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'Exercice
 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.