'The September coal' production was normal, but exports of best grades were lower, a¥ the Contin" ent "La ondersclling the British, Tron production "was estimated mnownting to $9,000,000, still leave the nine months' total £20,000,000 below the 1928 September total, and £50,000,000° below that of the six' months' budget receipts:
wore, £318,500,000' and. expenditures £160,500,000, indicating a surplus for next April even above the supplementary ousts. Receipts from income tax, estates tax, and motor-vehicle tax are unusually good, and expenditures are below normal. The floating debt, now standing at 4,200,000, is £300,000 lower th: at the beginning of the finan year, March 31, Unemployment fnereases The number of registered unemployed increased 16,200, and ber 22 reached 1,180,000, {This is an inerense of 166,500 since June 23, or more than 16 per cent. The outlook for trade is quite satisfactory, except for the possibilty of the general election In the {near future.
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