AUSTRALIAN REVENUES.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2740, 3 January 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN REVENUES.

[By Cable.] Mbluoubne Dec. 31. The revenue returns for the quarter and year ended to day have been published. The revenue for the past quarter was £1,375,000, an increase of £124,000 compared with last year. The revenue for the year amounted to £5,428,000, a net increase of £723,000 compared with 1880. Under the various heads of re ■”' l ' the following increases on tin, j , ire shown :—Customs, £201,000 ; Excise, £182,000; Hailwayr XX); territorial,£s2,ooo. The expwiid-.tUi.-o for last quarter amounted to £1,519,000. Syijnky, Jan. 2. \ The revenue of New South Wales

for the past , year amounted to £6,714,000, being an increase of £1,802,098 conipared ; with 1880. The land revenue amounted to £2,821,000 ; the railways earned £1,460,000, and the post office, £330,000. Increases are shown in the income from duties on spirits, tobacco, and from stamps.

Adelaide; Jan. 2. The revenue : of South Australia for the past qfiartef ainounted to £544,000, being an increase of £47,000 compared with the corresponding quarter of 1880. J The revenue for the half-year ended 31st December was £1,124,000, showing an increase of £167,000 compared with the last six months of the previous year.