BRITISH AFFAIRS
REVENUE RETURNS A 'substantial decrease (By Telegraph.—Frees Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). LONDON. October 1. The quarter s revenue decreased £43,255,000 compared with 1921. The decreases were: Excess profixs £9,950.000; Excise £8.051.000; Customs £3,632,000; Postal service £1,450,000 and special receipts from sale •f war stores £27,109.000. The increases were: Income Tax £4,774,000; Estate duties £4,014.000; Telephones, £1.400.000. The six months’ revenue was £403,893.30": a decrease of £52,269,000. The expenditure was £347.423,000. a decrease of £150,570,000, of which civil services contributed £69.155.000; Army, Navy and Air Force £40,060,000; interest on war debt £31,571.000. THE PRINCE OF WALES. VISIT TO THE BRITISH LEGION. LONDON, October 1 The Prince of Wales attended the British Lemon’s rally at the Crystal Palace and was enthusiastically welcomed, it being his first public engagement since his return jrwiU India. DRAB LONDON, A SUNLESS QUARTER. LONDON. October 1. Between June 1 and September 30 London had only 603 hours’ sunshine, or 127 hours below the average.
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Southland Times, Issue 19654, 3 October 1922, Page 5
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162BRITISH AFFAIRS Southland Times, Issue 19654, 3 October 1922, Page 5
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