ae OR 
II. — Extraordinary Budget 
Extraordinary Revenue : Extraordinary Expenditure : 
1. Ministry of Justice ........... 740,000 
Bank credits and other revenue. . 109,721,500 1. » Foreign Affairs ... 300,000 
3. 2? Interior & Hygiene 6,000,000 
4. » Arts and Sciences. . 23,235,000 
3. n Agriculture ....... 725,000 
6. » Public Works ..... 249,949,100 
7. n National Defense . . 148,055,000 
8. n Finance .....v.... 192,414,559 
© 621,418,650 
III. — Recoverable Budget 
Reparation Revenue : Expenditure : 
1. Expected deliveries in kind and X Ministry of Justice & "Hygiene 51643 
cash payments from Ger- 3. > a TI 517951500 
many... eh noo oun 5 ” Nacional ty ra 
2. Miscellaneous receipts ....... 220,707,630 > » Finance | Alain’ 5 PR 
8. Departments of Navy, Posts 
and Telegraphs .......... 195,488,400 
976,707,630 976,707,630 
IV. — Budgets for Navy, Post and Telegraph Departments 
Revenue Expenditure 
1. Navy Department .......... 25,295,000 1. Navy Department .......... 48,766,676 
2. Postal Department ...... 4 181,709,500 o oye Department rt a 35563005 
3. Telegraph Department .... 133,000,000 s. increase of salaries and pensions 40,000,000 
© 340,004,500 365,222,306 
Recapitulation of the Budgets for 1925 : 
Revenue Expenditure Balance 
I. Ordinary Budget ....... 5 4,268,007,488 4,246,621,057 + 21,386,430 
II. Extraordinary Budget .... 109,721,500 621,418,659 — 511,697,159 
III. Recoverable Budget ...... 976,707,630 976,707,630 
IV. Budget for Navy, Post and 
Telegraph Departments 340,004,500 365,222,306 — 25,217,806 
5,694,441,118 6,209,969,652 — 515,528,534 
Constructions ....... 3.284,000 260,290,850 — 257,006,500 
5,697,725,118 6,470,260,502 — 772,535,384 
Reference : Budgets des Receltes ef des Dépenses du Royaume de Belgique pour I'Exer- 
cice 1925. Bruxelles, Hayez, 1924. 
B. — Import and Export Statistics 
An economic union between Belgium and Luxemburg came into force in 
May, 1922. The figures as given below for 1922, therefore, cover only a 
period of eight months. The statistics for 1924 are provisional. 
Year Imports Exports Deficit 
(in Belgian francs) 
1922... 6,482,487,000 1,400,544,000 2,081,943,000 
1923, -13,204,780,000 9,725,054,000 3,479,726,000 
1924.10 head 17,581,108,000 13.932,504.000 3,648.604,000 
Reference : Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique, 1923-1924.