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THE BRITISH EMPIRE

■UNITED KINGDOM

Year ending March 31, 1912

Budget

Sources of Revenue

Exchequer Receiptsi

Estimate

Net Receipts

1912-13

ii. Excise —

£

£

£

£

Spirits

18,511,392

Beer

13,328,075

Licence duties

5,638,524

Railways

315,195

Patent medicines ,

327,857

i

Other sources

128,687

1

38,249,730

38,380,000

37,700,000

iii. Estate, &c., duties —

Estate duty^.

19,859,704

Temporary estate

dutys.

5,929

Probate duty^.

37,798

Legacy duty.

4,452,630

Succession duty

777,165

Corporation duty.

49,006

iv. Stamps (excluding Fee

25,182,232

25,392,000

25,450,000

&c., Stamps)—

Deeds

4,277,195

Receipts, Drafts, &c.

1,886,681

Bills of exchange.

896,760

Contract Notes

400,137

Companies' capital

duty.

554,493

Bonds to bearer

825,837

Insurances

258,503

Other sources.

464,973

9,564,579

9,454,000

9,400,000

V. Land Tax

—

747,377

750,000

700,000

vi. House Duty

—

2,109,877

2,130,000

2,000,000

vii. Property and Income

Tax.

— ^

44,334,043

44,804,000

44,100,000

viii. Land Value Duties.

—

493,889

481,000

545,000

Total Produce of Taxes

—

154,278,372

155.040,000

153,795,000

ix. Post Ofi&ce

—

19,576,170

19,650,000

20,275,000

x. Telegraph service.

—

3,101,930

3,105,000

3,000,000

xi. Telephone service.

—

2,933,281

2,945,000

5,900,000

xii. Crown Lands

—

529,512|

530,000

530,000

xiii. Interest on Suez

Canal Shares, &c.

—

1,281,497

1,281,497

1,289,000

xiv. Miscellaneous (in-

cluding Fee, &c. ,

Stamps)

—

2,544,916 29,967,306

2,538,789

30,050,286

185,090,286

2,400,000

Total non-tax Revenue.

—

33,394,000

Total Revenue

184,245,678

187,189,000

1 That is, revenue actually paid into the Exchequer between April 1, 1911, and March 31, 1^^2. 2 On property of persons dying after August 1,1894.

a On property of persons dying before August 2, 1894.