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, QUEENSLAND.
QUEENSLAND REVENUE.
BRISBANE. Sunday.
The revenne of the colony for tbo quarter
ended 30tli September was £1,121,440, being
an- increase of £52,000 when compared with
jtlie return .for tlie corresponding quarter of
.- Inst year. The expenditure for the quarter
, was ; £505,000, being nn Increase of £10,000
-tvhen compared witli that for tlio corres
ponding quarter of Inst year. Taxation
shows nn increase of £87,000: territorial re
venue, n decrease of £30,000; railways, an
Increase of £32,000; other services; nn In
crease of £7000; other receipts, nn iitcrcnse of
£5000. Tbe decrease in territorial revenue is
partlnlly accounted for b.v the nctlon of the
.authorities in extending tbc time for the
pnyment of tbe September rents In tbe tlck-
lnfcct,ccl districts to tbe 21st December.
_ BUTSBANE, Sunday.
References to the dent It of Mr. Byrnes, the
, Premier, were made from almost every pul
pit In Brisbane to-day.
Steady rain lias been falling In Brisbane
nud tlie district for the pnst two dnvs, and
till local sports bad to be postponed vcstcr-
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