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FINANCE

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millions of francs. The ordinary expenditure was 22,827 million francs and the extraordinary expenditure to 5.498 millions, making a total of 27,826 million francs. The expenditure of the Special Rudget amounted to 10,539 millions.

The French National debt has grown from 28 - 5 millions sterling in to 50'9 millions in 1815, 2365 millions in 1848, 498 millions in 1,302 millions in 1912, (32,557,899,787 francs) ; 1,367 millions on July 31, 1914, (34,188,147,969 franrs) : 5,898 millions on January 1, 191t», (147,472,421,289 francs); and 9,538 millions on January I, 1920 (239,474 million francs).

On January 1, 1920, and on September 30, 1920, the debt of France stood as follows (in millions of francs) : —

January 1. 1920 Sept. SO, lvt©

Internal Debt: —

3 per cent. Rentes 5 per cent. Rentes

4 per cent. Rente*, 1917 4 per cent Rentes. 1918 Amortizable i p«r cent i Amortizable S per cent, rentes A mortizahle 3 J per cent National Defence Obligations Other Jeljts of the Ministry of Finance

Total of debt of Ministry of Finance Debts of other Mi:: -•

„ Total of nxed debts total of floating debt

Total Internal debt

2. External Debt :—

Fixed debt Floating debt

Total external debt

Grsnd Total .

Millions of Francs

19,745 25,165 12,944 30,257

3,040

914

Millions of Franca

1J.G71 29,227

I w

23 937 I,

VtS.693 5,043

1U -

mjm

121.305

38,478

202,561

S3 272

-'40,242

-■85 883

The Foreign Debt on September 30, 1920, was made up as follows :—

. tij-etl Debt.

Advanced by U.S.A. Treasury . :;,785,3O0,0O0 dollars

Anglo. French loan in U.S.A. . . 250,000,000

lx)anof the City of Paris in U.S.A.. 60,000,000 Loans of Bordeaux, Lyons and U .

in U.S.A. 45.000,00

Japanese lain ...... 100,000.000

American Loan secured by American Stuck 4uO.0O0.0o0 dollars

Total . ....

5,500

49,7% 2,500-6