926
RUSSIA
Actual Ordinary Expendituhe.
—
1893
1894 1
1895
1896
1897
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
roubles
roubles
roubles
roubles
roubles
state debt
259,395
270,215
277,146
268,214
258,558
Out of it, railway debts
(67,840)
(84,141)
(98,812)
(101,212^
(102,456)
Higher institutions of the
State ....
2,240
2,286
2,464
2,805
2,729
Holy Synod ,
12,304
13,308
13,809
17,571
19,806
Ministries : —
Imperial House .
10,522
11,797
12,678
14,450
12,968
Foreign Affairs .
5,034
4,944
5,120
4,860
4,930
War ....
272,439
280,427
285,230
294,359
293,790
Out of it :—
Keformof armament,
and food stores for
the army
(36,045)
(41,424)
(32,220)1 (29,792)
(23,661)
Transcaspian Railway
(3,630)
(3,744)
(3,894)' (5,999)
(5,105)
Navy ....
54,842
55,114
57,136 ^ 59,531
85,275
Out of it, re-armament
^607)
(700)
(324)i (729)
—
Finances
117,469
125,552
140,310 188,545
204,324
Out of it, loans to rail-
way companies, &c.
(8,448)
(7,448)
(3,019) (2,797)
(3,711)
Agriculture and State
I
Domains
25,296
27,872
29,930 ; 31,920
33,172
Interior
83,214
84,668
86,173 1 90,205
80,458'
Public Instruction
22,440
22,184
23,570 24,995
26.476-
Ways and Communica-
tions
99,791
114,771
162,974
195,971
226,861
Out of it :—
Exploitation of
State railways .
(53.349)
(74,406)
(121,597) (146,076)
(168,802)
New feeding lines
and improve-
ments
(19,142)
(11,549)
(13,223)
(19,394)
(25,300)
Justice
25,608
25,962
26,096
27,955
41,8322
State's Comptrol
4,493
4,900
5,343
6,166
6,868
Out of it, railways .
(1,496)
(1,828)
(2,266)
(2,805)
(3,309)
State's studs . Total .
1,305 996,393
1,508
1,461
1,496
1,601
1,045,512
1,129,439
1,229,044
1,299,649
1 This diminution is due to the transfer of the prisons to the Ministry of Justice, and to transfers in consequence of creation of the new Chernsniorsk Government.
2 Increase due to above cause.
The increase of ordinary expenditure due to the gradual purchase of the railways by the State [i.e., railway debts, guarantee upon revenue to share- holders, improvements, exploitation, and control), but not including the building of new lines, which still makes part of the extraordinary budget, has thus been within the iaet ten years as follows : —
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