BUOYANT REVENUE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7301, 3 December 1910, Page 4

BUOYANT REVENUE

GRATIFYING FIGURES FOE EIGHT MONTHS. PEDIS MINISTER’S ■ OPTIMISM. A statement of the Dominion’s revenue for the eight months ended •• November 30th was presented to Parliament yesterday by the Prime Minister, along with a comparison with the corresponding eight months last year. 1 The figures were

’’Decrease. The net increasoifor seven months endeded October 31st, 1910. was £S2B,mJ, and the statement therefore indicated a further increase of .£117,171. . The Prime Minister remarked that no was glad the upward tendency of our revenue was as marked now as when ho ; spoke on the subject on a previous occasion. The increased revenue for the eight months amounted to .£645,930, and he did not think there could be anything more . satisfactory. ; than what , these figures pourtrayed. As a result - ot a largo sum of money coming into,, the country they would find that money would be procurable at a lower basis of interest, which meant ixicreased investment in commercial, business and land investment, and he : was certain we were going to have better times dunng tho next twelve months than wo had had during the last’ five years, ;.

as follow: — — 1910 1809 Increase ■. £ £ Customs 1 933,807 1,636,034 247,773 Stamp Depart. 184,597 Stamps (Post & .Telegraph) .. 402,516 . 728,854 158,263 P. ami 'i'. cash 10,863 receipts 88,037 77,168 Land & income 12,387 74,688 62,301 Beer duty - 70,155 68,849 LC08 Kailways ........ 2 045,857. 1,860,881 164,976 Registration & ' 46,907 46,110 *797 28,460 26,443 2,017 Miscellaneous . 149,605 152,163 «2,65S Territorial ..... . 139,239 107,771 31,468 Totals ..... W63.301 4,817j371 649,385 Deduct decrease ••••■ Net increase 645,936