A LARGE SURPLUS PREDICTED.
PUB FBJSSB A?SOCIATIO*. Auckland, March TThe Hon. J. G, Ward,' speaking aft Te Awamutu, siid that la fit yeajf remissions of taxation were made to th» ( extent of £325.000, yet the rmw» for tbe eleven months of the financial year amounted to £5,112,200, againsk £4,859,700. being an incease of £252,000 with another month to g** He prophesied ft surplus of £400,000 at the end of the financial year. Ther* was a plethora of money in New Zea* land to-day such as never before ex« isted in its history. The income tax to February showed an increase ef £105,000, compared with 1892-3, an* by the end of March it wag calculated it would be increaaed to £159,000. Referring to the South African war, he naid it was our duty to continue to assist the Empire until the necessity had psussad away. The men new being sent were to relief those 1300 wh® had besn at the thirteen months.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 46, 8 March 1901, Page 2
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161A LARGE SURPLUS PREDICTED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 46, 8 March 1901, Page 2
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