FINANCE
927
Paper roubles.
Paper roubles.
1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
101,879,360 107,235,964 136,459,763 130,398,647 142,905,128
1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
153,905,131 183,115,228 242,811,956 278,283,293 308,083,051
The extraordinary revenue and expenditure diu'ing the same years were : —
Actual Extraordinary Revenue and Expenditure.
—
1893
1894 1895
1896
1897
Revenue.
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
roubles
roubles
roubles
roubles
roubles
State's loans .
154,866
49,932
147,214
26,039
32,339
Perpetual deposits at the
Bank of Russia .
1,766
2,410
517
6,878
7,688
Debts paid by railways .
577
21,836
—
2,272
—
Sale of State's property ,
—
— ■
4,438
—
238
Free sums returning to
the Exchequer
2,939
345
—
—
13
Various ....
375
694
899
8,311
2,314
Total extraordinary revenue
160,524
75,226
153,069
43,500
42,592
Expenditure.
Building of new railways
and increase of rolling
stock ....
35,731
48,709
.95,773
132,310
129,194
Payment of State debt
(conversion).
11,972
669
264,761
122,951
64,279
Operations for purchase of
railways
—
9,682
5,634
48
1,476
Payment of consolidated
railway bonds
—
—
—
To State bank. Nobility
bank, and various
—
42,363 466 ]
—
—
Total extraordinary ex-\ penditure . . ./
47,703
101,423 366,634
255,309
194,949
The total ordinary and extraordinary revenue and expenditure in 1897 taking Ir, 50c. pai)er=lr. gold, were as follows : —
