REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. 6?
The following is a summary, in pounds sterling, of the financial accounts for the year 1867 — the last exhibited as absolutely closed — according to the report of the minister of finance.
Revenue . Expenditure
Revenue . Expenditure
Revenue . Expenditure
Projet de budget.
Budget rectifie.
Budget dl'finitif.
£ 76,098,461 76,084,455
86,180,770 86,179,313
69,215,840 76,218,320
In the subjoined two tables a survey is given of the revenue and expenditure of the late Imperial Government for twelve years, showing the budget estimates, the additions and the final accounts', in millions of francs.
Loans and
Years mates of
Additions
Actual ordi-
other ex-
Revenue
nary Receipts
traoruinary resources
Mill ion francs
Million francs
Million francs
Million francs
1852 .
1,450
37
1,487
151
1853 .
1,454
70
1,524
133
1854 .
1,782
20
1,802
384
1855 .
2,712
81
2,793
1,257
1856 .
1,778
136
1,914
276
1857 .
1,743
56
1,799
116
1858 .
1,782
89
1,871
124
1859 .
2,144
35
2,179
451
1860 .
1,917
45
1,962
240
1861 .
1,864
142
2.006
1,863
1862 .
1,995
1S2
2,177
1,991
1863 ....
2,091
173
2,264
2,083
Budget
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Budget
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estimates
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Actual Ex-
Years
estimates
Actual Ex-
of Expendi- ture
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penditure
of Expendi- ture
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•0
penditure
Mill, frimcs
Mil. frs.
Mill, francs
Mill, francs
Mil. frs.
1852
1,505
8
1,513
1858
1,761
97
1,858
1853
1,488
60
1,548
1859
1,776
432
2,208
1854
1,429
459
1,988
1860
1,831
253
2,084
1855
1,573
826
2,399
1861
1,863
307
2,170
1856
1,620
576
2,196
1862
1,991
221
2,212
1857
1,752
140
1,892
1863
2,082
204
2,287
It will be seen that, while the ordinary revenue in the twelve years from the establishment of the Empire till the end of 1863 increased from 1,487 to 2,264 millions, the expenditure augmented in
