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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1977

TENDERS FOR THE PLANT WILL BE CALLED FOR SHORTLY FROM TWO INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES, NOBELS EXPLOSIVES LIMITED, A SUBSIDIARY OF IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES OF BRITAIN AND E.1. DÚPONT DE NEMOURS OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER WILL BE REQUIRED TO SET UP AND OPERATE THE PLANT TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT SAFETY AND SECURITY REGULATIONS AT ALL TIMES.

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS

FOR SEPTEMBER SHOW $148.6 MILLION DEFICIT *****

THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1977, SHOW A DEFICIT OF $148.6 MILLION, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $97.6 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. THIS HAS RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATED DEFICIT OF $371.1 MILLION FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OF $397.5 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

TOTAL EXPENDITURE, AT $663.5 MILLION, WAS $94.9 MILLION MORE THAN IN SEPTEMBER, LAST YEAR.

TOTAL REVENUE AND RECEIPTS, AT $514.9 MILLION, WERE $43.9 MILLION MORE THAN FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

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