Recently released figures show that the Federal Consolidated Revenue Fund for the first ten months of the ancial year reveals " surplus of £3,690,000 compared with one of £521,000 for the corresponding period of the previous year.
The works programme for New South Wales will total 8,000,000. will include important water and sewage schemes in the country and metropolitan area, railway improve ments and extensions, irrigation pro-Jeets, erection of new law courts, new! State National Library, a railway} station in Sydney, electricity reticulation, roads of access and main roads improvement. Many' important. im-Provement plans are also contemplated in the railways and transport services, including, trams and buses.
There is also a favourable oversea trade balance of £21,312,000 for nine! months. "This is an increase of £10, 356,000 compared with the excess exports over imports for the cor responding period of 1934.35.
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