Year Revenue Expenditure Balance (in Reichsmarks) 1924/25... .. 0.00 6,359,750,871 6,707,828,098 — 348,071,227 1925/26 (project)..... 6,928,912,888 7,183,858,945 — 254,946,057 The details of the budget project for 1925-26 follow : Revenue Expenditure : = I. — General Administration of I. — General Administration of the Reich : the Reich : % 4 am pedsirpien 3 ls y. Git President of the Reich......... 361,950 x. Administration ’ Relchstagto.. =r Ll eon dais 5.675.630 President of the Reich......... 4,500 Ministry and Chancellery of the Refchatag 0 LVL sn He 15,000 Reichl. LL a ea 533,574 Ministry and Chancellery of the Foreign Office... 0 1 Lite 20,010,000 Reh! i ei at ne rateiars ns 4,230 Ministry of the Interior ....... 125,057,809 Foreign Office ...... nly 16,174,200 Ministry for the Occupied Ter-Ministry of the Interior,....... 1,713,965 Borys. a 7,729,630 Ministry for the Occupied Ter- Ministry of Economic Affairs... 10,941,000 FHOLY es oss uisnininine bins wane 306,170 Economic Council bike ls ace wide in 649,280 Ministry of Economic Affairs 816,061 Ministry of Labor ......... 324,940,357 Economic Council |........ ..0. 42,309 » Reichswehr ....... 561,787,680 Ministry of Fabor!. ov. cel 1,004,244 » Justice. Co eo 8,380,720 n Reichswebr ....... 7,242,450 » Public Welfare and n Justice: L000 11,221,302 Aurdeulture LLL en TE 4,895,670 » Public Welfare and Ministry of Commerce. ......... 184,596,860 Agriculture ..... 207,959 General pension fund ......... 1,202,220,776 h ‘Commerce _........ 24,901,700 Court of Accounts ............ 2,000,814 General pension fund .......... 10,7760National’idebt ..... 1 TT 154,838,535 Court of Accounts’ ..........0 10,806 Ministry of Finance ........ na 398,546,940 Nationalidebt .................. 13,461,000 Ministry of Finance ........... 50,171,935 3,013,176,315 —_— 2. Financial Administration : ! 1 — . 127,398,598 a) Ordinary expenditure : 2. Financial Administration : Expenditure in connection with a) Ordinary revenue : tax laws... . Lo, 18,201,000 Taxes on property | permanent 4,104,000,000 Assignments .......... ...+.... 1,857,610,250 and commerce | temporary 36,000,000 Expenditure connected with reve-Custom duties and consumption nue from monopoly of spirits. . 600,000 taxes ....................... 1,099,700,000 Banking and monetary system. . 8,474,668 National office for the monopoly Other expenditure JE elev a 362,186,000 of spidts’ 0 Ul TE 600,000 For professional instruction .... 145.833.333 Banking and monetary system 8,474,668 To cover ordinary expenditure oc-Professional instruction ......... 145,833,333 casioned by war ............ * 161,760,690 Other ‘revenue ........ .. 0% W% 30,000 6) Temporary expenditure ... 26,800,000 Ministry -of Posts... Li 000 1,875,600 ¢) Extraordinary expenditure #* 188.833,333 b) Extraordinary revenue .... 145,833,333 ~ al In W eh 2,770,299,274 5,542,346,934 - — War charges : 3 1. Ordinary expenditure : I. War charges : Ministry of the Interior........ 10,220,000 1. Ordinary : n Labor. in se 5,300 General financial administration Commerce ........ 13,502,500 from sources of the ordinary y Reichswehr . oath 7,680,950 bOdgetl i ee 161,760,690 General financial administration .. 130,839,940 Various revenue... li 490,000 2. Extraordinary expenditure : ; Professional instruction ......... 1,095,416,666 2. Extraordinary : Reparations, “Stsssspe” "°° 142,718,000 Professional instruction ........ . 1,005,416,666 RNAI Various ‘revenue... 7... 511 1,500,000 1,400,383,356 —_— Grand total. .....-"". 7,183,858,045 1,259,167,356 : —_— #* Includes the payment of 145,833,333 Reichs-Grand “fotal.......... 6,028,012,888 marks under the Dawes plan. Reference : Reichshaushalisplan Entwurf fiir das Rechnungsjahr 1925 nebst anlagen. 2 volumes. B. — Import and Export Statistics Year Imports Exports Balance (in Reichsmarks) 1923............... 6161200000 6,116,400,000 — 44,800,000 ¥924:. 0a oak. 9,317,300,000 6,568,200,000 — 2,749,100,000 1925 (Ist 5 months). . 5,764.798,000 3.444,585,000 — 2,320,213,000 Reliable statistics can not be given for the year 1922 on account of the then prevailing inflation. In considering the figures for 1923 and 1924 it must be noted that it has not been possible to keep an exact account of the