BRITISH REVENUE.
: SOME HEADWAY. INCREASE FOR THE' QUAnfER, £421,187. . ■DECREASE IN ■ EXCISE. ■'•;... . , •, 1, 10.5 p.m.) . (By Tclcgraph-Prcsa . Aesoclstion-Copyrlif ht.) ; ' : London, October 1. The revenue of the Unite* Kingdom for' the quarter ending September 30 was an increase of .£421,187 over, the Revenue for the corresponding quarter of 1908-09. ; totalling for the quarter .£6,84G,000, showed an .increase over tbo corresponding quarter of■ vrai.qob; but excise, .£7,352,000; showed a falling off of .£868,000. -. . ' Stamps, .£2,000,000, showed an increase of £170,000 oTer tho corresponding qnar.ter. FOR HALF-YEAR, £1,803,252. On the first quarter of 1909-10 tho. revenue, showed a gain of .£1,382,065. orer the corresponding period .of last year. Tho present quar. ter showsa.gain of £421,187. The,rate-of improvement has, therefore, not been maintained; still, on the half-year the Chancellor of the Exchequer is .£1,803,252 better off than he'was this time .last year.- The figures for the first half (if. thoenrrent year, and the increase or & a "arS^ WH^^ fir6t V halfot ;;■.'-. ■'■ ."" i-v" "'■' Inc on Dee, from ,• •' .'■'-■ .-. ■■ ■■■ 1908-09. ■' 1908-09.- .■•■•■■• ■■■.Jβ ■■■■■•. '£■;:.'. £ Customs .14,807,000 ; 774.000 ■ - ■ £«ise .14,174,000 ■'- i1.336.b00Stampa ............ 3,825,000 , '145,000 - . • lotol. revenue.... 61,415,872 ,1,803,252 Tho decrease in the. revenue of ; 1908-09, as compared irith 1907-08, was nearly five millions; so theßritish revenue has still a lot of leeway to make up. -, ' ".'.'-•';■'-.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 627, 2 October 1909, Page 5
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204BRITISH REVENUE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 627, 2 October 1909, Page 5
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