DOMINION REVENUE.
FOR TEN MONTHS,
POSITION SATISFACTORY. J __: ' \ ■'.'■>■ -.1 The Hon. W. Eraser (Acting-Miniftcl■'".■' J for Finance) supplied a reporter yostor- '•■:-." day with a-statement of 'Dominion re- | venue and expenditure for tho leu month* * ended' January 31, 1013. Doing so. Mr;'''•:.... J Eraser remarked that such a statement .'. •/;.■? was of value only when compared with ."' J tho figures for the corresponding period ..'1 of Inst year.- l ■ ' ! ■'•:.""' ,,: :'::] The, total revenue for-the• ten'months ■ ■'•• :.'■■] endctl January 31, 1910, was, A 021,936.;-, ..,:■! , Tho total-revenue, for the ton mouths";-• '':'• ended January 31 t 1012, was ..£8,G39.(18'1. ' . *.- ,'J Excess for tho later period: JK1!5,302.' ,'J ■ The total: expenditure ■ for ■: tho t«n . :j months: to January 31, 1013, '.was- , ,■ VG8.037.509. '-■-.-.'■ -.-' '■' ;• - : - ' ; "' ~' ■-:'* Tho total expenditure for tho' 'ten' ' '■■'■'■ ■■!-:j months to Jaiiuary 31, 19)2, was'"" H 1 ■£8,310,9.15.'' '■ ■ ■ ■(■ ,■ ■ .''/v. ; A''l| Increase for the, later -period:-JC.126,514.'.,',; "A Tho' expenditure, .had necessarily;..in-;■[ .• creased, tho Minister . -remarked,.;,there >V'{ ■ 1 being amongst otlier things more interest,"' . jj■'.:-. $ lo pnyon- loans, and an increase in dc-' . j : ; ' fenco expenditure to meet. There had been '~]}; : :j increases in expenditure totalling i:442,019,-' >•■ :'j and decreases' iii expenditure to tho,- '.v amount 'of .£115,005, Revenue had ' in-/, -,. ,i j creased by nearly .£50,(100 more than ex--■■'■■■' '<-.' .j penditure. • '■'.."'' -.':■■'•,.- -.; '. The, t,tato of tho revenue,' Mr. 'Frascr:■.. , ;V ,:.ij stated, .was exceedingly, satisfactory. Tho-- - ,'; rovenne itself;was ..very ; buoyant.'. Land'.'::";: :\'t o-nd incomo tax.receipts would be at least. -', :'■''•,'J X 75.000 in' excels of the.estiinatc. |; • _'. : , ■;
There had' been soms suggestions, Mr...'; , '■'.',] Eraser added, that loans from the lending, ' . j Departments had been greatly,' reduced,. > . .., ■ j but for the ten I months eliding. January.'. : .'o .11, 1913, no less: a. sum than. jC1.629,125: ; ; V/. ':■;. ,.? had been advanced. by advances .to.-;;, ~1 settlers, advances, to ■ workers, .and ad- ;'■;■'.'.!] vancis.to local bodies branches. ;,. . '.'I
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1673, 13 February 1913, Page 5
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292DOMINION REVENUE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1673, 13 February 1913, Page 5
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