184 TEMMINCK’S GENERAL VIEW OP THE DUTCH 
Taxes on horses and carriages,. 66,365 
Tributes of the native princes,. 39,445 
Taxes on public auctions,. 290,143 
„ on the Chinese games Pho and Topho,.. ., 445,220 
The Government printing, . 58,000 
Posts, horses* and letters,. 218,722 
Monopoly of opium,. 9,560,165 
Sale of birds nests (Salangane), . 221,250 
„ timber for construction, &e.,. 505,700 
Monopoly of.Salt,. 4,609,908 
Sale of Rice,. 516,525 
„ Palm Sugar, .. .. .. 90,620 
... Gunny bags,. 167,860 
,, Gold and gold dust,. 50,900 
„ Tin,. 3,000,000 
,, different articles,. 115,900 
ITiese different figures, which are extracted from the accounts of 
1843, do not comprise the proceeds of the colonial commodities sold 
in Europe. We enter on this subject into some general details. 
The expences presented for 1845, as well for India as in the mo¬ 
ther country, are as follows, 
1st. Government /. 482,000.—2d. Department of Justice /. 
506,252.—3d. Superior and inferior colleges /. 282,020.—4th. Ge¬ 
neral administration and Police f 3,460,610.—5th. Agriculture, 
public worship, arts and sciences /. 500,706.—7th. Finances and 
cultures / 38,317,112: into this amount enter: a, charges for the 
despatching of products destined for the mother country/’. 902,533; 
— h, interest aud repayment of the arrears of India (at a rest of capi¬ 
tal of/. 2,656,317-51)/. 400,000;— e, rent and repayment of the 
loan of 1836/ 137,685 ;— d, interest and reimbursement of the debt 
of Solo/. 81,082;— e, interest and repayment of the debt accord¬ 
ing to the laws of 24th. April 1836, 11th. March 1837 and 27th. 
March and 22d December 1838,/. 9,800,000;—/ rents and reim¬ 
bursement of the obligations of the Indies 4|- per cent/. 2,850;— g, 
interest and reimbursement of the debt of the Hande Im a a Is c hap ij 
[Trading Company] /. 2,500,000.—8th. Department of war /. 
8,643,834.—9th. Department of the marine/. 1,642,154.—10th. 
Pensions and benevolent establishments /. 995,172.—11th. Ex¬ 
pences of different kinds / 2,535,367-—12th. Unforseen current 
expences/. 500,060.—13th. Extraordinary expences and public 
calamities/. 500,900,—14th, E*pcnce$ for Sumatra/, 2,640,921, 
