The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-11 00:00:00

OUR STREETS ON SUNDAYS.
To the Mitor.

SIR,—! was rather startled on reading your account
of the Town Council on Wednesday, to see a complaint
by a worthy I ,ouncilli or of the dirty state of our streets,
and to readf the suggestion which he made for cleaning
them. I cannot but think the hon. gentleman made
the latter without a thought. I admit ,air streets
are disgracefully dirty on Sundays, and I was glad to
nee the complaint made, but there is a plan which
has been adopted for years in some of the large
towns which midst be carried out here on a small
scale—the appointment of night hands. Why not the
Council appoint a ample of men to sweep the front
streets on Saturday nights,say commence at 10.30, after
which hour there are seldom many respectable persons
about, lied the business of the I lay is concluded. The
work could very well be lone in a hour, and the men
would no doubt be glad with the extra money which
they should be paid, and our streets would not appear
as if there were no Councillors to look after their
cleanliness! Apologising for thus troubling you,
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
OBS lilt VIM
Dorchester, April Bth, IBM.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
AN OLD Sumaclunge (flhe Grove, Portland). —We were
not connected with the paper at the time; and as we
have not the moot remote idea of the event to which
you allude, you will see it would ensure endless trouble
to answer your question. Otherwise we would gladly
oblige you.
T. P. R. (Bournemouth).—With regard to the " noeto
which you take exception, we object to your designating
it Republican. We situoly stated facts. At the time
we wrote there was not • member of the Royal Family
in England, end we maintain the country pays nearly •
million a year for their support. We know there have
been certain emoluments surrendered in return but
what we argued against was the neglect of duties for
the discharge of which the country is so heavily taxed.
" CONSTANT" (Dorchester).—We think you a lucky indi-
vidual to be in a position to be called upon to pay the
extra penny on the Income-tax. We believe this is the
state of affairs at present :—Now, incomes above £lOO are
taxed; It is proposed to extend the freedom from tax-
ation to incomes under £l5O. This will liberate • Very
large clam, and a very important one, consisting of
clerks, artisans, mechanics, dm., having le. than £l5O
a year. Then above this class another important
section, including professional men and persons in
responsible poaitlons, whose incomes are between £llO
and £4OO • year, will be able to deduct from their
salaries and pay the tax on the remainder only. Take
• man at £3) a year for example. He will pay tax on
only 1180, which, at the new rate of 3d., will be .C 2 Is,
On the present scale—that is to say of last year—a
man with the same income would have deducted .I.xo
only, and would have had to pay on 1.220 at 2d., that is
165., so that the "additional penny on the Income-
tax," which in itself has so alarming a sound, means
only 1k more a year in his case. The additional burden
to the man with £4OO • year is even less. On the old
male he would have had to Pay .O 3 Os., hut now he can
deduct £l2O, and will pay on only £2BO, or 13105., that
is to say is. more • year.