Allowing for same, put this figure at, say. 51
(4) Interest on Investments, say 100
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Grand Total. (E. & O. E.) £501
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These, however, were not the figures I quoted to Charles Dugmore, A.T.
There was no port about him, and still less did he wait for me to introduce the subject. He sent me a sharp note and gave me twenty-one days to answer, in default of which he said he would have the law on me. Still, there is a certain rough kindness even about your Assessor of Taxes; this one enclosed a slip of paper, which he hoped I wouldn't read, but which, when I did read it, suggested to me my middle course of safety. "Work out your income, on lines consistent with honesty, at less than £160, and you've won," it said. With the assistance of the advice it gave, I had no difficulty in doing this; thus:—
MY INCOME ('14 to '15):. £
(1) Trade, Vocation or Profession, A Specialist. To estimate
this item it is necessary to take actual figures