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RUSSIA

Actual Ordinary Expendituhe.

—

1893

1894 1

1895

1896

1897

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

roubles

roubles

roubles

roubles

roubles

state debt

259,395

270,215

277,146

268,214

258,558

Out of it, railway debts

(67,840)

(84,141)

(98,812)

(101,212^

(102,456)

Higher institutions of the

State ....

2,240

2,286

2,464

2,805

2,729

Holy Synod ,

12,304

13,308

13,809

17,571

19,806

Ministries : —

Imperial House.

10,522

11,797

12,678

14,450

12,968

Foreign Affairs.

5,034

4,944

5,120

4,860

4,930

War ....

272,439

280,427

285,230

294,359

293,790

Out of it :—

Keformof armament,

and food stores for

the army

(36,045)

(41,424)

(32,220)1 (29,792)

(23,661)

Transcaspian Railway

(3,630)

(3,744)

(3,894)' (5,999)

(5,105)

Navy ....

54,842

55,114

57,136 ^ 59,531

85,275

Out of it, re-armament

^607)

(700)

(324)i (729)

—

Finances

117,469

125,552

140,310 188,545

204,324

Out of it, loans to rail-

way companies, &c.

(8,448)

(7,448)

(3,019) (2,797)

(3,711)

Agriculture and State

I

Domains

25,296

27,872

29,930 ; 31,920

33,172

Interior

83,214

84,668

86,173 1 90,205

80,458'

Public Instruction

22,440

22,184

23,570 24,995

26.476-

Ways and Communica-

tions

99,791

114,771

162,974

195,971

226,861

Out of it :—

Exploitation of

State railways.

(53.349)

(74,406)

(121,597) (146,076)

(168,802)

New feeding lines

and improve-

ments

(19,142)

(11,549)

(13,223)

(19,394)

(25,300)

Justice

25,608

25,962

26,096

27,955

41,8322

State's Comptrol

4,493

4,900

5,343

6,166

6,868

Out of it, railways.

(1,496)

(1,828)

(2,266)

(2,805)

(3,309)

State's studs. Total.

1,305 996,393

1,508

1,461

1,496

1,601

1,045,512

1,129,439

1,229,044

1,299,649

1 This diminution is due to the transfer of the prisons to the Ministry of Justice, and to transfers in consequence of creation of the new Chernsniorsk Government.

2 Increase due to above cause.

The increase of ordinary expenditure due to the gradual purchase of the railways by the State [i.e., railway debts, guarantee upon revenue to share- holders, improvements, exploitation, and control), but not including the building of new lines, which still makes part of the extraordinary budget, has thus been within the iaet ten years as follows : —

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