932
GERMAN EMPIRE: — PRUSSIA
Finance.
Effective, ordinary and extraordinary revenue and expenditure for years ending March 31 following the year indicated in the table (20 marks = £1 ) :—
Year
Revenue
Expenditure | Year
Revenue
1905 3,400,248,206
190G 3,806,769,083
1907 4,053,702,411
Marks 3,137,467,213 3,534,926,305 3,797,817,024
1908 1909 1910
Marks 4,151,150,120 4,408,102,407 4,529,745,554
Expenditure
Marks 3,958,126,488 4,392,375,416 4,531,155,108
Budget estimates for years ending March 31 :—
Heads of Receipts and Expenditure
Ministry of Agriculture .
,, Finance .
,, Commerce, &c.
,, Public works .
Dotations and financial
administration State administration (Jus- tice, &c.).
Total ordinary . Extraordinary .
Total . . . .
Revenue
1911-12
1912-13
Marks
161,214,504
689,590,400
284,889,390
2,181,784,000
473,628,928
244,349,527
Marks 159,994,004 714,893,310 290,073,320 ,331,053,000
507,495,985
260,336,831
4,035,456,749 49,858,000
4,085,314,749 (204,265, 737Z.)
Exi^enditure
1911-12
1910-11
Marks
70,646,120
223,344,216
267,675,940
1,847,742,000
642,556,614
819,349,606
Marks
72,355,180
225,054,183
267,427,097
1,984,407,000
671,956,059
852,035,381
4,263,846,450 37,395,800
4,301,242,250 (215,062,113L)
3,871,314,496 214,000,253
4,085,314,749 (204,265,737^)
4,073,234,900 228,007,350
4,301,242,250 (215,062,1131.)
The total expenditure amounted (1911 ) to 51. Is. 2d. per head ol population. The direct taxes amounted almost to 9s. 9d. per head. Since April 1, isy&, only the income tax, a new supplementary tax ( Vermogenssteuer), and the tax " vom Gewerbebetriebe im Umherziehen " are direct State-taxes; the land- tax, the house-tax, and the trading-tax are received by the communes
The expenditure for the army and navy is not entered m the budget oi Prussia, but forms part of the budget of the Empire.
Public debt in 1911 and 1912 :—
1911
1912
National debt bearing interest : Consolidated debt at 4 per cent.
,, ,, 3i per cent.
,, ,, s'per cent.
Treasury bonds .... State railway debt Debt of provinces annexed in 1866
Total national debt
Marks
1,050,000,000
6,203,878,750
1,569,957,700
610,000,000
94,891,503
2,949,243
0,531,677,196 (476,583,859?.)
Marks
1,102,293,000
6,090,675,900
1,501,296,150
640,000,000
91,706,289
2,902,706
9,428,874,045 (471,443,702/.)
The sinking fund of the railway debt in 1912 amounted to 159,261/. and of the annexed provinces' debt to 2,327/. The charges for interest, amortisation, and management of the debt amounted to 20,517, 457Z. m the financial year 1912. The debt amounts to 11/. 17s. Bd. per head of population, and the annual charge to 8s. 6d. per head.
