29 APRIL 1854, Page 9

The national balance-sheet for the year ending the 5th of

April, laid on the table by Mr. Gladstone on the day which preceded the Easter recess, is among the Parliamentary papers delivered this week. The income amounts to 64,774,9051. ls. • the expenditure, to 51,250,120/. 68. ld. ; showing 3,52A,784/. 14s. 1181. as the excess of income over expenditure. A statement is also given of the transactions connected with the Funded and Unfunded Debt, &o. The preceding surplus is taken into account; and the result of the operations connected with the paying off of 8,048,1301. of South Sea and other minor Stocks, adjusting the Unfunded Debt, defraying other liabilities, and making advances for local works, was to leave in the Exchequer, on the 5th April, a balance of 2,778,448/. 8s. 6d.