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Friday, January 4, 1974

$49 MILLION DEFICIT IN SEPTEMBER

The government accounts for the month of September 1973 show

a deficit of $49 million compared with a surplus of $14 million in

September 1972.

This has resulted in a total deficit of $154 million for the

first six months of this financial year,

Total revenue for the month was $315 million, $10 million

more than in September 1972. The total revenue for the first six months

of the financial year at $1,972 million was $304 million more than in

the same period the previous year.

Expenditure amounted to $363 million

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an increase of $72

million over September 1972.

This brings the total expenditure for the first six months of

the financial year to $2,126 million, which is $454 million more than

the same period in the last financial year.

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