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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 pur- 
poses. 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.