London, Mar. 31.
The healthy state of Great Britain's Anances for the financial year ended last night is shown in the returns Issued by the Treasury which reveal surplus of revenue over expendi-"ure amounting of £7,562,000.
Revenue, which totalled £716.441,- 000, exceeded the Budget estimate by nearly £10.000.000, while expenditure, at £708.879,000, was £3,155,000 above the estimated figure.
The returns show that income tax for the year ended last night totalled £229,000,000 and exceeded the est mate by over £9,000,000, while surfax. and estate duties were also in advance of the estimates.
Customs excise, which amounted 13
+£200,000,000, almost exactly corres poned with the estimate.
Expenditure includes £12:343,000 paid by means of a sinking fund for debt redemption. Thus the revenue fexeeeded expenditure, apart from [debt redemption, by nearly £20,000,-
"The floating debt now stands at £833.389.000, as compared with £844,- 710,000 last year—Reuter.
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