Show 1 minee buet par half of war the british government has decided to levy on the transvaal gold mines to pay half the cost of the war sir david barbour formerly finance minister for india who was commissioned to report upon the tax able capacity of these mines advised colonial secretary chamberian to levy but mr chamberlain after consultation with lord milner in creased the maximum in the amount stated sir david lid rooi r reports in favor of a 10 per cent tax on the profits of the mines yielding on the has s of the profits of 1898 yearly ahei atei paying this fair david I 1 arbour con eiders the mines will be better off than before as they will save pet year on dynamite owing to the abali alon of the monopoly in that commo city |