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Budget voted for the years 1920 and estimates for 1921 were as follows: —

Brandies of Ex- penditure

1920

1921

Sources of Revenue

1920

1921

Guilders

Guilders

Direct taxes : —

Guilders

Guilders

Civil list

900,000

900,000

Land tax.

16,950,000

17,250.000

Legislative body

Personal.

17,570,000

19,780,000

and Royal cabinet

1,6112,697

1,862,406

Tax on capital.

10,800,000

12,500,000

Department of Fo-

Tax on incomes

reign Affairs

4,060,396

4,763,775

from trades, pro-

Department of Jus-

fessions, Ac. .

63,000,000

74,000,000

tice

36,805,769

38,590,346

Tax on dividends

10,000,000

13,500,000

Department of In-

Excise duties

84,300,000

106,500,000

terior.

11,290,674

15,962,161

Indirect taxes

74,200,000

104,200,000

Department of In-

Import duties

27,000,000

47,000,000

struction, etc

80,377,44

102,380,906

Tax on gold & silver

800,000

1,000,000

Department of Ma-

Domains

2,931,000

3,263,000

rine

47,907,029

52,167,592

Post office

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Department of Fi-

Telegraph service.

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nance.

182,362,778

194,532,415

State lottery.

658,000

658,000

Department of War

49,756,438

73,901,075

Pilot dues

1,000,000

2,000,000

Department of Pub-

Tax on mines

200,000

500,000

lic Works, etc.

53,734,743

63,189,842

State railways

4,249,000

4,249,000

Department of

Part paid by the

Agriculture, etc.

56,580,189

93,879,607

East Indies in the

Department of

interest and sink-

Labour.

98,208,459

75,489,610

ing fund of public debt.

2,145,000

2,047,000

Department of Colo-

nies

4,409,469

6,028,6S0

Share in the profits

Public Debt.

127,107,386

170,249,580

of the Bank of

Unforeseen expen-

the Netherlands

4,48ii,000

9,480,000

diture.

50,000

50,000

State mines.

41.736,000

66,050,000

Misc. receipts Total revenue ! .

47,347,000

68,174,000

Total expenditure

755,243,469

893,950,004

409,508,000

552.151,000

(62,933,622*.)

(74,495,833*.)

(34,130,660/ )

(46,012,583* )

1 Exclusive of tax on war profits and defence taxes.

The amount of the chief taxes per head of the population was, in 1919 97 "69 guilders.

The expenditure of the 'Department for the Colonies' entered in the budget estimates only refers to the central administration. There is a separate budget for the great colonial possessions in the East Indies, voted as such hy the States-General. The financial estimates for the year 1921 are distributed between the colonies and the mother country in the following proportions : —

Expenditure in the colonies Home Government expendi- ture

Total expenditure.

Guilders 600,666,322

21 S, 040,112

819,312,464 (68,276,038*.)

Revenues in the mother

countTy " . Revenues in the colonies.

Total revenue

Guilders

3S,824,170 711,366,986

750,191,156 (62,515,9281,

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