AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



florins are required for the army, 9,162,224 BRANCHES OF EXPENDITURE. 



florins for the navy, 4,246,900 florins for for- Ministry of Finance 



eign affairs, and 1,962, 661 florins for the finance Commerce '. '. '. '. '. '.'. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. 



ministry. There are extraordinary expenses Board of Control 155000 



for the army in Bosnia. The contributions to KSL'SXSff. ' '. 



be assessed on the tWO parts of the empire Cisleithan portion of common expenditure 



are 99,991,763 florins Total diture of 1882 



The expenses of the civil administration of 

 Bosnia and Herzegovina for 1883 are estimated The Hungarian budgets from 187V to 1882 



at 7,039,809 florins, including the following 8now an average annual deficit of nearly 23,- 



items: public highways, 239,500 florins; wor- 000,000 florins. The estimated revenue for 



ship, 162,503 florins ; education, 91,889 florins ; 1882 was as follows : 



military forces, 251,034 florins; gendarmerie, SOURCES OF REVENUE. Florin.. 



1,114,475 florins. The receipts are estimated ^K^^d'^^^\\'\\\\\\\\\:::\\: ifsj^? 



at 7,217,819 florins, of which the tithes pro- State domains, mines, and railways 36,137,116 



duce 2,250,000 > florins; the > -tax, 600,- BtSS^^""r.i 7. 



000 florins; sheep-tax, 247,000 florins; cus- L-J 



torns, 702,000 florins; tobacco-tax, 1,896,000 Total revenue of 1882 301,967,214 



florins; salt, 867,135 florins; octroi, 43,000 The following were the estimated expendi- 



florins; and stamps, 300,000 florins. tures under the principal heads : 



The estimates communicated to the Delega- BRANCHES OF EXPENDITURE. norm., 



tions for 1884 call for 4,383,110 florins for Royal household 4,650.000 



foreign affairs, 102,413,639 florins for the army, ^^^^^ y ::::::::::::::::::::-- t^S 



including 6,876,005 florins of extraordinary ex- Ministry > ad latm " 5^346 



penditure, 9,470,977 florins for the navy, 174,- Ministry of Finance 



400 and 125,747 florins respectively for the Wnf.^^\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r. 



financial administration and control, and 1,973,- Education and 'worship.' .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.. 4^02,647 



450 florins for pensions. The total expendi- " pStoWki 28 sSIJi 



tures are estimated at 115,170,880 florins, the " Agriculture and Commerce'. '. '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 8'628,'913 



net surplus Of the customs applicable to the Public debt and pensions 61,913,035 



, 1 ,_ n a . , Guaranteed interest to private railways 10,900000 



common expenses at 17,633,570 florins, and Transleithan portion of the common expenditure 



the contributions of the two states at 98, 107,- f the empire 68,392,174 



799 florins. For the army of occupation in Miscellaneous expenses 66081,085 



Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7,307,000 florins are Total expenditure of 1883 328,235,311 



asked. The cost of th 9 civil administration of T he ordinary expenses for 1883 were esti- 



the occupied provinces is estimated at 7,356,- raate d at 288,800,000 florins, the ordinary rev- 



267 florins, and the revenue from the.provinces e nues at 280,700,000 florins. The budget for 



lr A * "J?' 1884 P laces the ordinary expenditures at 298,- 



The Austrian Government is very tardy m 200,000 florins, and the revenues at 295,500,- 



pubhshmg the accounts of actual receipts and 00 florins; the total expenditures at 329 200 - 



expenditures. The budget estimates in recent 00 florins, and the total revenues at 308,900 - 



years show invariably a deficit, averaging since QOO florins 



1876 some 37,500 000 florins a year The es- p^ Deb t.-The public debt of the Austrian 



timated revenue for 1882 is 448 Io5,793 flor- Empire was a i read v large at the end of the Na- 



ms; expenditures, 485,720,951 Horins. The poleonic wars. After 1848 it increased again 



principal heads of revenue are as follow : rapidly from 1,250,000,000 florins to 3,000,000,- 



SOURCES OF REVENUE. Fionns. 000 florins in 1868. The war of 1866 added 



Direct taxes 92,970,000 300,000,000 of new loans, which were offset 



SM monody* ::::::::'.. :::::::::::::::::::::: Sffiooo b ? the amonnt of the Lombardo- Venetian debt 



Tobacco monopoly .........'... 6s',947^2oo assumed by the kingdom of Italy. At the 



juTciaifees SSo'cM se P aration of Austria and Hungary an agree- 



state lottery !""!!.""".! I !!.'.'"! 20222'ooo nient was made, in May, 1868, renewed with 



Excise duties 88,i67',ooo certain modifications in 1877, whereby 70 per 



^^^^^:::^:^^ i'oW <at. of the total charges of the debt fell upon 



Miscellaneous receipts 4il628'899 Austria and 30 per cent, upon Hungary. Since 



Total revenue of 1882 448 155 793 ^ 8 ^ 8 the two kingdoms have kept their finances 



separate. The deficits in Hungary constantly 



The following are the estimated expenditures recurring since 1867, have been funded in a 



of the several departments: special debt, amounting in. 1881 to the enor- 



BRANCHES OF EXPENDITURE. Florins. nious sum of 1,045,319,600 florins. Austria 



Imperial household 4,650,000 has a large amount of floating liabilities arising 



&sr a a th abinet Chancery ' ' ' t Jjj'gg from the same cause, given in a return for Jan. 



Council of Ministers .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' ' .' .' .' ' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' i 'o48^2io * 1 882 > as 41 1 , 998, 744 florins, represented by 



Ministry of the interior !T,fi80,T6B a depreciated paper currency amounting to 



pSrEducaSand Worship' i! n'jK 320,434.947 florins, and interest-bearing treas- 



Agricuiture 11,519^408 ury notes amounting to 91,563,797 florins, into 



