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Friday, November 30, 1973
$105 MILLION DEFICIT RECORDED
The government accounts for the month of August 1973 show a
deficit of $106 million compared with a deficit of $16 million in August
last year.
This has resulted in a total deficit of $105 million for the
first five months of this financial year.
Total revenue for the month at $275 million was $23 million more
than in August 1972. The total revenue for the first five months of the
financial year was $1,657 million $294 million more than the same
period last year.
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Expenditure amounted to $381 million, an increase of $113 million
over the same month last year.
This brings the total expenditure for the first five months of
$382 million more than the same
the financial year to $1,763 million
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period last year.
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