DENMARK. 



661 



Statistics, collecting the taxes is by no means great. In the cities 

 ^--V""" - " and towns, the chief magistrate superintends the col- 

 CoJlectors, lection. In the country, collectors are appointed, of 

 &c. which there are thirty-three for Denmark, forty-one 



for Norway, and thirty-one for the duchies. The of- 

 ficers of the customs amount to fifty-five in Copenhagen, 

 two hundred and thirty-five for the rest of Denmark, 

 two hundred and forty-four for Norway, and ninty-nine 

 Amount of for the duchies. In 1699, there passed into the public 

 public re- treasure of the states nearly 3,500,000 rix dollars ; in 

 1726, nearly as much; in 1756, 4,955,800; in 1770, 

 6,081,830; from 1785 to 1787, about 7,270,172. The 

 following Table exhibits the particulars of this last re- 

 ceipt. 



RixdoIIars. Sk. Statistics. 



1,211,072 56 v — ~r~~- 



49,608, 5 



260,078 65 



48,575 % 



14,472 31 



venues at 

 different 

 periods. 



Table of 

 the re- 

 ceipt in 



1787. 



Denmark Proper. 



Land-tax 



RixdoIIars. Sk. 

 609,019 76 

 190,143 9 

 45,517 57 

 Denmark. Tax on articles of consumption in the coun- 

 try 65,005 63 

 Stamp-duty on cards - - 5,624 72 

 Stamped paper .... 121,973 73 

 Capitation-tax, and tax on ranks - 466,957 29 

 Four per cent, on capitals - - 12 1,913 29 

 Income-tax on places and pensions - 65,602 42 

 Revenue of the royal demesnes - 19, 11915 



Customs 522,856 15 



Custom on tobacco and salt - - 32,496 29 



Custom on hopes - - - 10,645 7 



Tax on articles of consumption in the cities, 



&c. - 610,145 63 



Interest of the capital seemed on the royal 

 estates winch have been sold - - 7,193 8 



Total 2,892,213 15 



Norway. 



Norway. Land-tax 



Tithes of com and of fish 



.... of iron ... 



.... and other taxes on copper 



. . . . of fish and excise at Bergen 



Tax on articles of consumption in the coun 



try - - 



Stamp-duty on cards - 



Stamp paper - 



Tax on ranks - 



Four per cent. &c. - 



Tax on places and pensions 

 Customs - 



Custom on salts and tobacco 

 Tax on articles of consumption in cities 

 Custom on hopes - 



RixdoIIars. Sk. 



281,042 76 



41,571 38 



20,6S2 3 



4,616 64 



49,309 95 



13,693 42 



11,521 38 



4,066 64 



54,418 54 



13,304 94 



20,334 19 



16,070 6 



472,778 21 



34,871 1 



100,580 43 



1,368 48 



Total 



1,140,230 14 

 Duchies of Sleswick and Holslcin. 



Duchies. ' Land-tax 



Rents of the royal demesnes 



Corn and forage tax 



RixdoIIars. Sk. 



452,365 52 



458,987 72 



226,352 7 



73,367 21 



BroBght forward 

 Stamped paper 

 Tax on capital and on ratiks 

 Four per cent, &c. 

 Tax on places and pensions 

 Particular revenues of the district of Glocks- 



burg and of Ditmarsch - - 26,384 

 Revenues of the district of Kiel - 725 53 

 Contributions of the Jews in Altona - 3,000 

 Customs - - - 129,934 64 

 Custom of tobacco and of salt - 27,287 79 

 Of hopes ... 2,495 2fi 



Total 1,777,626 42 



Various other Revenues. 



Toll of the Sound 

 Lotteries 



Revenue of the bank 



Revenues not specified - 



Revenue of the American islands 



Commissions, &c. to the colleges or cham 

 bers - 



Lighthouse of LindesnSes 



Quarries of Segeberg 



Revenue of the royal forests 



Commerce and contributions of the Faroe is- 

 lands - 



Commerce of Iceland ... 



RixdoIIars. Sk. ,. . 



581,779 91 sr r ; 



134,353 94 venues 



15,552 32 

 335,441 70 



70,427 73 

 112,868 69 



103,996 61 

 4,233 

 5,132 65 



82,284 20 



5,778 6$ 

 7,280 6 



Total 1,460,102 36 



Denmark 

 Norway 

 Duchies 

 Various revenues 



RixdoIIars. Sk. 

 2,892,213 15 

 1,140,230 14 

 1,777,626 42 

 1,460,102 30 



Total 7,270,172 5 



Carry forward 1,211,072 56 



Such was the amount of the whole revenue of Den- Expendi- 

 mark in 1785, 7,270,172 rix dollars 5 skillings, or about ture - 

 £ 1,400,000 sterling. Since that period it has been in- 

 creased in all the Danish states, particularly in Nor- 

 way, and may now amount to upwards of a million 

 and a half. The court establishments, the royal house- 

 hold, the civil list, the army, and navy, form the prin- 

 cipal objects of the ordinary expenditure ; the amount 

 of which, in 1770, was nearly 6,158,710 rix dollars — 

 in 1786, 7,579,734— and in 1790, 6,525,000. The 

 items of this last year, which is about the average of 

 the ordinary expences of the Danish government, was, 

 exclusive of some small sums for particular purposes, as 

 under : 



Rix dollars. 



Court and royal household „ . 250,000 



Establishments of the prince and princess . . 180,000 



Civil list 707,500 



Extraordinary bounties , 111,000 



Pensions and ordinary bounties 120,000 



Army 2,080,000 



Navy 1,200,000 



East India possessions 180,000 



Carry over 4,828,500 



