BUDGETS
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upon the Budget, until there is nothing left and very little to show for this lavish distribution of the public moneys.
The Budget for 1903 I give in detail:—
The total revenue is estimated at $10,766,115. The total expenditure is estimated at $10,765,491. This leaves a balance of $624.
REVENUE
| Land Tax | $7,603,020 | Customs Duties | 850,000 |
| House Tax | 460,295 | Various Imposts | 150,000 |
| Miscellaneous | 210,000 | Mint | 350,000 |
| Balance from 1902 (including surplus from loan) | 1,142,800 | 10,766,115 |
EXPENDITURE
| The Emperor's private purse | $817,361 |
| Sacrifices | 186,639 |
| 1,004,000 |
| The Imperial Household | The Home Department | ||
| Railway Bureau | $21,980 | Office | 34,624 |
| Palace Police | 118,645 | Mayor's Office | 6,144 |
| Police in Open Ports | 69,917 | Provincial Governments | 91,862 |
| North-west Railway | 22,882 | Prefectural Governments, 2nd class | 52,674 |
| Ceremonial Bureau | 17,608 | Quelpart | 4,222 |
| Mining Bureau | 10,000 | Prefectures | 778,325 |
| 261,022 | Imperial Hospital | 7,632 | |
| The Old Man Bureau | 24,026 | Vaccination Bureau | 3,354 |
| Bureau OF Generals | 65,853 | Travelling Expenses | 730 |
| The Cabinet | 38,730 | Prefectural Sacrifices | 866 |
| 980,533 | |||
