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RUSSIA.

according to the official budgets presented by the Minister of Finance to the Emperor: —

Years

Revenue

Expenditure

Sil. roubles

£

Sil. roubles

£

1862

295,861,839

40,844,791

310,619,739

40,181,459

1863

347,867,860

47,079,078

347,867,860

47,079,078

1864

401,094,793

54,506,677

401,094,793

54,506,677

1865

380,093.514

52.164,219

380,093,514

52,164,219

1866

404,068,004

55,900,211

404,068,004

55,900,211

1867

443,850,171

60,876,277

443,850,171

60,876,277

1868

475,569,577

64,735,562

475,569,577

64,735,562

More than one-third of the total revenue of the empire is derived from indirect taxation, and nearly one-third of the total expenditure is for the maintenance of the army. It is very difficult to arrive at a clear view of the details of revenue and expenditure from the published accounts, inasmuch as the financial estimates of Russia are framed on the model of the Imperial French budgets, the revenue as •well as the expenditure being divided into ' ordinary ' and ' extra- ordinary,' and loans treated as ' extraordinary revenue.' The fol- lowing statement drives the official budget estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 1869, after the report of the Minister of Finance presented to the Emperor : —

Estimates of Revenue for 1869.

Ordinary receipts: — ■

Gross receipts

Cost of collection

Net receipts

Roubles

Roubles

Roubles

Direct taxes

94,239,540

2,296,819

91,312,720

Indirect taxes

201,899,543

16,846,726

185,052.815

State monopolies.

18,251,588

15,217,365

3,034,223

State domains

31,039,211

10,646,361

20,392,852

Miscellaneous receipts.

53,758,932

—

53,758,932

Revenue of Poland

15,208,387

801,712

14,406,676

,, of the Trans-Caucasus Total of ordinary receipts

5,580,331

—

5,580,331

419,977,532

46,438,983

373,538,549

Extraordinary Receipts : —

£57,531,169

6,361,505

51,169,664

Resources from former loans

15,174.075

, —

15,174,075

Special Receipts 'to order '.

15,804,496

—

15,804,496

Railway Loans. Total Revenue.

31,123,303

—

31,123,303

482,079,406

46,438,983

435,640,422

£60,038,278

6,361,505

59,676,773