Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 600

With 220 million people in Southern Africa, theoretically 22 members of Congress can be produced.

But on this issue, the statistical methods of the federal government and various regions are different. For example, the statistics of Nyasaland will include all Chinese, including women and children who do not have the right to vote in theory. This part will also be included in the scope of statistics.

The federal government is different. When the federal government counts the population, it only counts the number of citizens who have the right to vote. Therefore, in different statistics, the number of people is not the same.

The real situation in southern Africa has also determined that the selection of members of Congress cannot be based on the population. After all, in a sparsely populated state like Bechuanaland, if it is really necessary to produce members of Congress based on the total population, then the state of Bechuanaland is only one state. There are no members of parliament, which is obviously not in line with the purpose of the federal government to establish a parliament.

In the current Federal Government Congress, the Cape produces the most MPs, reaching 11, followed by the Transvaal, Nyasaland, and Rhodesia, although the combined MPs produced by these three regions total 19 people, enough to have an overwhelming advantage over the Cape MPs, that's why Ade went to Rock first and asked Nyasaland to stand up and support the federal government's new tax law.

For the federal government's new tax law, Rock is of course opposed to it from the bottom of his heart.

When the federal government was established, Nyasaland not only did not need to pay taxes to London, but also received part of the financial allocation from London to maintain the normal operation of the Nyasaland barony.

It's not a baronie anymore, it's a viscounty now.

The federal government's new tax law stipulates that all states in the federal government will have to withdraw part of their taxes to the federal government in the future, and even noble private properties such as the Viscounty of Nyasaland are also within the tax scope of the federal government. The collective opposition of all members of Congress.

However, from the standpoint of the federal government, it is impossible to collect national taxes. The southern African federal government is obviously weak and strong. The local government has too much strength, and the central government does not have a fixed fiscal revenue. If the new tax law cannot be passed smoothly in the early days of the establishment of the federal government, then as time goes by, the weight of the federal government in southern Africa will gradually decrease, and eventually the federal government will be in name only.

This must be unacceptable to Adelaide. After all, Adelaide has always trained Roque as his successor, so the smooth passage of the new tax law now paves the way for Roque to govern in the future.

"The prime minister can't do anything about it. Rhodesia and even the Transvaal controlled by your Nyasaland and South African companies can make millions of investments at will, and the federal government's income is tens of millions every month. It’s less than 700 pounds, but do you know how much the federal government has spent this year? A total of [-] million, which does not include the aid you asked for from London, so the prime minister can only choose to increase taxes, otherwise it will not be used How long will the federal government not even be able to pay the salaries of government workers, and then the federal government will have to shut down." Later, Sidney Milner explained to Roque while having dinner with Roque.

The restaurant where Sidney Milner and Rock had dinner was the Oak Restaurant in Pretoria. As you can tell from the name, this is another catering company from Cape Town.

The chef of the Oak Restaurant is Marvin from the Qing Dynasty. Because he used to work in Rock’s house, Marvin has a good relationship with many officials in Johannesburg, so the shares of the Oak Restaurant are a bit complicated. For example, Li De and Martin all hold part of it. Stake in Oak Restaurant.

Therefore, in the past two years, the expansion of Oak Restaurant has been a bit fast, not only in the Transvaal, but also in Nyasaland and Cape.

Relatively speaking, the consumption of the Oak Restaurant is relatively high. On average, every customer who enters the Oak Restaurant spends about five pounds per capita. This consumption level is already very high in southern Africa, but the customers of the Oak Restaurant are still There is an endless stream, and the business is very hot.

Rock wanted to come to the Oak Restaurant for dinner, of course there was always a seat, and Marvin also served Rock himself, and he was very busy adding tea and pouring wine.

"The federal government's expenses during this period are indeed a bit high, but the federal government has just been established, and it is understandable that the expenses are high. It will be fine in two years—" Rock knows that the federal government's financial situation is not good, but to let Nyasaland State offered real money to support the federal government, and Roque was really unwilling.

The current Nyasaland government still needs Rock's private subsidies to maintain its operations.

It seems that there are many enterprises in Nyasaland, but many of them are Rock's private property and do not need to pay taxes at all, so the life of the Nyasaland government is not easy.

However, if the new tax law of the federal government passes through, the enterprises in Nyasaland will not only have to pay taxes to the Nyasaland state government, but also have to bear part of the national tax, so the burden will also increase greatly.

