- The Revenue accounts for last year, 1882-3, were as follows
:- Estimates (as
modified in July). Receipts.
Customs £19,300,000 £19,657,000 Excise 27,230,000 26,930,000 Stamps 11,145,000 11,841,000 Land-tax and House-duty... 2,775,000 2,800,000 Income-tax 11,662,000 11,900,000
Post Office and-Telegraphs
8,800,000 9,010,000 Crown Lands 380,000 380,000 Interest on Advances 1,180,000 1,218,845 Miscellaneous 4,725,000 5,267,611 Total £87,197,000 £89,004,456
—showing a surplus of actual over estimated revenue of £1,807,456. The total estimated expenditure (including the Supplementary Estimates) was £89,906,000; but the actual ex- penditure had fallen short of this, and reached only £88,906,000, and subtracting this from the actual revenue of £89,004,456, the surplus for the year past was £98,456, after paying the whole expense of the Egyptian Expedition out of the revenue of the year.
