REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
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{| class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years,
ending March 31
! colspan=2| Revenue
! colspan=2| Expenditure
|-
! !! Rigsdaler !! £ !! Rigsdaler !! £
|-
| align=left| 1864
| 34,843,450 || 3,871,494 || 39,748,838 || 4,416,537
|-
| align=left| 1865
| 37,785,904 || 4,198,434 || 35,424,670 || 3,936,074
|-
| align=left| 1866
| 21,961,761 || 2,440,196 || 24,003,235 || 2,667,026
|-
| align=left| 1867
| 26,314,214 || 2,923,801 || 25,342,234 || 2,815,804
|-
| align=left| 1868
| 24,358,176 || 2,706,464 || 24,388,629 || 2,709,847
|}
The revenue and expenditure for the years ending March 31, 1864 and 1865 included, the first wholly, and the second partly, the financial accounts of Schleswig-Holstein, separated from the crown of Denmark by the treaty of Vienna, signed Oct. 30, 1864.
The sources of revenue and branches of expenditure in the financial year ending March 31, 1868, were as follows:—
| Sources of Revenue | Rigsdaler | Skilling | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct taxes | 4,142,194 | 77 | |
| Customs and Excise | 7,739,940 | 25 | |
| Crown lands and Regalian dues | 710,018 | 44 | |
| Indirect taxes | 1,812,504 | 93 | |
| Post Office and Telegraphs | 29,631 | 71 | |
| Lottery | 142,011 | 30 | |
| Interest on Reserve Fund | 2,123,346 | 42 | |
| Contributions from ditto | 1,135,288 | 0 | |
| Revenue of Iceland, West Indies, &c. | 1,253,826 | 80 | |
| Loans for railroads | 3,749,011 | 0 | |
| Miscellaneous receipts | 864,712 | 0 | |
| Exchequer Bills | 655,687 | 84 | |
| Total | 24,358,176 | 66 | or £ 2,706,464 |
| Branches of Expenditure | Rigsdaler | Skilling | |
| Civil List of the King and Royal family | 672,924 | 0 | |
| Interest of National Debt | 7,582,246 | 24 | |
| Pensions | 2,081,367 | 64 | |
| Army | 3,783,978 | 27 | |
| Navy | 1,676,681 | 47 | |
| Civil Service | 3,050,982 | 33 | |
| Legislature | 193,058 | 50 | |
| Railroads | 3,848,511 | 28 | |
| Extraordinary expenses | 1,498,880 | 16 | |
| Total | 24,388,629 | 22 | or £ 2,709,847 |
The total revenue for the year ending March 31, 1869, amomited to 26,333,349 rigsdaler 83 skilling, or 2,925,928 £., and the expenditure to 26,692,932 rigsdaler 77 skilling, or 2,965,881 £. The estimates
for the financial year ending March 31, 1870, were as follows:—