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The excess of expenditures over these receipts 

 is made up by matricular contributions assessed 

 on the states. The budget for the year ending 

 March 31, 1885, makes the total expenditures 

 590,819,344 marks, of which 339,872,490 marks 

 are devoted to the army, and 26,908,396 marks 

 to the navy. In the total are included 46,491,- 

 478 marks of extraordinary expenditure. The 

 receipts from customs and excise duties were 

 353,874,110 marks, and the matricular contri- 

 butions were fixed at 83,702,768 marks. Among 

 the other receipts was a loan of 22,192,720 

 marks. The budget for 1885-'86 fixes the total 

 expenditure at 621,196,051 marks. The fund- 

 ed debt, bearing 4 per cent, interest, amounted 

 in 1884 to 411,000,000 marks, and the unfund- 

 ed debt, represented by treasury warrants, to 

 144,845,000 marks. The Government has in- 

 vested funds amounting to 707,121,769 marks, 

 comprising an invalid fund of 525,783,797 

 marks, a fortress construction fund of 38,877,- 

 623 marks, a fund for the Eeichstag building 

 of 22,460,354 marks, and a war emergency 

 fund of 120,000,000 marks. The appropria- 

 tion for expenditure was voted for one year 

 only, until the Chancellor succeeded in obtain- 

 ing credits for several years in advance u in 

 special cases." 



Prussia. The budget estimates for the year 

 ending with March, 1885, make the total reve- 

 nue of the kingdom 1,133,616,378 marks, as 

 compared with 1, 083,057,883 in 1883-'S4. The 

 receipts from domains, etc., are estimated at 

 80,342,814 marks; from the land-tax, 40,139,- 

 000 marks; from the house-tax, 28,760,000 

 marks ; from the income-tax, 34,722,000 marks ; 

 from the class-tax, 21,726,000 marks; from 

 the trading-tax, 18,853,000 marks; from indi- 

 rect taxes, 91,730,200 marks ; from the produce 

 of mines and furnaces, 102,415,049 marks; 

 from the state railroads, 575,977,340 marks ; 

 from imperial customs, 49,951,450 marks ; 

 from deposits and interest, 23,706,101 marks ; 



from the surplus of 1882-'83, 13,570,791 marks; 

 from other sources, 51,722,033 marks. 



Of the total expenditures, 37,899,090 marks 

 are set down, under the head of current ex- 

 penditure, to the account of the Ministry of 

 Agriculture, Domains, and Forests; Ministry of 

 Finance, 39,809,330 marks; administration of 

 mines, etc., 84,855,068 marks; of railroads, 

 402,127,155 marks; making the total current 

 expenditure 564,690,643 marks. The admin- 

 istrative expenditures foot up 252,658,606 

 marks, the principal items being 80,340,400 

 marks for the administration of justice, 53,- 

 159,355 for public worship and instruction, 

 42,641,190 for financial administration, 41,- 

 550,209 for the Department of the Interior, 17,- 

 626,665 for Public Works, and 12,092,988 for 

 Agriculture, Domains, and Forests. The charges 

 in the consolidated fund amount to 269,429,494 

 marks, of which sum 136,427,847 marks repre- 

 sent the interest on the public debt, including 

 the railroad debt, 65,240,348 marks appanages, 

 annuities, etc., 40,769,167 marks the contribu- 

 tion to imperial funds, and 19,108,113 marks 

 the sinking fund. The total ordinary expendi- 

 tures are estimated to amount to 1,086,778,742 

 marks, and the extraordinary expenditures are 

 taken as 46,837,636 marks, making the total 

 estimated disbursements balance with the esti- 

 mated revenue. The preliminary estimates for 

 1885-'86 make the total revenue 1,257,725,000 

 marks, and the ordinary expenditures 1,221,- 

 175,788 marks. 



The public debt amounted in 1885 to 3,315,- 

 097,438 marks, besides 30,000,000 marks of 

 floating debt. The income from railways is 

 almost sufficient to meet all the charges of the 

 debt. 



The Minor States. The following table gives 

 the revenue and expenditure, and the public 

 debts of the other states of the confederation, 

 in marks, as well as their area in square miles, 

 and population in 1880 : 



