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THE COMMONWEALTH.

FEDERAL BALANCE SHEET. THE NEW TARIFF. Received l>th, 12.42 a.m. Melbourne, August 8. Sir W. Lyne delivered his Budget tonight. It chimed that Australia, under Federat ioii. had made a notable advance in trade. The total revenue was £12.832,2 m. Customs and Excise contributing £9,648,662, an increase over the preceding year of £050,342. The total amount returned to the States was The States received £805,000 in excess of the sum required to be paid under the ''P»r.iddon clause.'' It waa ex|»eeted the revenue from sugar in the present vear would be £47,00(1, compared with £122,000 the previous year; whiie siigir e-,i-ise was estimated to produce £74O,(KK), compared with £5411.000 last year. An anlvsis of the tariff wa= nnt fully available, but generally speaking it is slightly of a protectionist character. Increases have bene made i- the majority of lin-s. Clothing has Nvn raised to 40 and l.j per cent., woollens raised to 35 per cent., and furniture to 40 ner Cent.

-M.l.E'ii'ri r "\K.\l|{ TREATMENT. BRITISH GOODS. Received Bth, 10.51 p.m. London, August 8. Replying to Sir M. Levy, Mr Winston Churchill stated again his intention to call the Commonwealth's attention to the alleged unfair treatment of certain British imports.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 9 August 1907, Page 3

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THE COMMONWEALTH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 9 August 1907, Page 3

THE COMMONWEALTH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 9 August 1907, Page 3

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