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 FINANCE

927

Paper roubles.

Paper roubles.

1888 1889 1890 1891 1892

101,879,360 107,235,964 136,459,763 130,398,647 142,905,128

1893 1894 1895 1896 1897

153,905,131 183,115,228 242,811,956 278,283,293 308,083,051

The extraordinary revenue and expenditure diu'ing the same years were : —

Actual Extraordinary Revenue and Expenditure.

—

1893

1894 1895

1896

1897

Revenue.

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

roubles

roubles

roubles

roubles

roubles

State's loans.

154,866

49,932

147,214

26,039

32,339

Perpetual deposits at the

Bank of Russia.

1,766

2,410

517

6,878

7,688

Debts paid by railways.

577

21,836

—

2,272

—

Sale of State's property ,

—

— ■

4,438

—

238

Free sums returning to

the Exchequer

2,939

345

—

—

13

Various ....

375

694

899

8,311

2,314

Total extraordinary revenue

160,524

75,226

153,069

43,500

42,592

Expenditure.

Building of new railways

and increase of rolling

stock ....

35,731

48,709

.95,773

132,310

129,194

Payment of State debt

(conversion).

11,972

669

264,761

122,951

64,279

Operations for purchase of

railways

—

9,682

5,634

48

1,476

Payment of consolidated

railway bonds

—

—

—

To State bank. Nobility

bank, and various

—

42,363 466 ]

—

—

Total extraordinary ex-\ penditure. . ./

47,703

101,423 366,634

255,309

194,949

The total ordinary and extraordinary revenue and expenditure in 1897 taking Ir, 50c. pai)er=lr. gold, were as follows : —