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