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NETHERLANDS.

The budget estimates for each of the years 1868 and 1869, voted by the States-General, were as follows : —

Revenue

1868

1869

Guilders

Guilders

Land tax .......

10,030,657

10,069,248

Assessed taxes (personal)

7,860,000

7,944,000

,, (licenses)

3,238,400

3,225,600

Excise ....

34,780,000

25,230,000

Indirect taxes

13,800,000

14,076,000

Import and export duties

4,360,764

4,380,764

Gold and silver plate dues

251,300

251,300

Public domains

1,255,000

1,280,000

Post Office . ...

2,350,000

2,450,000

Telegraph ....

495,382

553,500

Government lotteries

410,000

410,000

Shooting and fishing licences

105,000

110,000

Pilotage ....

730,000

750,000

Mining dues

1,173

943

Profit of state railways

157,000

320,000

Miscellaneous receipts .

1,708,086

1,881.920

Belgian share of national debt

400,000

400,000

Colonial surplus .

10,619,555

15,618,358

Japanese indemnity

50,000

50,000

Surplus of 1866 .

8,480,000

—

„ of 1867 .

—

4,360,000

Colonial surplus of previous years

9,000,000

3,475,000

Total <

100,082,217

96,836,633

£8,340,184

£8,069,719

Expenditure

1868

1869

Royal household Superior departments of state Foreign department Department of justice Roman Catholic worship Department of the interior Department, of marine. . National debt, interest . Department of finance . Protestant worship Department of war Depai'tment of colonies Miscellaneous expenses

Guilders

750,000

598,077

526,284

3,084,224

682,876

23,161,498

10,302,742

28,029,669

13,884,026

1,753,853

14,185,000

2,167.741

50,000

Guilders

750,000

591,054

525,094

3,106,459

689,357

21,106,786

9,383.562

28,073,638

14,033,285

1,758,428

14,659,000

2,000,360

50,000

Total ....

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99,175,990 £8,264,665

96,727,023

£8,060,585