INTRODUCTION. 
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the regular expenditure of the island is nearly 
twenty thousand rix-dollars or ^4,000 sterling; 
other occasional expences, however, make it 
amount to nearly ^6,000, that is, thirty thou¬ 
sand rix-dollars. 
These extra expences are supplied by the King 
of Denmark in bank-notes, which he annually 
remits, and which he can well afford to do out 
of the collect-chest, or funds raised for the relief 
of the Icelanders after the dreadful volcanic erup¬ 
tion of 1783. This money ought to have been 
immediately sent to the country for the use of 
the distressed inhabitants, but to this day it is 
retained in Copenhagen. 
Account of Salaries and Pensions paid yearly 
in Iceland by the Landfogued, Frydensberg. 
SALARIES. 
From the Jordebog's Casse. 
Rdr. Sk. Rdr. Sk. 
The Stiftsamptman’s regular pay .... 1200 0 
Deduction . 28 0 
Rank-tax deducted. 70 0 98 0 
1102 0 
Augmentation of pay. 300 0 
Total salary with deductions and additional pay 1402 0 
