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 FINANCE — D\<: F lONCE

991

The estimated revenue for 1896 was 63,059,720 dinars ; and expenditure, 63,355,607 dinars ; for 1897, revenue, Go,(59,720 ; expenditure, the same. For 1898 tlio estimates were : —

Sources of Revenue

Direct taxes.

Customs.

Excise

Law courts

Monopolies

Domains, posts, tele- graphs, &c. .

Railway.

Instruction and Sani- tary Service Funds

Various.

Dinars

22,035,000 6,000,000 3,850,000 2,500,000

19,461,000

3,034,000

6,200,000

660,000

5,084,000

Branches of Expenditure

Total

68,824,500

Civillist. Interest on public debt Dotations, kc. . National Assembly, &c. General Credits. Pensions, &c. Ministries :

Justice.

Foreign Affairs

Finance

War

Instruction

Interior ,

Public AVorks.

Commerce and Agri- culture Various

Total

Dinars

1,200,000

20,762,545

436,810

305,816

341,500

2,714,451

1,722,531 1,644,217 8,227,415 15,754,613 2,927,018 3,353,750 4,764,903

3,227,927-

1,439,010

69,822,569

On January 8, 1898, the public debt of Servia amounted to 409,537,500 dinars. Of this amount the greater part consists of the converted loan of 1895, 353,500,000 dinars.

Defence.

There are fortresses at Belgrade, Semendria, Nisch, Schabatz, Kladovo, Bela Palanka, and Pirot.

In Servia military service is compulsory from the age of 21 years : 2 years are spent in the army, 8 in the reserve, 10 in the first ban of the National militia, and 10 in the second ban. There are 5 territorial divisions in which permanent cadres of troops are maintained as follows : —

4 battalions of inftmtry of the guard ; 1 regiment of infantry of the guard of 2 battalions ; 15 regiments of infantry, each of 2 battalions; 3 regiments of cavalry, each of 4 squadrons, and 1 regiment of cavalry of the guard of 2 squadrons ; 5 regiments of field artillery, of which 3 consist of 9 and 2 of 6 mounted batteries, each of the 5 having also 3 mountain batteries of 4 guns and 1 battery of horse artillery of 6 guns ; 1 regiment of 2 batteries of fortress artillery ; 2 battalions of engineers ; 1 half-battalion of pontooners ;

5 companies of train ; 5 hospitals; 15 magazines with companies of workmen, &c. The eff'ective force for which provision was made in 1897 was : infantrj', 661 officers and 14,000 men ; cavalry, 101 officers and 1,400 men ; artillery, 270 officers and 4,000 men; engineers, 65 officers and 1,000 men; train, sanitary troops, &c., 151 officers and 800 men. On mobilisation the active army and its reserve consist of 5 divisions, each containing : infantry, 16,512 men, in 4 regiments of 4 battalions ; cavalry, 412 men[in 2 squadrons ; artillery, 1,635 men in 9 battalions, with 6 guns ; engineers, artificers, sanitary troops, &c., 3,490 men ; the total strength of each division being thus 22,049 men, and that of the 5 divisions, 110,245 men. Outside the divisional formations are a brigade of cavalry of 2,759 men, in 3 regiments of