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SWITZERLAND.

of revenue proportionately important is derived from the profits of various Federal manufactories, such as gunpowder and percussion caps, and from the growing proceeds of the military school and laboratory at Thun, near Bern.

The following two tables, drawn up after documents furnished to the Statesman's Year-book by the President of the Federal Council, give the revenue and expenditure of the government of the re- public in each of the years 1867 and 1868 : —

Sources of Revenue

Produce of Real Property and Invested Capital : — Eeal property ......

Invested capital ......

Total

Interest on Sums advanced to Cantons.

Duties and Administrations : — Customs .... Posts ....

Telegraphs Manufacture of gunpowder

„ of percussion caps

Polytechnic school Government stud Military Academy at Thun. Laboratory at Thun.

Total

Receipts of Departments :— Department of Chancery ., War. ,, „ Justice

Miscellaneous Receipts

Total Revenue

Francs

66.208 125,038

191.246

132,020

8,331,159

8.770.428 823,538 632,438 31,108 69,113 104,350 148,657 471,695

19,382,479

7.369 52,686

1,002

61,057

15,157

19,781,960 791.278

Francs 66,424 146,564

212.988

144,574

9,051,399

8,814,716

921,182

675,800

153.356

20.000

68,400

204.475

1,038,209

20,947,536

6,804 49,813

722

57,339

149

21,362.633 854,505

The expenditure of each of the years 1867 and 1868 was as

follows: —