DEFENCE
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The following were the estimates for 1912-13
Revenue Milreis
Direct taxes . . . . . 17,125,250
Registration and Stamps . . 8,153,000
Indirect taxes 22,279,750
Port dues 39,580
National property .... 8,427,923 Income on investments . . 5,968,303 Revenue Earning, administra- tion, &c 10,435,587
Total ordinary Extraordinary
Grand Total .
72,429,393 3,185,050
75,614.443 (17,013,249L)
Expenditure
Public Debt .
Ministry of Finance „ ,, Interior „ ,, Justice
„ War . . ,, ,, Marine ,, ,, Colonies „ ,, Foreign Affairs ,, ,, Public Works .
General Treasury of deposits
Total ordinary Extraordinary
Grand Total .
Milreis
35,184,125
4,889,076
5,967,670
1,253,409
10,252,158
4,548,496
359,082
552,346
10,639,075
690,913
74.337,355 5,110,967
. 79,447,322 (17,875,6471.)
On September 31, 1912, the outstanding nominal debt of Portugal was as follows : —
External 3 per cent.
4 per cent. Municipal Loan
4i per cent. Tobacco Loan .
Total external
Internal 3 per cent, (consolidated) 3 per cent, (of 1905) ,, 4 per cent. , , ^ per cent. ,, 5 per cent.
Total internal
Total . .
Total outstanding
milreis
139,016,970
10,577,610
27,971,100
177,565,680
In possession of Government
milreis
6,806,822 368,260
7,175,092
1) .
554,996,076
2,654,040
5,418,607
23,813,190
4,561,190
236,262,788
190
24,547
4,050
.
591,443,103
236,291,575
769,008,783
243,466,667
The floating debt on August 31, 1912, was 87,427,012 milreis.
Defence.
The Army of Portugal is a militia raised by conscription. It is in three categories, the active army, the reserve and the territorial army. All adult males are liable to be called out from the age of 17 to 45, but, practically, service only begins at the age of 20. 10 years are passed in the active army,
10 in the reserve, and 5 in the territorial army, which latter also includes surplus men from other categories. In the active army, recruits undergo from 15 to 30 weeks' preliminary training, according to the arm of the service ; afterwards there is a fortnight's training during the annual mobili- sation. The country is divided into 3 territorial districts, each supposed to produce a division. The active army consists of 35 regiments of 3 battalions,
11 cavalry regiments of 4 squadronsj" 8 field artillery regiments, comprising 63 batteries, 2 horn batteries, 2 horse batteries, 9 mountain batteries, 20 garrison batteries, and engineer units. Batteries have 4 guns.
The peace establishment of the active army has been fixed of late years at 30,000 men. There are about 2,800 officers, all told.
