REVENUE BUOYANT
BRITISH EXCHEQUER INCREASE IN RECEIPTS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9.30 a.m. RUGBY, July 13. The Exchequer returns continue to reflect the satisfactory state of the national finances. The total ordinary revenue to date amounts to £159,037,272, compared with £149,272,026 in the corresponding date of last year. Advances are shown under all the main headings. The inland revenue yield, to which income tax contributes £20,276,000 and estate duty £26,130,000, reached the total of £56,546,000 on July 10, compared with £51,095,000 in 1936 on the same date, while £89,665,000, against £84,331,000, has been collected from customs and excise. The total ordinary expenditure amounted to £239,849,779, compared with £226,268,212 at the corresponding date of last year.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 5
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