total market value of all
kinds of fish and fish products
taken by the Canadian fishermen,

’ |in both the sea and inland fisher-

jes, during. the last fiseal year

-Jamounted to $29,965,433. ‘his

total is the highest yet reached

‘lin any one year in the history of

the fisheries of Canada, being
$336, 268,32 -greater than that of

‘tthe preceding year, which was a

recordone. To the total, the sea
fisheries contributed $26,162;596;
and the inland fisheries $3,842, -
596,

there wereeinployed 1680 vessels
and tugs, and 38,977 boats, the
whole being manned by 68,610).
men; while 24,978 persons were
employed in the various canneries
and fish-houses, ete,, on shore, in
the preparation of the: fish | for] -
‘| market, From this it will be seen

that-almost 100,000 people weére| "2°."
i] directly employed in ‘this. Brent i i

In obtaining these results,

Storage of Potatoes

The following are the three
essentials for the proper storage
of potatoes.

1, They must be kept cool,
from 33 to 85 deg. I., being the
best temperature. ‘This is very
important so as to prevent sprout-
ing, which weakens the vitality
of the tubes for seed purposes.

2. They must have good ven-
tilation, which is necessary to
prevent the spread of rot.

'$ They must be kept dark,

Acool, dark, well ventilated cel-

lar, fairly dry, is a very good
place to store seed potatoes on
the ordinary farm, A good cold
storage chamber is better still,
and a well constructed and well
ventilated pitis also good. Some
up-to-date growers three or four
weeks before planting time
spread their seed potatoes out in
the light at a tempeature of from
60 to 70 deg., and allow them to
develop sprouts froma half to
aninch long, Such sprouts are
strong and stubby and not easily
broken off, and if handled with
care will hasten the maturity of
crop, and also increase the yield,

Try a fresh Oyster. Cocktail at
the Galena Club.

TAX NOTICE
Omineca Assessment District

Notice is hereby given, in accordance
with the Statutes, that the Provincial
Revenue Tax, and all assessed taxes,
and income tax, asseased and levied un-
der the “Assessment Act’’ and amend-
ments thereto, are now due and payable
for the year 1912. All taxes collect-
able for the Omineca Assessment Dis-
trict, are due and payable at my office,

situated in the Provincial Government S

Building, in the town of Hazelton.
This notice in terms of Law is equival-

ent to a personal demand by me “upon! &

all persons liable for taxes.
8th, 1912,

Dated at Hazelton, B. C,, ganuary
Cc, W. HOMER :

Assessor and Collector, Omineca|

Assessment District, Hazelton, B. ¢.
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LAND NOTICES

* Omiheeca Tania District, District of
Coast, Range 5.

Take notice that A. P. Augustine, of
Vancouver, occupation land surveyor,
ntends to ppply or permission to pur-
chase the following escribed lands:

Commencing at a post planted at the
south-east corner of Lot 4012, thence
40 chains east, 80 chains south, thence
as chains more or less to east boundary

f CO. A. Newitt’s pre- cmption, thence
north along eastern bounda C. A.
Newett's pre-emption S0ehains | to south
boundary of Frank Zoller’a application

to purchase, the thence east 6 chaing more
or less to south-east corner of Frank
Zoller’s application to purchase, thence
north 40 chaing, thence west 20 chains
to south-east corner of Lot 4013, thence
north 20 chains to point of commence-
ment, and containing 200 acres more or
less, Alpheus Price Augustine.
Noy. 14, 1911.

Omineca Land District. Distriet of
assiar,

Take notice that Roy Moseley, of
Hazelton, geen ation bartender, in-
tend to apply for permission to pur-
chase the following described lands:

Commencing at a post planted eighty
chaina south of the southwest corner of
lot 813, thence north forty chains, west
forty chains, south forty chains, east
forty chains to point of commence-
ment, containing 160 aeres more or less,
Jan. 6, 1912. Roy Moseley,

Omineca Land District. District of
agsiar, ,

Take notice that Peter Zbinden, at
Hazelton, laborer, intends to ap apply for
permission to purchase the following

acribed lands:

Commencing at a post ‘planted 80
chains south of the southwest corner of

.|lot 813, thence north eighty chains,

enat eighty chains, south elghty chains,

weat eighty chains to point of com-

mencement, containing 640 acres, more

or less. . Petor Zbinden,
dan. 6, 1912, - $1.

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Ty a bottle of Adam’s Cream of Roses and Almonds, "Pre.
vents chapped hands and faces.

J. Mason Adams

DRUGGIST
HAZELTON, B. C.

FARM LANDS

along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Cen-
Every mile of railroad construction —
Buy -before the completion *

tral British Columbia.
adds to the value of the land.

of the railroad, .

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-Ominece Land District, District of.
. Cassiar,

Take notice that Daniel Nicholaon of
Hazelton, engineer, intends to apply for

ermission to purchase the f ollowing |||

escribe landa:

Commencing at 4 post Rlanted at the
southwest corner of. lot 1819, thence
north 20 chains, west 40 chains, south
20 chaina, east 40 chains to point of
commencemet,.. containing 80° ‘acres
more or-less. Daniel Nicholson.

Jan. 16, 1912. peel QT

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