REVENUE RETURNS

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 88, 12 October 1915, Page 4

REVENUE RETURNS

INCREASES IN MOST DEPARTMENTS INTERESTING COMPARISONS., Some interesting figures giving various comparisons in the revenue returns were submitted to Parliament yesterday afternoon by Sir Joseph Ward, the Minister of Finance. The first set of statistics showed the revenue for the years ended 30th September, 1915 and 1914, respectively. They were as follow : —

Customs Stamp and Death Duties Postal and Telegraph Land-tax Income-tax Beer Duty Railways ... Eegistration and other fees Marine « Miscellaneous ... Territorial National Endowment Revenue . . Otli-er receipts 1915. £ 1,678,040 604,928 677,773 36,799 15,556 61,591 1,935,221 50,114 23,025 168,256 103,091 92,655 9,451 1914. £ 1,692,029 592,810 637,362 7,340 11,925 58,149 1,920,299 45,560 25,886 207,761 96,735 78,770 Totals 5,456,500 5,379,367 Total increase, £77,133.

SIX MONTHS' RETURNS. For the six months ended 30th September, 1915 and 1914, the figures were : —

Sir Joseph Ward concluded that the figures _were very satisfactory as they ■were within the Budget estimates, and he had much pleasure in communicating them to the House. (Hear, hear.)

-LaJLii. J-iS-Lt. Customs Stamp and death duties ?ost & telegraph land-tax [ncome-tax Seer duty Railways Registration and other fees Marine vliscellaneous ... rerritorial National endowment revenue Dther receipts ... £ '3,153,294 1,429,325 1,393,854 829,100 543,949 131,102 4,121,59? 104,574 47,526 „ 422,993 245,979 92,655 13,130 £ 3,425,366 1,247,853 1.315,018 767,870 545,374 128,870 4,101,688 99,253 53,440 476,339 209,120 78,770 10,057 Totals ... 12,529,078 Total increase, £70,060. 12,459,018