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NETHERLANDS.
The budget estimates for each of the years 1868 and 1869, voted by the States-General, were as follows : —
Revenue
1868
1869
Guilders
Guilders
Land tax .......
10,030,657
10,069,248
Assessed taxes (personal)
7,860,000
7,944,000
,, (licenses)
3,238,400
3,225,600
Excise ....
34,780,000
25,230,000
Indirect taxes
13,800,000
14,076,000
Import and export duties
4,360,764
4,380,764
Gold and silver plate dues
251,300
251,300
Public domains
1,255,000
1,280,000
Post Office . ...
2,350,000
2,450,000
Telegraph ....
495,382
553,500
Government lotteries
410,000
410,000
Shooting and fishing licences
105,000
110,000
Pilotage ....
730,000
750,000
Mining dues
1,173
943
Profit of state railways
157,000
320,000
Miscellaneous receipts .
1,708,086
1,881.920
Belgian share of national debt
400,000
400,000
Colonial surplus .
10,619,555
15,618,358
Japanese indemnity
50,000
50,000
Surplus of 1866 .
8,480,000
—
„ of 1867 .
—
4,360,000
Colonial surplus of previous years
9,000,000
3,475,000
Total <
100,082,217
96,836,633
£8,340,184
£8,069,719
Expenditure
1868
1869
Royal household Superior departments of state Foreign department Department of justice Roman Catholic worship Department of the interior Department, of marine. . National debt, interest . Department of finance . Protestant worship Department of war Depai'tment of colonies Miscellaneous expenses
Guilders
750,000
598,077
526,284
3,084,224
682,876
23,161,498
10,302,742
28,029,669
13,884,026
1,753,853
14,185,000
2,167.741
50,000
Guilders
750,000
591,054
525,094
3,106,459
689,357
21,106,786
9,383.562
28,073,638
14,033,285
1,758,428
14,659,000
2,000,360
50,000
Total ....
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99,175,990 £8,264,665
96,727,023
£8,060,585
