REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
H3
Years
Total Amount
Tears
Total Amount
1862 ....
1863 ....
1864 ....
Total for the 3 f Florins years £
Florins 15,223,722 15,719,233 16,239,688
1865 .
1866 .
1867 .
Florins 16,467.307 16,984,232 17,741,169
47,182,643 3,931,887
51,192,708 4,266,059
The average expenditure for the two financial periods amounted, exclusive of the construction of railways, canals, roads, and other public works, to 15,223,786 florins, or 1,268,649/. per annum. The details of the expenditure were : —
Civil list of the king
Allowances to other members of the royal family
Public debt
Salaries and pensions
Department of foreign affairs ....
„ of justice .....
„ of the interior ....
„ of education and ecclesiastical affairs
„ of war .....
,, of finance .....
Parliamentary representation .... Miscellaneous ....
Total
Florins
882,400
244,792
3,527,665
940,130
213,866
1,068,685
1,752,958
1.947.019
3,586,249
811,270
178,687
70.065
15,223,786 £1,268,649
The public debt of Wiirtemberg has more than doubled within the last tAventy years, owing chiefly to the establishment of the railway lines of the kingdom, the whole of Avhich, without exception, are State property. The capital of the funded debt, at five annual periods, was as follows : —
Florins
,-e
1862 December 31
70,343,442
5,861,953
1864 „ .
76,578.542
6,381,545
1866 „ . .
84,406,940
7,033,911
1867 May 11
98.343,670
8,195,306
1868 „ ...
126,860,470
10,571,706
The whole capital of the funded debt was borrowed at from 3^- to A\ per cent., and the net income of the railways, all expenses deducted, and making allowance for wear and tear, amounting to between six and seven per cent., the investment so made has con- tributed, and is contributing, largely towards lightening the burthens of the taxpayers.
