capitation tax

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The capitation tax too, which was remitted for three years on the pasha’s accession to the people of Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta and Rascheed, is now called for. 

From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet

Revenue is raised principally from customs and a capitation tax, which has replaced a hut tax.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

No capitation tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census herein before directed to be taken.

From The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

Rayah, r�′ya, n. a non-Mohammedan subject of Turkey who pays the capitation tax.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

He proposes a territorial impost; a general capitation tax; an augmented duty upon the circulation and export of silver; and a duty upon the consumption of tobacco.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various