BRITISH EXCHEQUER.
FLOATING DEBT INCREASE. LONDON, Aug. 15. The Exchequer returns show that total ordinary revenue amounts to £244,521,842, compared with £224;829,425 at the corresponding date of 1938. Customs yielded £91,517,000 against £80,986,000 a year ago. ’ Total expenditure, less self-balancing items, is £359,236,454, compared with £357,874,745 at the corresponding date of 1938. The floating debt which stood at £920,310,000 at the beginning of the financial year,' amounted last Saturday to £1,126,200.000, compared with £858,405,000 on August 13, 1938.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 220, 17 August 1939, Page 9
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78BRITISH EXCHEQUER. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 220, 17 August 1939, Page 9
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