THE IMPERIAL BUDGET.
London, April 16. In his Budget Sheech Mr Goschen’s proposal was to raise £300,000 by increasing the beer tax one-fourteenth of a penny, not one-fifteenth of a penny. In the course of his budget speech, Mr Goschen questioned whether paper money could be considered side by side with gold coinage, and said that prudence forbade making any large economy by the issue of paper money which was not represented by gold. The Chancellor declared his intention of clinging to the postal surplus, not in a miserly way but with tenacity. He referred shortly to the expanding prosperity of the country, and to the really grave condition of European politics. In the course of bis budget speech, Mr Goschen remarked that statistics showed that the drinking customs of the people of England had not increased in proportion to the increase of population, and that there had been a notable decline in the consumption of spirits and heavy wines.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1881, 20 April 1889, Page 3
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160THE IMPERIAL BUDGET. Temuka Leader, Issue 1881, 20 April 1889, Page 3
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