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This 1882 caricature features a camel as the taxpayer loaded down by premier Harry Atkinson and his swag of taxes, including the property tax he introduced after coming to power in 1879.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: A-095-045
by William Hutchison
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