744 ' State Aid to -Agriculture in Germany, [dec, 



or less permanent annual expenditure. This is supplemented 

 in some States by " extraordinary " grants, which, either on 

 account of their temporary character or for some other reason, 

 are not included in the permanent expenditure. 



Recurring Expenditure. 



Prussia. 1 



.3 

 > 

 PQ 



Kingdom of 

 Saxony. 



bi) 



Baden. 



Hesse. 



Alsace- 

 Lorraine. 



Other States. 



General administration 



r 

 & 



701,445 



£ 



'£,. 



1, coo 



£ 



3,734 



£ 



£ 



£ 



r 

 X, 



Agricultural teaching 

 institutions and other 

 scientific and educa- 

 tional purposes 



191,010 



37,449 



J2,374 



14,463 



10,499 



12,155 



12,673 



6,175 



Veterinary high schools 

 and other veterinary 

 expenses 



271.435 



50,902 





11,889 



1,107 





9>3oo 



1,436 



Promotion of stock- 

 breeding 



234,60c 



108,187 



14,693 



25,295 



17,094 



- 



17,600 



9,024 



Promotion of fisheries... 



25>392 



973 



- 



325 



- 





584 



4 



Land improvements, 

 moors, banks and 

 dunes 



166,667 



45,3i4 





15,764 





24,471 





362 



Promotion of the culti- 

 vation of fruit and wine 

 and horticulture 



13,750 



4,5oo 



500 



7,°5i 



75 





3>35o 



210 



Funds for supporting 

 agricultural corpora- 

 tions, societies, &c, 

 including insurance, 

 credit societies, and 

 trades' unions ... 



36,250 



27,878 





16,625 



11,389 



400 



4,000 



2,982 



Promotion of agri- 

 culture in general and 

 miscellaneous expenses 



31,653 



18,250 



16,800 



3,773 



:3,382 



18,207 



# 5,395 



28,182 



Total 



1,672,202 



2 93,453 



45,367 



98,919 



43/546 



55,233 



52,902 



! 48,490 



In the case of Prussia, the large item of ^701,000 for 

 General Administration includes the salaries and expenses of 

 the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and 

 Domains, the Supreme Court of Agriculture, and of the 

 General Commissions. The Commissions authorise the 

 advancement of money to small farmers for the purchase of 

 land, and deal with questions of communal rights, division 

 of property, charges on land, &c. 



The grants made in respect of the salaries and expenses 



