It is no jest, replied in a deep voice the masked figure that held the lantern. The king, more impatient than intimidated, turned to the other masked figure. The second masked person to whom the king had addressed himself was a man of huge stature and vast circumference. Louis looked all round him; but by the light of the lamp which the masked figure raised for the purpose, he could perceive nothing but the damp walls which glistened here and there with the slimy traces of the snail.
Harmonized sales tax. The harmonized sales tax (HST) is a consumption tax in Canada. It is used in provinces where both the federal goods and services tax (GST) and the regional provincial sales tax (PST) have been combined into a single value added sales tax.
The goods and services tax (GST) is a tax that applies to the supply of most goods and services in Canada. These goods and services also include real property and intangible personal property.enerally, the harmonized sales tax (HST) applies to the same base of property and services as the GST. HST is imposed in provinces that have harmonized their provincial sales tax with the GST; these provinces are referred to as the âparticipating provincesâ.