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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. 6?

The following is a summary, in pounds sterling, of the financial accounts for the year 1867 — the last exhibited as absolutely closed — according to the report of the minister of finance.

Revenue . Expenditure

Revenue . Expenditure

Revenue . Expenditure

Projet de budget.

Budget rectifie.

Budget dl'finitif.

£ 76,098,461 76,084,455

86,180,770 86,179,313

69,215,840 76,218,320

In the subjoined two tables a survey is given of the revenue and expenditure of the late Imperial Government for twelve years, showing the budget estimates, the additions and the final accounts', in millions of francs.

Loans and

Years mates of

Additions

Actual ordi-

other ex-

Revenue

nary Receipts

traoruinary resources

Mill ion francs

Million francs

Million francs

Million francs

1852 .

1,450

37

1,487

151

1853 .

1,454

70

1,524

133

1854 .

1,782

20

1,802

384

1855 .

2,712

81

2,793

1,257

1856 .

1,778

136

1,914

276

1857 .

1,743

56

1,799

116

1858 .

1,782

89

1,871

124

1859 .

2,144

35

2,179

451

1860 .

1,917

45

1,962

240

1861 .

1,864

142

2.006

1,863

1862 .

1,995

1S2

2,177

1,991

1863 ....

2,091

173

2,264

2,083

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Mill, frimcs

Mil. frs.

Mill, francs

Mill, francs

Mil. frs.

1852

1,505

8

1,513

1858

1,761

97

1,858

1853

1,488

60

1,548

1859

1,776

432

2,208

1854

1,429

459

1,988

1860

1,831

253

2,084

1855

1,573

826

2,399

1861

1,863

307

2,170

1856

1,620

576

2,196

1862

1,991

221

2,212

1857

1,752

140

1,892

1863

2,082

204

2,287

It will be seen that, while the ordinary revenue in the twelve years from the establishment of the Empire till the end of 1863 increased from 1,487 to 2,264 millions, the expenditure augmented in