5/21 (1977-0
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26 FEB 1974
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HK Badger file
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HKK 5/20
23-4
Friday, February 15, 1974
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$242 MILLION DEFICIT RECORDED
For First Seven Months Of Current Financial Year
The government accounts for the month of October 1973 show a
deficit of $88 million compared with a surplus of $91 million in October
1972.
This has resulted in a total deficit of $242 million for the
first seven months of this financial year.
Total revenue for the month at $347 million was $21 million less
than in October 1972. The total revenue for the first seven months of
the financial year was $2,319 million - $283 million more than in the same
period the previous year.
Expenditure amounted to $435 million, an increase of $158 million
over October 1972. This brings the total expenditure for the first seven
months of the financial year to $2,561 million, which was $612 million more
than the same period the previous year.
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