POLITICAL.
Mr R, Meredith at Eist n ■ •■" ;■■;..■. '■". Oxford, z;:"'" - Last night M* E. Meredith, M.H.S> for Ashley, addressed his constituents at the East Oxford Town Hall. At the oloae of bia speech he summed up to the following, effect:— The national debt had been V reduced by .£117,282 ; the revenue bad 1 exceeded the estimate by .£87,287 ; the expenditure was leas than the esfci--mate by ; there had been the smallest unauthorised expenditure known during the last seventeen years ; the accumulations in the Banks amounted to JJ1 5,81 1,729; exports exceeded imports by .£3,062,548; the influx of population ; exceeded the exodus; the rate of interest was lower than it had ever* been; settlement on the land waa on the increase, and the resources of the Colony were being, developed. Altogether there was a solid* monument of retrenchment, economy, progress and prosperity, reflecting the highest credit on the people and the Government of the Colony. : A vote of thanks and confidence was--unanimoualy carried.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4592, 14 March 1893, Page 3
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161POLITICAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4592, 14 March 1893, Page 3
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