3 MARCH 1928, Page 2

The Army Estimates, as published last week, show a reduction

from the current total of £41,565,000 to about £41,000,000. According to the White Paper issued on Saturday the Civil Estimates for 1928 are expected to fall from £231,000,000 to £223,000,000. Whether this fall of £8,000,000 is a net gain or one that will prove in part or wholly elusive, it is almost impossible to say. The estimates for the Revenue Departments (thy Post Office, &c.) are hardly changed. There are no bold reductions, as we knew. The small and careful paring has, no doubt, been painful and laborious, but At will not relieve the tax-payer.

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