19 MARCH 1932, Page 34

Finance—Public & Private

--- The Coming Budget

I AM finding it a little difficult to reckon with any great confidence upon the fulfilment of some of the ultra-opti- mistic predictions concerning the forthcoming Budget, When we remember- the threatening condition of the National Finances fad summer it is good to note that by reason of certain cuts Expenditure and the; inflow of Tax Revenue during the past three months, there is a reasonable prospect of the current fiscal year closing with a surplus instead of a deficit as was at one time threatened.