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T0TALISAT0R RICH SOURCE OF REVENUE For the first five months of its current financial year the government has received the RBbetaatbll -urn of 0621.210 from bettiac, the totallaator oontrib-Itiug 0446,110, against 8287,616 for the rsrteSBoad-ing five months the previous year, and betting taxes 73,160, against 8138.365. For the year ending June 30. 191S. the stales «aan of tote percentage was 8662.020, but i! the present average is maintained it will reach the ,000,000 mark this year. Tote betting is more popular at unregistered than registered meetings in the metropolitan area. There were nine days pony racing in Sydney in November, and the machine turnover was nearly three times as much as for the five days registered racing. — Sydney Referee.
