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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. ♦ G-+» — SYDNEY PRODUCE MARKETS. QUEENSLAND COLONIAL TREASURER'S STATEMENT. (Received August 20, 10 p.m.) Sydney, August 19. r-.'-\fr-\. '.hi- ev-!H!!g. the Rotomo.u:aiiana, lor Auckland. New Zwbnv wheat is steady at 4s 5s per bushel ; New Zealand oats, 2d We<- ?-■: G.l tie:- :> r . '; ;■ ,■;-;•!!;, c 0 r r,.i - 1 -.-; ~-;;,.. ~.., i ■'. pollard and potatoes maitiiain last quotations. Sugur is unchanged.
Brisbane, August 20. The Colonial Treasurer introduced his Financial Statement in the Legislative Assembly last night. He estimates the revenue for the year 1886-7 at £3,000,000; and the expenditure at £3,070,000. He proposed t<> cover ihe deficit by increasing ad valorem duties to 7£ per cent., and levying succession duties.
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Kumara Times, Issue 3058, 21 August 1886, Page 2
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