COLONY'S FINANCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12866, 26 May 1905, Page 7

COLONY'S FINANCE.

The following is a statement by the Colonial Treasurer on the colony? 3 finance for the year :—: — RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 1904-5. Neti surplusl '0761,036, made up a«* ( follows :— Receipts.— Revenue £7,282,870, sinlcing fund accretions £63,200, other receip*s £1127, total £7,347,197. j Expenditure. -^Perm anent appropriationsiations £2,670,972, annual appropriations £3,964,930, total £6,635,902. i Excess ofl receipt* over expenditi|ro £711,295. t . Balance on 31st March, 1904, £649,741, : Transferred to Public Works Fund, I £600,000. : Balance from last year £49,741, Lalance on 31st March, 1905, £761,036.

REVENUE RESULTS 1904-5. 1

Estimate for year £7,034,800, actual receipts £7,282,870, excess of roveabe ove* estimate £248,070. Compared with tho previous year : Revenue 11/034 £7,021,386, revenue 1904-5 £7,282,870, increase £201,484. \

REVENUE 1904-5.

Compared with estimate th« aotual revenue for 1904-5 was £7,282,870, and the estimated revenue for 1904-5 was £7,034,800. Excess of revenue £248,070.

Many a man is cold and irritable because his underwear is not ' suitable for the' 1 "southerly busters. "The Kash" makes a speciality of warm underclolhing, and the prices are flattened aa thin as tissue paper. Just see 'em.—Advt. (AFTER DINNER To assist digestion, relieve distress after eating too heartily and prevent constipation, take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Th^y are just what you need .'—Sold by VEALE AND CHATTEETON. , To farmerf and gairitaaen) and all lovers of a nice, garden.— Protect your plants from slugs, bugs, and snails, by using' agricultural lime. The cheapest manure and best fertiliser on the mat- j ket. On sale in large «r small quantities at Queens street Coal and Fire- ! wood Yard. Telephone 61.— Airvl. J "MaLko" (malted coffee and kola) is no deaer than other coffees, but it's better.— Advt. The' last" 'Ejalance-sWet* of the Provident' Building Society shows a very sound position and borrowers will do well ' ! to/ ascertain the terms on which the Society will advance money. It is proposed to lend money on mortgage on the most favourable terms, which can be ascertained from the Secretary, Mr H. A. Jjennon. — Advt. Budget advertisers are requested '♦< i note that replace advertisements for the Budget must reach this office Dot later than Monday in each week to ! ensure insertion in ; the following [Saturday's Budget".

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods^ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d.

There's no harm in "Malko" ; it makes a' real good drink. You cannot imagine better. — Advi.

Eggs dear or eggs cheapH" s e Powder I—will1 — will be found an excellent stitute for eggs, in cakes, pastry, panAsk for Tucker's.— Advt.

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