ABSTRACT
The physique of the people is affected, not only by what they eat and drink, but by sanitary conditions in their environment, by the suppression of different kinds of disease. The Government alone cannot make people conform to sanitary requirements in their everyday life: only a great deal of private effort can spread enlightenment on such matters amongst the masses and carry on the necessary sanitary propaganda. The problem of taxation confronts every Government, native or foreign. Every tax is an evil, in so far as it deprives the taxpayer of enjoyments one might otherwise have, but no Government can get on without levying taxes. The fiscal system may be criticized both in respect of the levying of taxes the amount raised excessive or inadequate, the methods of levying wrong and in respect of the mode of expenditure.
