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BRUNSWICK. 
were induced to purchase their tenements, but since 1903 this practice has been 
abandoned. The society has undoubtedly exercised a good influence by raising 
the standard of comfort amongst the working classes, and by inducing private 
builders to improve the accommodation generally offered to this class of tenants. 
The following Table showing the predominant rents of working class 
dwellings in the old and new parts of the town respectively is based upon 
returns relating to 1824 tenements. 
Predominant Rents of Working Class Dwellings. 
Number of Rooms per Tenement. 
Three rooms ... 
Four rooms 
Predominant Weekly Rents. 
Older parts of Town. 
2s. 4d. to 2s. lid. 
2s. lid. to 3s. 6d. 
Newer parts of Town. 
2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. 
3s. 6d. to 4s. 
The difference in rent between the various storeys in the town as a whole 
is very slight, except in the case of the fourth storey, which costs from 3d. to 
6d. per week less than the floors beneath. Rent is usually paid by the month, 
and a month’s notice is in that case required on both sides. The rent includes 
the charges for water, for chimney cleaning, and, in the case of the better class 
dwellings, for the cleaning and lighting of the stairs. 
From these figures it is seen that rents in Brunswick are very low. Rents 
in Berlin being taken as 100, the Brunswick index number is 37. In only two 
of the towns investigated for the purposes of this report were rents found to be 
lower, these two towns being Stassfurt and Oschersleben, the smallest towns 
investigated. 
The taxes paid by the working classes of Brunswick are the State income 
tax and the municipal income tax. The former is levied upon annual incomes 
exceeding £45 and the latter upon those exceeding £30. The State tax is a 
fixed amount for each income group, whilst the amount of the local tax is 
determined by taking a multiple of the unit of taxation prescribed for each 
grade of income. This multiple varies from year to year according to the 
financial necessities of the municipality, and in 1905 was 10^. The following 
table shows the amounts paid in State and local taxes on incomes up to £150, 
which may be regarded as the limit as far as the working classes are 
concerned :— 
Incomes 
exceeding 
up to and including 
State Tax. 
Local Tax. 
Total. 
3U 
35 
40 
45 
50 
55 
60 
65 
70 
75 
80 
85 
90 
95 
100 
105 
110 
115 
120 
125 
130 
135 
140 
145 
£ 
35 
40 
45 
50 
55 
60 
65 
70 
75 
80 
85 
90 
95 
100 
105 
110 
115 
120 
125 
130 
135 
140 
145 
150 
£ s. d. 
exempted 
3 11 
5 3 
6 
7 
9 
0 10 
0 11 
0 13 
0 14 
0 15 
0 16 11 
0 18 3 
0 19 6 
6 
10 
1 
5 
9 
0 
4 
7 
0 10 
1 
5 
0 
7 
1 11 3 
1 13 10 
1 16 5 
0 10 
0 11 
0 12 
0 13 
0 14 
0 15 
0 18 
1 1 
4 
7 
11 
1 15 
19 
3 
7 
12 
2 17 
3 2 
3 7 
3 13 
d. 
4 
4 
5 
5 
6 
7 
7 
8 
8 
9 
6 
5 
7 
11 
6 
3 
3 
6 
10 
6 
4 
4 
7 
£ s. d. 
0 6 4 
0 7 4 
0 8 5 
0 13 4 
0 15 9 
0 18 1 
10 5 
12 9 
15 1 
17 6 
1 11 6 
1 15 9 
2 0 2 
2 4 10 
2 9 9 
2 14 9 
3 0 1 
3 5 7 
3 11 3 
3 18 6 
4 5 11 
4 13 7 
5 1 5 
5 9 6