Question

what was the sources of taxation for colonial government

Answer 1

bulk of custom revenues before 1940, were mainly levied on luxury items such as spirits, beer, wine, tobacco, fire-arms, gunpowder and manufactured cloth. Part of the burden of import duties were thus born by foreign producers and European and African elite consumers.

Answer 2

bulk of custom revenues before 1940, were mainly levied on luxury items such as spirits, beer, wine, tobacco, fire-arms, gunpowder and manufactured cloth. Part of the burden of import duties were thus born by foreign producers and European and African elite consumers.