The budget for 1925 is as follows:
Revenue Expenditure
and tags ful nhisils lis ase 19,126,000
Personal tax ............... ... 25,150,000 Household of the Queen......... 1,625,000
Income: taXs tn ellis eee 85,000,000
Dividends and bonus tax......... 12,000,000
Sold tax i el es s . 2h .. 10,500,000 Highest state and Cabinet of-
uty on sugar, wine, salt, beer, :
$ODACCO I «asi alala ie alle) oss als ls ea!» NT 30, T 50,000 ficials ........... .........l T,929,201
Tax on cards, bicycles, stamp and
registration dues, inheritance and
git Geax SLE. 85,080,000 ept | lof Foreign Affairs......... 4,101,118
Import: dues, etc. ij. . lL RL LLG 39,901,000
Statistics Mees Laan E a 3,700,000
State demesnes, roads, canals, fer- :
HES [ANAL DOTS. x xin sinis biniale sinlais 2,760,000 Dept. of Justice ............... 27,278,833
Profit on state lottery .......... 665,000
Rent of state hunting and fishing 260,000
Pllotiifees! ,. che vt lt nas 3,000,000 Dept. of Interior and Agriculture 20,227,478
Mine dues iy tei 650,000
Participation of the state in ex-
ploitation of the state railways 4,288,940 :
Post, telegraph and telephone de- Dept. of Instruction, Arts and
PAFEMENES il, fell i lo eileieria ts 6,000,000 SCIENCE. ile ee lvisle ore eee ee nies eS Y 43,000,074
Participation of the state in profit
of Bank of Netherlands........ 5,400,000
Purchase price of state demesnes. . 1,200,000
State! fees alas 300,000 Dept. of Navy ................. 46,110,357
Income from sales of various articles
made available to the public.... 100,000
Interest on capital lent to the Service on National Debt........ 114,090,340
colonies of the East and West
Indies, to state institutions, spec-
ial state foundations, municipali-
ties and railway companies...... 52,114,208 Dept. of Finance ............... II3,I0I,I43
Repayment on loans to the fore-
going’ institutions... nt lh. 8,234,809
Returns from State institutes
(premiums paid by state person- Dept. of War. Ll. esse «<5 3,002,570
nel for pension- and fire-in-
STATIC ee a x lain a abial eile (ole ale ol nse 4,111,084
Various receipts through Dept. of
Foreign Es ne o jy D on 547,000 Dept. of Waterways ............ 104,202,280
Various receipts through Dept. of
Justioertis, hl au rl Cai ae 5,065,025
Various receipts through Dept. of Dept. of Labor, Commerce and In-
Interior and Agriculture........ 2,335,412 dustry 20d.
Various receipts through Dept. of HSHEVE EE 40,204,239
Tnstruction, ete... Lr Ln tal. 10,719,561
Various receipts through Dept. of
the Navy .................... 6,709,639 SN Dept.. of | Colonies... ......¢. 5,636,099
Various receipts through Dept. of
Finance!’ ht dl er 15,343,200
Various receipts through Dept. of
War a eh oe ie 2,393,000 Unforeseen expenses ............ 50,000
Various receipts through Dept. of
Waterways i. AN le fe elas 64,302,040 CE =
Various receipts through Dept. of
Labor, Commerce, etC... ....... 5,004,500 Grand total.......... 691,447,741
Various receipts through Dept. of
Colonies. i ela teie late te to 17 eheln 798,600
TEE PR Of this amount fl. 86,187,715 is counted as
Grand total.......... 612,009,918 extraordinary expenditure.
. The budget provides that treasury bills may
Of this amount fl. 21,055,496.71 is counted as be issued in case of need to a maximum amount
extraordinary revenue. of 150 million florins.
References: Staatsblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (N° 5989 of January 26,
1925). Nota betreffende den Toestand van's Lands Financién (Statement by the Dutch
Minister of Finance. September 16, 1924).
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