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AUSTRIA.

The following was the amount of the public debt of the Austrian Empire on the 1st of June 1868 :—

Consolidated debt — old. „ ,, new. Floating debt.

Total.

Florins

£

9,701,621

2,574,889,070 425,213,443

970,162

257,488,907 42,521,344

3,009,804,134

300,980,413

The total annual interest on this debt amounted, on the 1st of June, 1868, to 126,982,961 florins, or 12,698,296/. To this sum, the kingdom of Hungary had to contribute 32,126,900 florins, or 3,212,690/., according to the terms of an agreement come to in May 1868 by the Delegations and the governments of the Cisleithan and Transleithan parts of the monarchy, by which the latter has to pay thirty per cent, towards the charges of the national debt of Austria, as then in existence. It was stipulated at the same time that loans after that date must be contracted separately by either part of the Empire.

Budget for Transleithan Austria.

The Hungarian budget for the year 1869, laid before and approved by the Diet, estimated the revenue of the kingdom at 148,708,600 florins, or 14,870,860/., and the ordinary and extraordinary ex- penditure at 154,038,599 florins, or 15,403,859/., leaving a deficit of 5,329,999 florins, or 532,999/. The gross details of the esti- mated revenue of the year were as follows : —

Florins.

£

Ordinary Expenditure : —

Iioyal Household .....

3,250,000

325,000

Royal Cabinet Chancery

.

60,500

6,050

Presidency of the Council

117,100

11,710

Ministry ' ad latus'

78,000

7,800

„ of Finance

49,516.200

4,951,620

,, „ the Interior

.

9,141,800

914,180

„ „ Education.

.

1,346,400

134,640

,, „ Justice

2,965,300

296,530

„ Public Works

2,773,600

277,360

„ „ Agriculture and Commerce.

5,310,200

531,020

Share of the Debt of the Empire

32,126,900

3,212,690

Transleithan Portion of the Common Ex-

penditure of the Empire

Total Ordinary Expenditure.

22,554,599

2,255,459

129,240,599

12,924,059