The British Administration in Palestine has incurred a deficit of about $350,000 for the fiscal year ending April, 1923. The last Official Gazette contains the Palestine Budget for 1922-1923, made up till April 1st of this year. The Government anticipated an income for the year. April 1,1922 – April 1, 1923, of £2,062,192. The actual income, however, was £1,764,585. Expenditure was anticipated at £1,819,151. Actually it was £1,837,172, and the deficit is accordingly 72,587 Egyptian pounds.
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