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THE BRITISH EMPIRE
■UNITED KINGDOM
Year ending March 31, 1912
Budget
Sources of Revenue
Exchequer Receiptsi
Estimate
Net Receipts
1912-13
ii. Excise —
£
£
£
£
Spirits
18,511,392
Beer
13,328,075
Licence duties
5,638,524
Railways
315,195
Patent medicines ,
327,857
i
Other sources
128,687
1
38,249,730
38,380,000
37,700,000
iii. Estate, &c., duties —
Estate duty^ .
19,859,704
Temporary estate
dutys .
5,929
Probate duty^ .
37,798
Legacy duty .
4,452,630
Succession duty
777,165
Corporation duty .
49,006
iv. Stamps (excluding Fee
25,182,232
25,392,000
25,450,000
&c., Stamps)—
Deeds
4,277,195
Receipts, Drafts, &c.
1,886,681
Bills of exchange .
896,760
Contract Notes
400,137
Companies' capital
duty .
554,493
Bonds to bearer
825,837
Insurances
258,503
Other sources .
464,973
9,564,579
9,454,000
9,400,000
V. Land Tax
—
747,377
750,000
700,000
vi. House Duty
—
2,109,877
2,130,000
2,000,000
vii. Property and Income
Tax .
— ^
44,334,043
44,804,000
44,100,000
viii. Land Value Duties .
—
493,889
481,000
545,000
Total Produce of Taxes
—
154,278,372
155.040,000
153,795,000
ix. Post Ofi&ce
—
19,576,170
19,650,000
20,275,000
x. Telegraph service .
—
3,101,930
3,105,000
3,000,000
xi. Telephone service .
—
2,933,281
2,945,000
5,900,000
xii. Crown Lands
—
529,512|
530,000
530,000
xiii. Interest on Suez
Canal Shares, &c.
—
1,281,497
1,281,497
1,289,000
xiv. Miscellaneous (in-
cluding Fee, &c. ,
Stamps)
—
2,544,916 29,967,306
2,538,789
30,050,286
185,090,286
2,400,000
Total non-tax Revenue.
—
33,394,000
Total Revenue
184,245,678
187,189,000
1 That is, revenue actually paid into the Exchequer between April 1, 1911, and March 31, 1^^2. 2 On property of persons dying after August 1,1894.
a On property of persons dying before August 2, 1894.
