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PROBLEMS OF EMPIRE.

Table II.
Part II. *Expenditure, 1900-01. (Exchequer Issues.)*
[000's omitted.]
		On Imperial Services.	On English Services.	On Scottish Services.	On Irish Services.	Total.
		£	£	£	£	£
1.	Chargeable against exchequer revenue
	National debt charges	19,836,	—	—	—	19,836,
	Naval and military charges
	⁠(a) Army	91,925,	—	—	—	91,925,
	⁠(b) Navy	29,520,	—	—	—	29,520,
	Civil government charges
	⁠(a) On consolidated fund	723,	322,	138,	171,	1,354,
	⁠(b) Voted	3,690,	13,481,	1,955,	4,374,	23,500,
	⁠Total civil government charges	4,413,	13,803,	2,093,	4,545,	24,854,
	Collection of taxes	—	2,199,	391,	244,	2,834,
	Post Office services	601,	10,457,	1,352,	1,061,	13,471,
	Payments of local taxation account	—	—	98,	1,054,	1,152,
	⁠Total chargeable against exchequer revenue	146,295,	26,459,	3,934,	6,904,	183,592,
			$\underbrace {\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad }$ 37,297,
2.	Met out of local taxation revenue—
	Miscellaneous local charges	—	8,310,	1,027,	402,	9,739,
	⁠Grand total	146,295,	34,769,	4,961,	7,306,	193,331,
			$\underbrace {\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad }$ 47,036,
Per cent., England, Scotland and Ireland		—	73·92	10·55	15·53	100·00
Per cent., total		75·67	17·98	2·57	3·78	100·00

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