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GERMAN EMPIRE

The chief branches of Imperial expenditure, ordinal y and extraordinary, in 5 years (estimates for the last two years) have been in 1,000 marks : —

Years

Army

Navy

Assignments l

Debt

1,000 marks

1,000 marks

1,000 marks

1,000 marks

1894-95

617,764

78,533

382,860

68,976

1895-96

562,717

85,894

400,126

71,696

1896-97

565,834

92,071

414,568

72,305

1897-98

590,973

117,526

404,056

75,066

1898-99

608,202

122,054

441,328

73,859

] These assignments {Ueherweisungen) are repayments to the various States of the surplus of the revenue from customs, tobacco, stamp and spirit duties, over 130,000,000 marks.

The following table gives the estimated total revenue and expenditure, including supplements for the financial year ending March 31, 1899 : —

Expenditure

1,000 Marks

Revenue

1,000 Marks

Reichstag

689-4

Customs and Excise

Chancellery

228-4

Duties.

701,489-5

Foreign Office.

11,360-7

Stamps.

60, 842 -C

Home Office.

40,755-6

Posts and Telegraphs

39,771-2

Imperial Army

511,892-5

Printing Office

1,639-3

Navy

62,750-9

Railways.

26,320-9

Ministry of Justice.

2,008-2

Imperial Bank

5,988-3

Imperial Treasury.

446,750-5

Various departmental

Railways

373-2

receipts

14,470-2

Debt of Empire

73,858-8

Interest of Invalid

Audit Office.

809-0

Fund.

28,646-5

Pension Fund.

, 61,713-1

Interest of Imperial

Invalid Fund.

28,646-6

Funds.

—

Total ordinary recur- \ ring expenditure/

I 1,241,836-9

Various. Extraordinary re- \

ceipts. . j Federal contribu- \

tions. . j

565-0 57,427-0

Total non-recur-S ring and extra- (^ ordinary expen- diture

Grand total.

!

199,741-7

475,726-6

1,441,578-6'

Grand total.

1,412,886-5 2

1 (At 20 marks to £1) =72,078,900?.

•-i =70,644,300i.

The Federal contributions [Matricular Beitrdge) are assessed according to population, at a rate per head fixed annually in the Imperial budget. For 1898-99 they were estimated as follows: —

1,000 M.

Prussia 277,727-7

Bavaria 60,190-8

Saxony 33,046-6

Wurtemberg 21,047 7

Baden 16,327*7

Hesse 9,0E.4-0

Mecklenb'rg-Schwerm5,212-0

Saxe-Weimar 2,959-4

Mfckh-nburg-Strelitz 885-3 Oldenburg 3,258-4

1,000 M.

Brunswick 3,787-3

Saxe-Meiningen 2,0400

Saxe-Altenburg 1,574-1

Saxe-doburg-Gotha .. 1,887-9

Anhalt 2,558-0

Schwarzburg-Sonders-

hausen 679 2

Schwarzburg-Rudolst'dt773-8

Waldeck 503-4

Reuss Elder Branch 588-2

1,000 M. Reuss YoungerBranchl. 156-9 Schaumburg-Lijjpe ... 359-3

Lippe 1,177-3

Llibeck 7263

Bremen 1,713-0

Hamburg 5,9416

Alsace-Lorraine 15,544-7

Total 475,726-6