BRITISH FINANCE.
LATEST EXCHEQUER RETURNS. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 0.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. The Exchequer returns show that apart from self-balancing items, £23,923,253 was received into the Exchequer last week, and the expenditure for the week was £19,850,743. The current financial year ends on March 31, and the total of ordinary revenue to date is £667,588,537. The estimated revenue for the full year is £743,470,000, so the Budgetary position must he regarded as satisfactory. The total ordinary expenditure to date is £672,240,581, against the estimate for the full year of £754,577,000. Income tax, which is the largest individual item of inland revenue, now amounts to £207,468,000, against the estimate for the full year of £232,500,000. The amount of estate duties collected, amounting to £79,960,000, is already within £40,000 of the estimate. Customs and excise receipts to date total £278,775,000 against the estimate of £294,920,000.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 122, 5 March 1936, Page 5
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