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B. — Import and Export Statistics
Year Imports Exports Balance
(in gold crowns)
192260 as I539.000,000 330,000,000 — 209,000,000
1923. Li le 423,000,000 338,000,000 — 85,000,000
YO24 0 kl EE 703.000,000 575,000,000 — 128,000,000
1925 (1st 5 months)... 285,300,000 226,500,000 — 58,800,000
IRISH FREE STATE
A. — Budgetary Situation
The first budget of the Irish Free State was for the fiscal year 1 924-25.
For that year the total revenue was £27,542,200, and the total expenditure
£29.718,631, leaving a deficit of £2,176,431. The budget for the fiscal
year 1925-26 is given below:
Revenue (in pounds sterling) Expenditure
A) Tax revenues : Service on debt :
Gayoms | rrrnaesne stuns TACO dntererr, Luce. on oll | 38000
Estate, etc. duties ............... 850,000 Sinking # fund, letc.: i. ie 1,253,400
fromp dies oe oe Otter Cente] Fund svlies.... lo 205507
Super-tax  .....i.oceiieiieneeneeen 500,000 Supply: services/iLnl. . i. Lh LLL 26,238,455
Corporation profits tax............. 250,000 i 3
Motor vehicle duties ............. 450,000 Capital issues .................... 356,700
Total. hia. oo 22,354:000
B) Non-tax revenues :
Postal iiservice: ... iu ll RES, 1,242,410
Telegraph ‘service |... eka 261,700
Telephone service ........... a... 310,500
Special rate under the Damage to
Property (Compensation) Act 1923 400,000
Instalment of British contribution
towards compensation .......... 1,260,000
Miscellaneous: 0 LRG AECL. 1,211,500
C) Capital raised for special purposes.
 Linn al 356,700 nd am
Total. Lith ia,686,710 Grand total.......... 30,486,680
Grand (total..l..... LJ. [27,506,810 Estimated deficit ................ 2,889,870
Reference : Based upon information furnished by Mr. Charles Hathaway, Jr., American
Consul General, Dublin, Irish Free State.
B. — Import and Export Statistics
There are no figures covering the foreign trade of the Irish Free State
prior to 1924. Imports during the calendar year 1 924 amounted to
£65,811,406, and exports amounted to £49,752,313. For the first three
months of 1925 imports totaled £15,551.920, and exports £9.548,047.