INDIAN BUDGET.
SURPLUS FOR YEAR.
DELHI, Feb. 28. The Finance Minister, Sir Basil Blackett, in introducing the Indian budget, said that the surplus for the year totalled 310 lakhs of rupees. The estimated surplus for 1927-28 was 364 lakhs. The duties on. imported motorcars and tires would be reduced from 20 to 15 per cent. The export duties on hides and tea would be abolished, also the stamp duty on cheques and demand bills. . Every effort would be made to keep down the military expenditure.—Sydney Sun cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 79, 2 March 1927, Page 9
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