ne 0 PL wet 
The final balance sheet for 1925-26, after alterations proposed by the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, is given below : 
Revenue Expenditure 
Customs. LLL LLL LLL 202,040,000 Consolidated fund service : 
EXCise | he ee fms ane i 1 37,220,000 : i 
So eae er ETO ROO nl Jeht Servien. suns ep ons SER 090.000 
Estate and other duties........... 66,500,000 Payments to local taxation ac- a 
Stamps .......00i ieee. 24,000,000 Contes, ena ER 13,329,000 
Land tax, house duty and mineral Payments for northern Ireland 
rights duty Lote. aie oT 1,000,000 residuary share .............. 4,000,000 
Incomeitax .. Will louie Lule ols (+1. 262,000,000 Land settlement - . waa iis 700,000 
Super-tax | I 63,300,000 Other consolidated fund services 2,000,000 
Excess profit duty ................. 4,000,000 ? 3 
Corporation profits tax ........... 9.000,000 Total consolidated fund services.... 391,929,000 
Total receipts from taxes.... 686,560,000 Supply services : 
Bost iOffice (i e 57,000,000 Army ........................ 44,500,000 
Crown ‘Lands ti. Li 900,000 Navy ........cocvivieinnnn.... 60,500,000 
Interest on sundry loanms.......... 12,600,000 Air force eine gle olan a 15,513,000 
Miscellaneous : Civil SCTVICES: vais sein vale wale oii? 222,609,000 
Ordinary receipts oh ivicie «ole sea inle « 14,000,000 Customs and excise, and inland 
Special receipts ............... 30,000,000 revenue departments ..........  II,391,000 
Si TH Post’ office services ........... 52,958,000 
Total receipts from non-tax . i pil, 
revenue LLL LLL LL LLL LUT T4,500,000 Total supply services........ 407,471,000 
Grand total. ......... 801,060,000 Grandi'total..... 5... . 799,400,000 
Reference: Financial Statement (1925-26); various financial publications issued in 
London. 
B. — Import and Export Statistics 
Year Imports Exports Reéxport Balance 
(in pounds sterling) 
1922. ............. 1,003,098,899 719,507,410 103,694,670 — 179,896,819 
1923. ............. 1096,226,214 767,257,771 118,543,805 — 210,424,608 
1924. ............. 1279844597 795,364,581 140,148,957 — 344,331,059 
1925 (Ist 5 months) . . 566,569.893 333,765,980 66,848,886 — 65.955.027 
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 
A. — Budgetary Situation 
The fiscal year of the U. S. S. R. runs from October to November. 
For all years given below the Far Eastern Region and the Transcaucasian 
Soviet Federation of Socialist Republics (Georgia, Azerbaidjan, and Armenia) 
are included : 
Year Revenue Expenditure Balance 
: (in millions gold roubles) 
1922/23..." 1,056 1,418 —362 
1923/24..." 1,570 1,750 + — 180 
1924/25... ...... 2,558 2,558 - 
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