FINANCE
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As preventive measures under this head must be mentioned the imperial laws introducing the compulsory insurance of workmen against sickness (1883 and 1892) and insurance agains't accidents by employers (1884-1887) and the compulsory insurance of workmen by the workmen themselves against old age and infirmity (1889).
Finance.
The common expenditure of the Empire is defrayed from the revenues arising from customs, certain branches of the excise, and the profits of the posts, telegraphs, and State railways. The individual States are assessed to make up any deficit in proportion to population.
The following tables exhibit the revenue and expenditure (in thousands of marks) for five years, the figures for the last two years being taken from the budget estimates : —
Revenue
Expenditure
Years
Ordinary
Extraord. (loans, &c.)
Total
Ordinary
Extraord.
(military,
&c.)
Total
1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99
1,000 M. 1,185,643 1,229,860 1,322,280 1,268,912 1,355,460
1,000 M.
158,449 64,256 69,771 91,833 57,427
1,000 M. 1,344,092 1,294,116 1,392,050 1,860,745 1,412,886
1,000 M. 1,190,787 1,232,077 1,307,987 1,281,020 1,384,152
1,000 M.
146,153 74,504 57,775 91,833 57,427
1,000 M. 1,336,940 1,307,181 1,365,762 1,372,853 1,441,579
The amounts raised by customs, excise, and stamps were as follows (in thousands of marks) : —
—
1894-95
1895-96
1896-97
Estimated
1897-98 1898-99
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Customs and excise . Stamps ....
642,007 48,994
661,639
64,747
731,517
58,736
653,132 701,490 61,873 60,842
Total
691,001
726,386
790,253
715,005 ' 762,332
The sums paid in lieu of customs and excise by the parts of the Empire not included in the Zollgebiet are included in the above figures. The share of this direct imperial taxation is about IQs. 6d. jter head.
