THE PUBLIC REVENUE.
' ' SATISFACTORY INCREASE. " JDSrVEROARGILL, < January 8. E Sir J. 6. Ward states that the revenue , 'for the nine monlhg. ended December 31 3 amounted to~ £6,307,100, compared l ;with b -£5,826,000, for the corresponding period of i the* previous-year. '■»,.". . 1 "The increase*", says the Prime Minister, s "is exceedingly- satisfactory, and indicates, , the remarkable buoyancy the revenue f that has continued for so long a period. - With anything like the same proportionate s increase for the balance of the last quarter the financial position at the end of the t year will show better results than at any r time in the history of the Dominion." & If the current quarter's returns -reach ,Jhe 1 average. Sir Joseph Ward is confident^ of 0 his ability to show a record surplus, which, with the sum carried forward last year, 1" should exceed £800,000.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 27
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143THE PUBLIC REVENUE. Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 27
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