360 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



2,459,132 land-tax, etc., 4,315,132 income- 

 tax, 5,705,432 from the post-office, 1,123,794 

 from the telegraph service, the balance being 

 from various sources. Under the head- of mis- 

 cellaneous the principal sources were as fol- 

 lows: military and naval receipts and sale of 

 old stores, 798,960; contributions from In- 

 dian revenues, 576,842 ; revenue depart- 

 ments, 346,797; profits of issue from Bank 

 of England, 138,578. 



Debt: 



EXPENDITURE. 



Interest of the permanent debt and manage- 

 ment ..................................... 



Terminable annuities ........................ 



Interest of unfunded debt, etc ............... 



Consolidated fund charges: 



Civil list .................................... 



Annuities and pensions ...................... 



Salaries and allowances ...................... 



Courts of justice ................. ........... 



Miscellaneous services ....................... 



Supply services : 



Irmy ...................................... 



Army purchase-commission.. . . ............. 



Navy. ...................................... 



Vote of credit, Ashantee ..................... 



Miscellaneous civil services ...... < ........... 



Departmental charges : 



Customs and inland revenue ............. 



Post-office ...... . ........................... 



Telegraph service ........................... 



Post-office packet service .................... 



21,180,028 



5,173,658 



140,797 



405,964 

 829,483 

 99,154 

 628,658 

 125,829 



14,519,434 

 579,115 



10,680,404 

 125,000 



11,974,128 



2,694,908 



2,911,917 



1,193,066 



972,000 



The revenue and expenditure for the year 

 ending March 31, 1875, were as follows (1 



= $4.8665) : 



REVENUE. 

 Customs ......... ............................. 19,626,843 



Excise, stamps, taxes, and income-tax .......... 46,181,952 



7,209,785 



Total ordinary expenditure .............. 74,828,040 



Expense of fortifications ............... . . 100,000 



The budget estimates for the financial year 

 1875-'76 are as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Post-office 

 Telegraph service 

 Crown lands 

 Miscellaneous 



1,129,989 

 503,444 

 8,828,724 



Customs 19,500,000 



Excise 27,740,000 



Stamps 10,600,000 



2,450,000 

 8,900,000 



Land and house 



tax 



Income-tax 



Post-office 5,750,000 



Telegraph service 1,200,000 



Crown lands 885,000 



Miscellaneous . . . 4,100,000 



Total ..................................... 78,480,237 



Of this total the net receipts within the year, 

 after deducting repayments, etc., consisted of 

 75,005,595, of which 19,349,280 were cus- 

 toms, 27,254,132 excise, 10,547,730 stamps, 



Total 75,625,000 



EXPENDITURES. 



Public debt 27,470,000 



Consolidated funds 1,590,000 



Miscellaneous 46,462,000 



Total 75,522,000 



The local taxation and local expenditure of 

 Great Britain and Ireland for 1872-'73 were 



The national debt was as follows 



Adding to this an unfunded debt of 5,239,- 

 300, and annuities amounting to 55,311,671, 

 we have a total debt for Great Britain and 

 Ireland of 775,348,686. The first debt in- 

 curred was in 1664, and since then it has been 

 growing steadily, with the exception of a few- 

 periods. 



In the following table a statement of the 

 debt at various periods is given : 



