COMMON FINANCE
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^maintained also legally by Hungary, by Law XXX., 1899) on the condition of reciprocity.
The three ministries or executive departments for common affairs are : —
1. The Common Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Imperial and Royal House.— Count Leopold Berehtold, Privy Councillor. Appointed February 19, 1912.
2. The Common Ministry of War. — General Krohcdkin. Appointed December 10, 1912.
3. The Common Ministry of Finance.— Dr. de Bilinski, Privy Councillor, born January 16, 1851 ; formerly Imperial Finance Minister. Appointed Minister of Finance for the whole Monarchy, February 20, 1912.
To these departments must be added : —
The Common Court of Public Accounts.— Dr. Ernst Baron Plener, Privy Councillor, born October 18, 1841. Appointed July 10, 1895.
The Ministers are responsible for the discharge of their official functions to the Delegations.
Common Finance.
The cost of the administration of common affairs is borne by both States in a proportion agreed on by the Reichsrath and Parliament (Orszaggyiiles), and sanctioned by the Emperor and King. The agreement, which expired in 1897, was renewed for ten years in 1907. According to this agreement the net proceeds of the common customs shall be applied to the common expenditure, and for the remainder Hungary shall pay as its q^wta 36 "4 ])er cent, and Austria 63 '6 per cent.
Expenditure and sources of revenue in thousands of crowns (24 crowns=l?. ) : —
-
1905 1906
1907
1908 514,376
1909 19101
19111 448,590
1912 1
Net expenditure.
438,070
419,595
433,529
631,644 423,460
470,92
Revenue from cus-
toms .
148,630
154,578
162,032
169,931
197,980
160,912
171,691
183,467
Proportional con-
tribution of both
parts of the mon-
archy : —
Contribution of
,
Austria
193,748
177,398
178,10 219,067
275,810 i 166,980
176,108
182,823
Hungary .
95,692
87,618
93,39 1 125,378
157,854 1 95,568 !100,791
104,634
1 Sanctioned estimates.
Budget estimates for 1912 (latest available) : —
Sources of Revenue Foreign Affairs War and Marine . Finance, &c. >[iscellaneous Board of Control
Total .
Crowns
1,065,000
9,236,157
185,167
24,000
3,120
Sources of Revenue Customs Matricular contributions!
Total
Crowns 183,466,719 287,456,603
10,513,444
(438,060Z.) (1
1 Exclusive of 23,000,000 crowns for extraordinary expenditure on the army 67,000,000 crowns for extraordinary expenditure on the navy.
470,923,322 9, 621, 805 Z.)
and of
