580
GERMAN EMPIRE
The chief branches of Imperial expenditure, ordinal y and extraordinary, in 5 years (estimates for the last two years) have been in 1,000 marks : —
Years
Army
Navy
Assignments l
Debt
1,000 marks
1,000 marks
1,000 marks
1,000 marks
1894-95
617,764
78,533
382,860
68,976
1895-96
562,717
85,894
400,126
71,696
1896-97
565,834
92,071
414,568
72,305
1897-98
590,973
117,526
404,056
75,066
1898-99
608,202
122,054
441,328
73,859
] These assignments {Ueherweisungen) are repayments to the various States of the surplus of the revenue from customs, tobacco, stamp and spirit duties, over 130,000,000 marks.
The following table gives the estimated total revenue and expenditure, including supplements for the financial year ending March 31, 1899 : —
Expenditure
1,000 Marks
Revenue
1,000 Marks
Reichstag
689-4
Customs and Excise
Chancellery
228-4
Duties .
701,489-5
Foreign Office .
11,360-7
Stamps .
60, 842 -C
Home Office .
40,755-6
Posts and Telegraphs
39,771-2
Imperial Army
511,892-5
Printing Office
1,639-3
Navy
62,750-9
Railways .
26,320-9
Ministry of Justice .
2,008-2
Imperial Bank
5,988-3
Imperial Treasury .
446,750-5
Various departmental
Railways
373-2
receipts
14,470-2
Debt of Empire
73,858-8
Interest of Invalid
Audit Office .
809-0
Fund .
28,646-5
Pension Fund .
, 61,713-1
Interest of Imperial
Invalid Fund .
28,646-6
Funds .
—
Total ordinary recur- \ ring expenditure/
I 1,241,836-9
Various . Extraordinary re- \
ceipts . . j Federal contribu- \
tions . . j
565-0 57,427-0
Total non-recur-S ring and extra- (^ ordinary expen- diture
Grand total .
!
199,741-7
475,726-6
1,441,578-6'
Grand total .
1,412,886-5 2
1 (At 20 marks to £1) =72,078,900?.
•-i =70,644,300i.
The Federal contributions [Matricular Beitrdge) are assessed according to population, at a rate per head fixed annually in the Imperial budget. For 1898-99 they were estimated as follows: —
1,000 M.
Prussia 277,727-7
Bavaria 60,190-8
Saxony 33,046-6
Wurtemberg 21,047 7
Baden 16,327*7
Hesse 9,0E.4-0
Mecklenb'rg-Schwerm5,212-0
Saxe-Weimar 2,959-4
Mfckh-nburg-Strelitz 885-3 Oldenburg 3,258-4
1,000 M.
Brunswick 3,787-3
Saxe-Meiningen 2,0400
Saxe-Altenburg 1,574-1
Saxe-doburg-Gotha .. 1,887-9
Anhalt 2,558-0
Schwarzburg-Sonders-
hausen 679 2
Schwarzburg-Rudolst'dt773-8
Waldeck 503-4
Reuss Elder Branch 588-2
1,000 M. Reuss YoungerBranchl. 156-9 Schaumburg-Lijjpe ... 359-3
Lippe 1,177-3
Llibeck 7263
Bremen 1,713-0
Hamburg 5,9416
Alsace-Lorraine 15,544-7
Total 475,726-6
