Revenue.
Expenditure.
Dollars
Dollars
Customs .
21,704,893
Interest on Public Debt
10.516,758
Excise
7,871,563
Charges for debt .
152,880
Lands
975,792
Sinking Fund
2,359,968
Public Works . . \
7,401,274
Subsidies to Provinces .
4,237,372
Post Office . . j
Legislation and Civil
Fees, Fines, and Forfei-
Government .
2,129,251
tures (including Sei-
Public Works .
1,701,313
zures) .
163,393
Penitentiaries . ,
386,395
Militia, including Mili-
Administration of Justice
7(55,608
tary College .
36,916
Geological Survey, &c.
57,000
Weights and Measures
44,014
Arts, Agriculture, and
Premium, Discount, and
Statistics .
245,231
Exchange
191,560
Ocean and River Steam
Interest on Investments
1,513,454
Service & Mail Subsidies
730,326
Fisheries .
106,179
Militia and Defence
1,514,472
Penitentiaries .
76,588
Mounted Police N.W.T.
865,416
Superannuation
45,643
Pensions, &c.
96,187
Dominion Steamers and
Lighthouses, &c.
474,217
Lighthouse and Coast
Fisheries .
441,725
Service
11,630
Indians (Leg. Grants) .
952,584
Mariners' Fund
54,553
Immigration. &c.
261,195
Steamboat Inspection
31,525
Charges on Revenue, &c.
10,407,834
Various .
326,661
Gov. of N. W. Ter. .
347,687
40,555,238
Miscellaneous Total
189,107
Total .
38,832,526
The public debt of the Dominion, incurred chiefly on account of public works, and the interest of which forms the largest branch of the expenditure, was as follows on July 1, 1898 : —
Dollars
Without Interest 22,921,520
At 2^ per cent. ,, ...... 9,733,333
„3' ,, „ 106,085,014
„ 34 „ „ : 27,897,548
,, 4 ,, , 143,709,497
,,5- ,, ,, 26,804,687
„6 „ „ 1,224,384
Total Debt
338,375,984
There arc assets which make the net debt 263,956,399 dollars, following shows the gross and net debts in five years : —
The
Gross
Net
Dollars.
Dollars
1894
308,348,024
246,183.029
1895
318,048,755
253,074,927
1896
325,717,537
258,497,433
1897
332,530,131
261,538,596
1898
338,375,984
263,956,399
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