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HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL
able to establish and maintain itself almost without any pecuniary assistance whatever: the whole loan which has been received by Guatemala from this country, does not exceed £100,000 sterling.
The expenses of the federal administration for the year 1825, were calculated as follow, viz.—
| Dollars. | |
| Expenses of the ministry of state | 54,950 |
| Do. of justice and ecclesiastical affairs | 17,600 |
| Do. of finance | 178,208 |
| Do. of war and marine | 627,828 |
| Total Expenditure | 878,586 |
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| The estimated income was, viz.— | Dollars. |
| Regular duties | 530,000 |
| Provisional quota | 188,000 |
| Novena decimals | 88,888 |
| Total Income | 806,888 |
| Expenditure excess | 71,698 |
This excess of expenditure over the receipts, or estimated income, was so inconsiderable as to render it doubtful whether it were wise or expedient for the govern-
