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It is interesting to note that the first increase of one 

 billion roubles after 1867 required thirty years, the 

 second increase of one billion roubles between 1897 

 and 1908 required eleven years, while the third in- 

 crease of one billion roubles between 1908 and 1913 

 required only five years. 



For the year 1913 there was a general surplus 

 of 69,600,000 roubles of all receipts both ordi- 

 nary and extraordinary over all expenditures in the 

 budget. 



Deposits in Russian banks and state savings 

 banks increased almost steadily from 2,500,000,000 

 roubles in 1904 to almost 6,000,000,000 roubles in 



In the same period the number of State Sav- 

 ings Banks increased from 6417 to 8160, and the 

 number of depositors increased from 4,854,000 to 

 8,597,000. 



Per capita state expense of Russia as compared 

 with other important European powers in 1903 and 

 1913 is indicated in the following tables: 



1903 1913 



Germany 58.9 67.3 



France 36.0 52.6 



Austria-Hungary 27.7 42.1 



Great Britain and Ireland 35.1 40.0 



Italy 2 1. 1 28.1 



Russia 15.2 19.5 



Per capita size of state debt of Russia as compared 

 with other important European powers in 1903 

 and 1913 was as follows: 



