ADELAIDE.
This day,
The Colonial Treasurer made his financial statement in the House of Assembly last night. He showed that the revenue during the lastfinancialvearAA'as£2.o9o,ooo, and the expenditure £2,2",30,000. He estimates the revenue for the current year at £2,180,000, and the expenditure at £2,300,000. In order to meet the deficiency it is decided to copy New Zealand and impose a tax of one penny in the pound on real and personal property. This is estimated to yield £160,000. The Treasurer shoAved that the railways pay 2\ per cent, on the capital inA-ested, and announced that it Avas intended to increase tho immigration A-ote to £40,000.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3754, 27 July 1883, Page 3
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105ADELAIDE. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3754, 27 July 1883, Page 3
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