DOMINION FINANCES.
. - _ , —of*- : i INCREASE IN, REVENUE AND i EXPENDITURE. i ' . '__ . f ,; (Per Press Association.) ;' "■' DUNEDTN, November 12. ,' Figures .supplied by tho Hon. J. Allen, Minister of Finance, show that I tlitf receipts for the seven months , ended Ootolior 31 a^t© £5,058,243, as compared wifcb £5,304.494 for the cori responding period of last year, an m- , <;roa.so of £353,749. The principal m- , creases «ro:—Customs £87,336, stamps £62,258, railways £170,213. For tho year ended October 31 the ~ revenue- was £11,329,889, as compared 3 with ,€10,G82;229 for .tho provmus year. Tho principal increases, for tlio year tvero:—Customs £258,693, post and *.eWr;-inh £45,3:1 O>, land and income tux'"£77,4l9, railways £222.858. t\ The .expenditure- for the seven n months Glided October 31 was: —Under ■»■ J,'ul>l;e. Works Fund £1,061.939, asconi- ,- pared with £967,322 in the previous If year; under Consolidated I'mid t £s,'■)-':>.515, as compared with c £f>]Hot}!o;J6 for seven months of t ho y .provknis year.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8411, 13 November 1912, Page 6
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