AUSTRALIAN FINANCE
Adelaide, Sept. 19
The Budget/shows the revenae ihas by .the iprecding ytar, while 'h» expenditure is i£s2,oooover,tbe.estim>iteof£2;3lo,ooo l (which is the largest expepdjtgre since jlßo6. .Mr; Pi,ayford, in his Financial .'Statement,, referred to the gradual re. jdnction ofotke.defiiit, and thecontinuous (surplus on current transactions. He put jthe wheat *yi<4d at eight bushels per fiacre, though experts expect ten. He {considered the outlook of the colony was jbright,
Brisbane, Sept. 1.9.
The.Fiqancial Statement proposes to (impose a. doty,) of .14s per gallon, on i spirits, and a 12s excise duty on Queensjland spirits ; a dividend tax of Is per |£ on all rompaDJes having head offices tin Queensland, and a similar tax on jdividends of companies whose headjquarters are out of the colony, to be icharged.on so.much of the dividend as ;may be.due to the proportion of capital (employed in Queensland ; and finally a jduty oniall insurance companies >at the irate of i£l for every £ 100 of premium ireceived in the colony,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2102, 23 September 1890, Page 1
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162AUSTRALIAN FINANCE Temuka Leader, Issue 2102, 23 September 1890, Page 1
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