FRANCE'S DEFICIT.
;« BIGHT MILLIONS SHORT. NEW TAXES (Uy ToleEra'ph -Prcaa Adßocialton -GoDjrlEbli , Paris, August 22. It l? estimated that the French Budget for 1010 will show a deficit of eight millions sterling. The French Minister of Finance (Mr- Cookery) proposes to increase the tobacco tax to i produce an additional million and a half, 1 and also to sell to ,wine-growers a State I label, to be affixed to each bottle of genuine i wine, guaranteeing its purity. I The cost of the label will vary according to the puce of the.wine.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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92FRANCE'S DEFICIT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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