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t s 1 s ,; k to 0 ,. j. e r •s K TO TAX RACING IN ONTARIO. Toronto, Oat., January ML— T. H. Lennox, inciii- ii- her of the legislature for North York has announced ! that, he will introduce a bill imposing a general tax ix of l » per cent, on the gate receipts at race uieet- t- ings, the money to be devoted to agricultural pur- r- | oses. There is no objection on the part of the e racing organizations in the Province of Ontario to ■ taxation, hut tuey are of the opinion that 10 per Jr cent. Is too much. It has been pointed out to the •e author of the measure that only 5 per cent, is taken U in the state of New York.