The situation is similar to the gold mines in Johannesburg. The original intention of the British to launch the Boer War was for the gold in the Transvaal, so they attached great importance to the gold mines in Johannesburg. The reason why Philip was selected as the mayor of Johannesburg was also out of this reason.

Before the establishment of the federal government, the gold mines in Johannesburg also did not need to pay taxes to the Governor's Office at the time. The Johannesburg Mining Union only sold the mined gold to the British government, and then they could get the full support of the British government.

After the federal government's new tax law was passed, such a good day no longer exists. In the future, gold mined can only be sold to the British government, but taxes must be paid to the Transvaal state government and the federal government, so Nyasaland objected The attitude of the new tax law is not the most fierce, but the mine owners in the Transvaal are.

That is to say, when Roque was working in Johannesburg a few years ago, he racked his brains to ban the illegal armed forces owned by the mine owners. Otherwise, he didn’t know what troubles were going to happen. The mine owners didn’t care what the establishment of the federal government would do to them. Whether it is good or not, whether it is the British or the Boers in power, we must be cautious in front of capital.

"My lord, you have to understand the difficulty of the prime minister. In fact, collecting national taxes is not a bad thing. After all, the national taxes paid by Nyasaland will eventually be returned to Nyasaland through financial allocations. This is not a problem for Nyasaland. Increase the burden." Sidney Milner said it nicely, but it may not be necessarily true when it is actually implemented.

Everyone will say that Sidney Milner, as the first secretary of the federal government, can promise all kinds of benefits at will in order to win Rock's support at this time.

But it is not certain when it comes to actual implementation. Even if the federal government does allocate financial funds to Nyasaland, but Nyasaland pays 100 million taxes, the federal government only allocates [-] in the end. Ke just sneered.

"It's not what you think, my lord. The federal government's budget for Nyasaland is the highest among the nine states of the federal government. Nyasaland will definitely receive the most financial allocation among the nine states." Sidney Milner emphasized that, after all, Nyasaland is located at the northernmost tip of southern Africa and faces the threat of Tanganyika, so it is indeed eligible to receive the most financial allocations.

"Sidney, it's not that I don't support the federal government's new tax law, but you have to know that only Nyasaland's support can't play a key role." Rock really couldn't refuse Sidney Mill accept.

"You don't have to worry about this issue. As long as Nyasaland supports the new tax law, the new tax law will be passed after the next vote." Sidney Milner is full of confidence.

While Sidney Milner and Rock were having dinner, Philip and Henry, father and son, were drinking tea at Matilda Manor on the outskirts of Pretoria.

As pure Englishmen, Philip and Henry drank the standard English afternoon tea.

The standard English afternoon tea is to add sugar and milk. According to the traditional Chinese tea culture, it is simply outrageous, but considering that most tea in the UK is produced in India, then this is understandable.

This tea was stolen by the British Qing Dynasty, and then it was tested in India, and finally the afternoon tea in Britain came into being.

The topic of Philip and Henry is of course inseparable from the new tax law pushed by Adele.

"Your Excellency probably underestimated the difficulty of increasing taxes. Almost every tax increase in British history was accompanied by controversy and confusion, and even led to war. The same is true in southern Africa. I want the dignitaries in southern Africa to support the Federation with their own pockets. The government is easier said than done, at least I don’t want to.” Henry’s attitude is firm, as in Nyasaland, there are many enterprises in Henry’s Fawalt baron, and they are all heavy industries such as mining and steel factories. The new tax law is implemented After that, the enterprises in the Baron of Fawalt also had to pay taxes to the federal government, which made Henry very dissatisfied.

However, the starting point of Henry's dissatisfaction was different from Rock's.

Don't forget that Adelaide is also a member of the nobles now, and the nobles have always had privileges in the UK, so the opposition to the nobles in the UK will be louder and louder.

According to the situation in the United Kingdom, even if London wants to add new taxes, it must take proper care of the nobles, so that it can be successfully passed by the British House of Lords.

However, the formulation of the new tax law in southern Africa this time did not take into account the interests of the southern African nobles, which made Henry very dissatisfied with Ade. In Henry's view, Ade's behavior was a betrayal of the entire aristocratic group.

"This is not what you should say. Don't forget that you are still the Minister of Justice of the federal government—" Philip was very dissatisfied with Henry's attitude. As the Minister of Justice, he should at least be cautious in his words and deeds. It is absolutely impossible to say.

(End of this chapter)