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The result of these decreases in expenditure and increases in

taxation makes the final Budget estimate for 1899-1900 work out as follows :—Estimated Revenue, £110,287,000; further taxation in Stamp-duties and wines, £870,000 ; total, £111,157,000. Estimated expenditure, £110,927,000. Estimated surplus, £230,000.