QUEENSLAND REVENUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10514, 6 August 1897, Page 5

QUEENSLAND REVENUE.

Brisbane, August 5. The Budget shows that the revenue bat fallen short of the Estimate . £54,800. Practically, 1 the only increase doting th« year was in railways, .which topped the Estimate by £58,800. Customs declined £91,000, of which £36,000 was due to additions to the free list. The revenue ior the year amounted to £3,613,000, and the expenditure was £3,601,000. A forecast foe the ensuing year gives estimated revenue £3,671,000, and expenditure £3,689,000. II is proposed to provide for the deficiency by re-imposing fcha excise duty on beer of 3d per gallon, also an extra 3d per gallon on imported ales. w' THE COMMONWEALTH BILL. Sydney, August 5, . The Legislative Assembly carried an amendment in favonr of the recognition oi God in the Commonwealth Bill.

A CONVERT TO ROME.

Melbourne, August 5. Canon Grigson, until recently a prominent Anglican clergyman in Worth Queensland, has been converted to the Church of Rome, and received into the Church at Ballarat. He goes Home, and places himself in the hands of Cardinal Vaughan. QUEENSLAND DEPOSIT BANK. . Brisbane, Augusts, At a meeting of creditors of the Queensland Deposit Bank, the directors submitted < a scheme of re-arrangement extending ovqi, twenty years. . After a severe discussion, a majority decided in favour of the scheme, but as the requisite three-fourths in valtft | was not reached, the scheme was rejected, causing great consternation. v

COMMERCIAL BANK. Melbourne, August 5. , At a meeting of the Commercial Bank the profit* for the half year are shown to be £52,000. A dividend of two per cent was declared on preference shares; £23,000 f all placed to the assets trust special reserve; and £4200 was carried forward. Tlw Chairman said there were unmistakable signs of a reasonable progress in the bank's affairs, ■ '' . " Buyers of erery description of drapery will do well to avail themselves pjt the chuM afforded by the sale" extrordinary now in progress at Rushbrook and Co.'s. • A. clear* ance of stock being imperative every ii being sold at extremely low,prices for cash. We have no doubt those oar readers who find a Hair Colour - Restorer a matter et necessity, may be glad to know that an old and world-wide favourite—"Condy's Fluid* -makes a most excellent hair stain. v The non-poisonous and perfectly harmless properties of CondyVFluid give, it an immense advantage over ordinary and more expensive hair dye«, which nearly all contain lead er some other metallic poison, injurious alike to hair and health,- while Condv's Fluid, by its invigorating and cleansing effect on the hair and pores of ' the shin, restores healthy action, and thereby promotes the growth »f the hair. h aM* ™:; ■ > ' Splendid lines of fancy dress material! at 3* 6d, 4a fid, and 5s fid the dress length,D.B.C. r •' 1 ; andk' "h'-rf 5 ti Ladies' hem-stitched handkerchiefs mattf, reduced, Is the'half dozen. Sale now on.—D.B.C.' • •... -* u. Jj.t'4'U; •-, i''Bamboo-verandah blinds and , JaptMM