CRIME AND PAUPERISM— FINANCE
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Crime and Pauperism.
In Wiirttemberg there is one Oberlandesgericlit at Stuttgart (see German Empire, p. 540). In 1896, 15,627 persons were convicted of crimes, i.e. 104.6 per 10,000 of the population over 12 years of age. In 1892 the number of convictions was 14,526. In 1892-93, 37,318 persons received public poor relief amounting to 3,544,563 marks.
Finance.
The estimated revenue and expenditure for two years ending March 31, 1899, are as follows : —
Sources of Revenue
1897-98
1898-99
Marks
Marks
Forests, Farms, Mines, Metal and Salt Works
8,583,582
8,683,582
Commercial Revenues — Railway : net re-
ceipts .......
15,195,000
15,246,000
Post Office, Telegraph, Steamers .
2,295,642
2,645,263
Miscellaneous ......
502,701
409,400
Direct Taxes — on Lands, Buihlings, Trades .
9,770,925
9,840,330
Income Tax
6,616,000
6,706,000
Indirect Taxes — Excise
1,858,000
1,858,000
Dog Tax ......
243,100
243,100
Taxes on "Wine and Beer
9,925,150
9,925,150
Fees and Perquisites ....
2,190,000
2,190,000
Duties on Successions ....
850,000
850,000
' German Empire : — Quotas from Customs, &c.
16,093,440
16,093,440
Total Revenue .....
74,123,540
74,690,265
Branches of Expenditure
1 1897-98
1898-99
Civil List .
Appanages and Dowries ....
National Debt — Interest and Sinking Fund .
Annuities and Compensations Pensions — Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military Others ........
Ministry of Justice
,, Foreign Affairs ....
,, the Interior ....
, , Worship and Education
,, Finance .....
Parliament, Expenses of ... .
Reserve Fund ......
German Empire^-]\Iatricular contribution to Postage .......
Marks
2,000,901
131,485
20,300,506
303,820
2,971,000
592,576
4,284,186
166,103
8,277,623
11,055,134
3,785,682
427,921
70,000
19,821,876
510,000
74,698,813
Marks
2,000,901
131,485
19,439,841
326,867
3,050,500
602,806
4,284,248
167,003
8,248,083
11,054,465
3,738,772
429,534
70,000
19,821,876
510,000
Total Expenditure ....
73,876,381
The capital of the public debt was estimated to amount to 471,624,200 marks on April 1, 1898, of which the bulk bears interest at 4 per cent. The debt of the Kingdom is divided into two portions— namely, the general debt and the railway debt. The latter, forming by far the largest portion of
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