The land tax therefore man have been as high as 20%.
He reorganized land tax and created a better administrative body.
The readings from these were correlated against expected growth, and used as a basis for land taxes.
Towards the end of 1879, Grey's government got into difficulties over land tax.
It was the bit where he came out in favour of a land tax.
The land tax was thus the major source of funding for government activities during this period.
The government increased the land tax to compensate for the fall in revenues.
In the beginning the land tax had itself been somewhat "revolutionary".
Make 'em vote up the land tax while they're all in there.
Colpitts was to pay a land tax of £8 4s.