6 APRIL 1929, page 31

The Sinking Fund.

Next week I shall be making special reference to the effect on the Sinking Fund of the Chancellor's present system of budgeting, but in this place it will be sufficient to......

Savings In Expenditure.

In the matter of Expenditure, the Chancellor must be congratulated upon having kept well within his Estimates —including the Supplementaries—of £824,000,000. It is true that......

Fall In Supertax.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the Income Tax has done a little better, or perhaps it should be said less bidly, than the Chancellor expected, the shrinkage being only......

Forecasts And Results.

At first sight, the Chancellor's estimate of increases or decreases in Revenue for the year would seem to have been fairly accurate, the actual decline for the year being......

A Good Result. - - - - The Position For The

fiscal year • 'which closed on the 31st March was as follows :— Gross Revenue .. £836,434,988 Gross Expenditure .. 818,040,525 Realized Surplus .. • I from previous year Placed......

Excise Disappointing.

- Both as regards Customs and Excise the results have failed to come up to Mr. Churchill's expectations. In the case of Customs, the figure is about £8,000,000 short, but in......

Finance—public And Private

The Nation's Realized Surplus WHILE the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had many difficulties to contend with during his five years of office, including the Great Strike, Coal......

The Coming Budget.

As soon as the actual Revenue results for the year which has closed become- known it is - easier to judge of the general problem with which the Chancellor will be con- fronted......