In the Dominion elections held in March, 1940, Yukon elected a Conservative, George Black, K.S., former Speaker of the House of Commons, to represent it in the present House.
At its annual session in June, the Yukon Council adopted an ordinance providing for a Territorial income tax of 30 per cent of the Federal Income War Tax. A tax was also levied on gasoline and fuel oil for use by automobiles, and various other tax ordinances were amended to provide a 20 per cent increase in taxation. The Council also passed an ordinance to provide for a plebiscite on the question of the sale of spirituous liquors in licensed premises, but this ordinance, together with two others which would have regulated the sale of liquor if the proposal had carried, was disapproved by the Governor in Council. Other legislation was of a minor character.
The production of placer gold through the middle of November reached approximately 97,500 ounces. Ten dredges were in operation during the entire season, and one other for three months. In addition to the placer mining, large scale operations were carried on by some operators using hydraulic, drag line shovels, and bulldozers. There was also some production by individual miners using more primitive methods.
Shipments of silver lead ore and concentrates to outside smelters were about one-half the 1939 shipments and will approximate about $1,000,000 for the year.
There has been no unemployment in the Territory and the only government relief has been to the aged and sick.
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