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FEDERAL FINANCE.

APPENDIX.

Extracts from Parliamentary Return 90, dated 8th July, 1901, 'Revenue and Expenditure (England, Scotland, and Ireland).'

Table I.
PART I. Revenue, 1900-01. 1. Revenue (Net Receipts).
[000's omitted.]

		As Contributed.
		From Imperial Sources.	By England.	By Scotland.	By Ireland.	Total.
Customs—		£	£	£	£	£
Exchequer revenue		—	20,915,	2,588,	2,798,	26,271,
Local taxation revenue		—	183,	19,	16,	218,
Excise—
Exchequer revenue		—	25,391,	4,532,	3,364,	33,287,
Local taxation revenue		—	4,539,	577,	137,	5,253,
Estate, &c., duties—
Exchequer revenue		143,	10,417,	1,191,	732,	12,483,
Local taxation revenue		72,	3,550,	474,	141,	4,237,
Stamps		35,	6,939,	623,	290,	7,887,
Land tax	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	—	2,331,	146,	—	2,467,
House duty
Income tax		358,	23,212,	3,016,	975,	27,561,
Total revenue from taxes		608,	97,467,	13,136,	8,453,	119,664,
Post office		—	11,722,	1,326,	729,	13,777,
Telegraphs		—	2,855,	351,	174,	3,380,
Crown lands		—	408,	24,	33,	465,
Interest on Suez Canal shares, &c.		830,	—	—	—	830,
Miscellaneous		1,247,	792,	82,	116,	2,237,
Total non-tax revenue		2,077,	15,777,	1,783,	1,052,	20,689,
Aggregate revenue		2,685,	113,244,	14,919,	9,505,	140,353,
Per cent		1·91	80·69	10·63	6·77	10·000
(a) For the Exchequer		2,613,	104,972,	13,849,	9,211,	130,645,
(b) For the local taxation accounts		72,	8,272,	1,070,	294,	9,708,

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