THE RAILWAY RETENUE.
WELLINGTON, April 4. The railway revenue for the financial year which ended on Friday is expected^ to exceed the estimate of £1,370,000 by over £90,000. The expenditure for tha year was estimated at £916,000, and it ie believed has been slightly exceeded. The losses which the department will sustain over the Rakaia disaster will be charged to the current year's account.
The sluicing claim known as The Frenchmen's at Kumara has changed hands at close on £1000.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 9
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