NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE.
(K.lecttlc Telegraph-Oopyriftht— United Pran i Association.) (Received Aug 15, 10.10 a.m.) ! SIDNEY, Aug. 15. The Budget speech occupied five hours in delivery. The income for the year was ■ £7,450,000, andtheexponditure£7^3lß,ooo. ' The principal increases were : Income tax ■ £33,000, Customs £20,000, and railways ' £61,000. The imports show an increase of £849,000. The exports increased nearly three millions. The accumulated deficit of r the colony now amounted to £2,232,000, ! I and the public debt to £49,354,000, or £52 r I per head. Of ihis year's surplus it is pro ■ posed to devote £20,000 to the China con- I tingent, £72,000 to Federal expenditure, • and the balance to redemption of bonds. '■ The estimates for the current year's 1 revenue are £7,482,000, and the expendi ture £7,481,000.
THE ASHANTI CAMPAIGN.
I » 1 Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright— United Press ! Association. London, Aug. 14. The defence and relief of Kuraaesi en tailed the loss of 105 killed, 39 missing, 1 ' aDtl 680 wounded, many severely, out of a total of 3000 combatants.
