QUEENSLAND BUDGET.
Press Association-Bv Telegraph-Copyright Bbisbanb, July 20,
The Treasurer delivered bis Budget spaeoh in ths Assembly to-nisjht. The revenue for the year was L 3.413.000, or L 63 000 more than the estimate; and the expenditure was L 3.308.000, or L 39.000 under the estimate. Po tiori of tbe surplus will ba applied to the reduction of the funded d«bt of L 1.500.000. The loan f and has been administered spari»gW, L 194.000 less than was esumated hiving been spent, tt-ta proposed to contiaue railway construction with the vjevv o increasing facilities for producers ana of developing the interior Though the year has been t>ro*peroas, and there has been a general expansion of trade ana commerce ireful financing will still be necessary. Tm eSST-ted revenue for tha coming yoar will Sow an increase of L 57.000 but no cS^e ■fa needed or. Intended in the methods of 1 taxation, nor will tUe salaries ot civil servanto be further reduced. The Treasurer mentioned that the rtwuuing sinks last year cTst tho colony L 17.600, and in tho last .five yLI expenditure on tin* account was L 96.000. ;
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10422, 26 July 1895, Page 2
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187QUEENSLAND BUDGET. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10422, 26 July 1895, Page 2
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