BRITISH OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICES
(British Official Wireless.) (Received March 18, 1.30 p.m.)
RUGBY, March 17,
The civil estimates for foreign and Imperial services issued on Saturday show a net total of £14,185,469 for 1940 compared with £18,128,273 in 1939. The original net estimate for 1939 was £15,387,203, but three supplementary estimates raised the total to £18,128,273. .
The principal decreases are £3,749,239 for the India and Burma service and £365,242 for diplomatic and consular services. The principal increases are £495,452 for the Colonial and Middle Eastern services and £185,311 for the Foreign Office.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400318.2.64
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 66, 18 March 1940, Page 10
Word Count
92BRITISH OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICES Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 66, 18 March 1940, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.