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In 1917 the Central Government relieved 5,892 persons to the amount of 115,855 yen (excluding Formosa). At the end of 1917, 1,608 foundlings (excluding Formosa) were being maintained, and the expense in that year was 64,960 yen. There are, besides, several workhouse* established by local corporations and private persons.

Finance. I. Imperial. Revenue and expenditure, ordinary and extraordinary (excluding Formosa) (the yen = about 24^4.) : —

1917-1-


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1921-221

Ten Tea Ten T«i Y*r

Revenue. . . 1,084.958,388 ,7 1,064,190,340 1,335,366,306 1,562,000,000

Expenditure. . 1,017,035,574 1,064,190,340 1,336,355,308 1,561,000,000

1 Estimates. Summary of the budget estimates for the Year ending March 31. 1921.

Revenue 1950-21

Ten

Expenditi

Ten

Ordinary:— Land tax. Income tax Business tax Liquor tax Sugar excise Tax on Textile fabrics Customs duties.

Total Taxes! . Stamps Public Undertakings an2,106,419

Total ordinary.

Extraordinary expenditure «10,564,422

Total expenditure.

1,335,855,308

(133,0So,53OJ.)

i

l Inclu'l.n all items.

Public debt, December 81, 1920 : — Internal loans (4 and 5 per cent.), 1,686,744,851 ven ; foreign loans (4 to 5 per cent.), 1,428,293,532 yen ; total, 3,115,038,383 yen.

II. Local.

The revenue of the Prefectures for the year 1920-1921 was 214,067,062 yen, and expenditure 214,051,876 yen. Of the revenue 148,179,828 yen was from rates. The revenue of the cities in 1919-20 was 182,976,966 yen (38,856,053 yen from rates), and the expenditure was 165,851,113 yen. the revenue of the townsand villages in 1919-20 was 206.207,776 yen (139,911,573 yen from rates), and the expenditure was 206.035,666 yen. The total local debt at the end of 1919 was 397,026,755 yen (165,851,113 yen in 1918).