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The budget estimates for the year 1899 give the soUrces of revenue and branches of expenditure as follows : —

Revenue. Ordinary reveniio : Florins

State debts. . 1,502,2-11 'MinistYy ad latits. 1,000

,, of the Interior 3,641,888 ,, Finance. 329,717,648 ,, Commerce 126,342,382 „ ,, Agriculture 18,091,211 ,, ,, Instruction and Public Worship 1,820,667 Ministry of Justice. 991,956

Ministry of National Defence.

Florins

355,044

Total of ordinary revenue. . 482,464,037 Transitory revenue. 20,839,566

Grand total .[503,303,603

Expenditure.

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Ordinary expenditure : Florins

Florins j

Civil list. . . 4,650,000

Minister-Presidency.

482,815 1

1 Cabinet chancery. 78,307

Ministry ad lattos

74,236 !

Diet. . . 1,783,966

,, for Croatia.

44,530 !

Quota of common ex-

,, of the Interior

19,600,367 i

penditure. . 28,318,076

,, of Finance.

88,487,768 1

Pensions chargeable on

,, of Commerce

86,860,961

the common exchequer 23, 203

,, of Agriculture

19,769,585

Pensions (Hungary). 9,044,927

,, of Instruction

National debt. . 128,913,726

and Public Worship

13,111,264

Debts of guaranteed

Ministry of Justice.

16,694,141

railways now taken

,, of National

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over by the State. 13,671,340

Defence.

16,450,404

Guaranteed railway

interests. . 293,028

Total of ordinary

Other debts. . 2,947,313

expenses.

460,005,399

1 Administration ofCroatia8,291,790

Transitory expenditure

15,869,462

Accountant-General's

Investments, total of.

27,389,585

office. . . 153,135 Administration of Courts 260,517

.

Total.

503,264,446

This shows a surplus of 39,157 florins. The estimates of the previous year were: — Revenue, 498,775,291 florins; expenditure, 498,726,570 florins; surplus, 48,721 florins.

The following table shows the growth of the del)t of Hungary in thousands of florins : —

1890 1893

1894 1895

1896

1897

Consolidated debt Annuities. Treasury bonds. Debts of various Min- istries. Arrears outstanding.

Total

841,359

928.041

13,387

24,084 123,244

854,906

1,196,180

13,039

26,202 205,601

1,061.583

1,049,695

12,061

33,508 175,142

1,061,583

1,068,265

11,413

37,650 214,911

1,061,583

1,063,742

17,200

52,360 244,785

1,089,033

1,058,740

14,891

65,214 250,067

1,030,115

2,295,928

2,331,989

2,393,822

' 2,439,670

2,477,045