15 APRIL 1905, Page 2

He next turned to the year which has just begun.

The following table shows the details of estimated receipts on the basis of existing expenditure :—

Customs £35,600,000 Excise ... 30,200,000 Death-duties 13,000,000 Stamps ... 8,000,000 Land-tax and House-duty 2,700,000 Income-tax 31,000,000

Post Office ...

16,500,000 Telegraphs ... 4,050,000 Crown Lands ... 470,000 Suez Canal Shares 1,034,000 Miscellaneous ... 1,450,000 £144,004,000

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE.

Consolidated Fund Services ... £29,780,000 Supply Services 111,252,000

£141,032,000 Estimated Surplus on the Present Basis of Taxation ... £2,972,000