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The iiumbei' of ])ersoiis convicted of crime iu the years 1891-95 was : —

Years

Persons Convicted

Males

Females Total

1891 1892 1893 1894 1895

13,778 13,514 14,806 13,078 14,588

3,372 3,355 3,800 3,656 3,892

17,150 16,869 18,606 16,734 18,480

Finance.

The revenue and expenditure for six years were : —

Years ; Revenue

Expenditure

Years

Revenue

Expenditure

Milreis 1891-92 38,643,209 1892-93 41,875,869 1893-94 46,104,788

Jlilreis i 54,947,083 ' 48,013,398 1 46,461,638 I

1894-95 1895-96 1896-97

Milreis 46,519,932 53,179,020 50,711,536

Milreis 48,602,870 54,591,648 57,516,358

For the year 1897-98 the revenue was estimated at 55,105,878 milreis, and the expenditure at 55,034,844 milreis ; for 1898-99, revenue, 52,805,942 milreis; expenditure, 52,655,037 milreis.

The following are the estimates for 1899-1900 : —

Sources of Revenue Direct taxes. Registration and Stamps Indirect taxes. Additional taxes National property

sundries Receipts d'ordre

Total ordinary. Extraordinary

and

Milreis 11,891,601

5,277,500 24,301,830

1,122,200

4,674,540 3,505,910

50,773,581 1,600,000

Total. Deficit.

52,373,581 1,545,715

Branches of Expenditure Civil list, Cortes, and

^''arious

Consolidated debt.

Loss on exchange.

Ministry of Finance

,, ,, Interior

,, ,, Justice, &c,.

,, War. ., ,, Marine and Colonies. ,, ,, Foreign Affairs ,, ,, PublicWorks. &c. .

9,

18,

3, 2, 1,

5,

4,

Deposits

Milreis

755,918 124,354 500,000 702,007 400,594 002,578 973,128

272,054 346,097

,460,990 69,337

Total ordinary Extraordinary

Total

51,607,057 2,312,239

53,919,296

The following are statistics of the Portuguese National Debt, showing its aniitunt at various periods : —

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