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 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

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the expenditure to 6 roubles 50 copecks, or 18s. 5(7., per head of the population under tuition.

The empire is divided in respect of education into districts, each of which has a university, with a number of lyceurns, at which the young men intended to till civil offices are mostly instructed, besides gymnasiums, high schools, and elementary schools, varying according to area and population. The chief districts are those of Petersburg, Moscow, Ivharkof, Kasan, Dorpat, Kief, Odessa, Wilna, and Warsaw.

Revenue and Expenditure.

The actual revenue and expenditure of the Russian empire in each of the thirty years from 1832 to 1861 are shown in the following table, compiled from the official returns of the Ministry of Finance.

Tears

Revenue

Expenditure

Actual excess of expenditure

Silver roubles

Silver roubles

Silver roubles

1832

137,047,285

141,889,640

4,842,354

1833

131,969,867

141.442,338

9,472,471

1834

129,421.465

150,728,107

21,306,641

1835

152,695.308

167,740,976

15,045,667

1836

160,160,245

166.706,181

6,545,935

1837

158,436,560

163,810.059

5,373,498

1838

159,435,143

170,432.879

10,997.735

1839

165,181,097

179.407,059

14,225,961

1840

165,190,240

187,979,637

22,789,396

1841

176,609,823

195,767,490

19,157,667

1842

183,926,346

210,546,635

26,620,288

1843

188.332,021

211.513,157

23,181,135

1844

194,813,321

221,831,544

27,018,223

1845

196,947,527

224,082,770

27,135,242

1846

213,750,475

244.721,359

30,970,883

1847

209,863.860

244.973,351

35.109,490

1848

222.073.827

284,188,626

62,114,799

1849

211,037,247

270,465,571

59.428,324

1850

224,640,573

287,186,494

62,545.920

1851

224,911,120

280,615,100

55,703.979

1852

248,228,612

280,259,044

32,030.432

1853

261,913,728

313,085,778

51,172.050

1854

260.540,684

383,758,908

123,218.224

1855

264,119,453

525,969,770

261,850,316

1856

353,587,989

619,365,024

265.777,034

1857

309,412,890

347,855,645

38,442,755

1858

358,360.037

363,356,475

4,996,437

1859

344,703,157

350,514,917

5,811.760

1860

386,916,431

438,239.223

51,322,792

1861

411,584,163

413,796,856

2,212,693

The estimated gross revenue and expenditure of the Russian empire, in each of the seven years 18G2 to 1868, were as follows,