For the coming year, Mr. Childers's Estimates were as follows
:—
Estimate of Expenditure.-1884-85. Estimate of Revenue.-1884-85.
Total Charge for Debt S31,104,000 Customs £19,850,000
Army (including some
Hamm - 25,800,000
Charm, of Forces in India)
15,931,000 Stamps 11,490,000 Afghan War, Grant in Aid 250,000 Land-tax 1,055.000 Navy 10,812,000 House-duty 1,880,000 Civil Services 17,244,000 Property and Lacoma Tax... 10,050,000 Customs and Inland Revenue 2,734.000 Post Office 7,900,000 Post Office 4,752,000 Telegraph Service 1,800,000 Telegraph Service 1,734,100 Crown Lands 380,000 Packet Service 731,000 Interest on Advances for
Local Works, and on Per- oh.se Money of Suez
Canal Shares 1,180,000
Miscellaneous 3,170,000 Total 285,292,000 Total 285,555,000
Deducting £85,292,000 from the estimated Revenue of £85,555,000, the estimated surplus for the year, without altera- tion in the taxation, would be just L263,000. Of this surplus Mr. Childers proposes to sacrifice £22,000 in reducing slightly the duties on carriages used for hire, so that his ultimate estimated surplus for the year remains at £241,000.
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