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NORWAY

Budget for two financial years, July 1 to June 30, 1911-12, and 1912-13

Sources of Revenu*>

1911-12

1912-13

Branches of Expen- diture

1911-12

1912-13

Ordinary :

Kroner

Kroner

Ordinary :

Kroner

Kroner

Income Tax.

7,600,000

9,000,000

Civil list

746,400

766,700

Customs

49,630,000

52,500,000

Storting

684,100

866,800

Excise on spirits .

1,550,000

1,650,000

The Ministries

1,955,400

2,028,700

,, ,, malt .

3,000,000

2,500,000

Church, arts, and

Succession duties

1,100,000

1.250,000

education .

15,148,300

16,157,700

Stamps

1,830,000

1,985,000

Justice .

8,850,700

9,568,100

Judicial fees.

1,170,000

1,250,000

i Interior .

6,633,200

7,053,300

Mines .

781,100

875,500

Post, telegraphs, &c.

15,640,000

17,027,700

Post Office .

9,000,000

9,460,000

State railways

Telegraphs and

(traffic). ' .

19,616,100

22,171,000

telephones

6,140,000

7,035,000

Roads, canals, ports,

State propertj' .

5,302,000

5,400,900

&c.

6,170,600

6,543,400

Railways

21,803,000

23,837,800

Finance and custom.*;

5,159,900

5.625,300

Miscellaneous

10,503,900

12,655,800

Mines

806,800

'893,700

Redemption of debt

4,872,000

5,027,900

Interest ,, ,, .

10,912,700

12,345,700

Army

15,047,100

15,612,200

Navy

5,699,200

6,068,400

Foreign affairs

1,035,700

1,072,300

Miscellaneous.

Total, ordinary

431,800

571,100

Total, ordinary

119,410,000

129,400,000

119,410,000

129,400,000

Extraordinary :

Extraordinary :

Means raised for

Construction of

construction of

railways

6,740,700

7,002,100

railways :

Extraordinary ex-

(1) by Loans

6,429,100

6,371,500

penditure for rail-

(2) by local sub-

road cars, &c.

1,633,900

—

scriptions.

311,600

580,600

Construction of tele-

(3) from earlier

graph A telephone '

surpluses .

—

50,000

lines .

1,250,200

986,500

From earlier sur-

Navy

—

8,000,000

pluses

3,218,200

10,686,500

Miscellaneous.

334,100

2,100,000

Extraordinary ad-

'

dition to the in-

come tax .

_ 9,958,900

400,000 18,088,000

Sum, extraordinary

Sum, extraordinary

9,958,900

18,088,600

Total ordinary and

Total, ordinary and

extraordinary .

129,368,900 147.488,600

extraordinary

129,368,900

147,488,600

(7,187,16n.)(8,193,8in.)

(7,187,161?.)

(S,193,811L)

Public debt :—

Years ending March 31

Amortisation

Growth

Interest

Amount at the end of the year

1907 1908 June 30, 1909 1 1910 1911

Kroner

3,607,522 4,054,861 5,439,598 4,506,176 4,597,533

Kroner

4,500,000 42,952,000

Kroner

11,282,120 11,193,529 14,481,424 10,953,474 10,772,634

Kroner

338,798,9882 334,744,1272 329.304,5292 329,298,3532 367,652,8202

1 Vide note 1 to table I.

- Including kr. 40,000,000 placed in the reserve fund of the Norwegian State, an

invested in easily negotiable first class foreign securities.