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COMPARISON OF INCOME AND OUTLAY DEFICIT.
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| Estimate of the Income of Mexico from the 1st July, 1848, to 1st July, 1849, according to the calculation of the Mexican minister of Finance. | ||
| Income from Maritime Duties, | $4,488,000 | |
| ” from Internal Duties, Taxes, &c., &c., | 2,224,000 | |
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| Total, | $6,712,000 | |
| Deduct from this the cost of collecting this revenue and for various prior partial assignments of it, | 1,171,888 | |
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| Total income for the year, | $5,540,112 | |
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Expenses of the Government from 1st July, 1848 to 1st July, 1849. | ||
| Expenses of Legislative department, | $720,300 | |
| ” Department of Foreign and Domestic relations, | 898,029 | |
| ” Department of Justice, | 135,550 | |
| ”” of Finance, | 5,411,984 | |
| ”” of War, | 7,769,342 | |
| ”” Supreme Court of Justice, | 330,230 | |
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| Total, | $15,265,435 | |
| Deduct from this the sums that may be saved by economical administration of the departments and by the improved condition or reduction of the army, say, | 1,500,000 | |
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| Total expenses of government, | $13,765,435 | |
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Summary. | ||
| Total of National Expenses, | $13,765 435 | |
| ””Income, | 5,540,112 | |
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| Deficit, | $8,225,323 | |
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| Deficit on yearly expenses, | $8,225,323 | |
| Interest on debt, | 8,988,431 | |
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| Total yearly deficit, | $17,213,754 | |
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