WEST AUSTRALIA.
BUDGET DEFICIT. BUT AN IJIPEOVED . OUTLOOK. , (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) ■ Perth,. September. 30. ; . The State Budget, delivered.' by the .Premier and Colonial Treasurer,. Mr. N; J. Moore, shows that the deficit last: year. was X 102.000.The following axo the Treasurer's .estimates of revenue and 'expenditure!for 1 ' the .currettt year:— v. , Eevenue , . «. . ... ,£3,426,000 . Expenditure.; ... ;„ :i J3.387.000 , N . Surplus ; ' ... . ,£39,000 . /Tho season has been the best for ten years. It is expected that there will bo a', twelvebushel harvest, and three million bushels' will be availablo for export. • Since its start the Agricultural Bank has advanced over a million pounds, to farmers.. \ The construction of agricultural. and'; other, railways Trill be continued 'wherever.'justifi,' able, and land settlement will be pushed forward, , ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 7
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