BRITISH EXCHEQUER
REVENUE IMPROVES EXPENDITURE HIGHER [ British Official Wireless. 1 Received Aug. 21, 7.5 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 20. Esclicqucr returns show that ordinary revenue, excluding self-balancing items, amounts to £224,432,126 compared with £218,005,371 at the corresponding date last year. Receipts under this head for the week were £20,453,772 against £13,906,883 for the corresponding week of 1934. Revenue is £6,426,755 higher than at the corresponding dale last year. Revenue from customs and exiae is £2,652,000 greater. Receipts from estate duties and stamps are also higher, while the yield of income tax, despite the concessions of the Finance Act, are only £230,000 less. Total ordinary expenditure, excluding self-balancing items, is £276,530,582 against £264,547,334 at the corresponding dale of 1931.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 196, 22 August 1935, Page 7
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