THE COLONY'S POSITION.
Another Quarter Miilion Surplus Predicted.
A Sanguine Outlook,
(By Telegraph—Press Association),
Cheistcuurch, This Day.
Speaking at Hanmer Springs, the Premier said that during eleven months the actual revenue had been £5,551,366 and the estimate for March was £740,6.4. The total revenue for the year would thus* be £6,292,000, giving an estimated surplus of over a quarter million sterling. The Colony, to-day, stood out as one of the most prosperous of any within the Empire. The outlook was never better than at the present moment. He was delighted to feel that all bitterness seemed to havo passed away; that men and women could grant to others that which they claimed to enjoy themselves— viz., independence, freedom of thought and action.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7404, 7 March 1903, Page 3
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122THE COLONY'S POSITION. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7404, 7 March 1903, Page 3
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