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RUSSIA

Actual Ordinary Expendituhe.

1893

1894 1

1895

1896

1897

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

roubles

roubles

roubles

roubles

roubles

state debt

259,395

270,215

277,146

268,214

258,558

Out of it, railway debts

(67,840)

(84,141)

(98,812)

(101,212^

(102,456)

Higher institutions of the

State ....

2,240

2,286

2,464

2,805

2,729

Holy Synod ,

12,304

13,308

13,809

17,571

19,806

Ministries : —

Imperial House .

10,522

11,797

12,678

14,450

12,968

Foreign Affairs .

5,034

4,944

5,120

4,860

4,930

War ....

272,439

280,427

285,230

294,359

293,790

Out of it :—

Keformof armament,

and food stores for

the army

(36,045)

(41,424)

(32,220)1 (29,792)

(23,661)

Transcaspian Railway

(3,630)

(3,744)

(3,894)' (5,999)

(5,105)

Navy ....

54,842

55,114

57,136 ^ 59,531

85,275

Out of it, re-armament

^607)

(700)

(324)i (729)

Finances

117,469

125,552

140,310 188,545

204,324

Out of it, loans to rail-

way companies, &c.

(8,448)

(7,448)

(3,019) (2,797)

(3,711)

Agriculture and State

I

Domains

25,296

27,872

29,930 ; 31,920

33,172

Interior

83,214

84,668

86,173 1 90,205

80,458'

Public Instruction

22,440

22,184

23,570 24,995

26.476-

Ways and Communica-

tions

99,791

114,771

162,974

195,971

226,861

Out of it :—

Exploitation of

State railways .

(53.349)

(74,406)

(121,597) (146,076)

(168,802)

New feeding lines

and improve-

ments

(19,142)

(11,549)

(13,223)

(19,394)

(25,300)

Justice

25,608

25,962

26,096

27,955

41,8322

State's Comptrol

4,493

4,900

5,343

6,166

6,868

Out of it, railways .

(1,496)

(1,828)

(2,266)

(2,805)

(3,309)

State's studs . Total .

1,305 996,393

1,508

1,461

1,496

1,601

1,045,512

1,129,439

1,229,044

1,299,649

1 This diminution is due to the transfer of the prisons to the Ministry of Justice, and to transfers in consequence of creation of the new Chernsniorsk Government.

2 Increase due to above cause.

The increase of ordinary expenditure due to the gradual purchase of the railways by the State [i.e., railway debts, guarantee upon revenue to share- holders, improvements, exploitation, and control), but not including the building of new lines, which still makes part of the extraordinary budget, has thus been within the iaet ten years as follows : —

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