(From the Anuario Estadístico, 1908)
REVENUE 1908-9. |
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| £ | £ | |
| Taxes on foreign trade:— | ||
| Import duties | 1,152,105 | |
| Export duty (live cattle) | 3,371 | |
| Sundry port dues | 20,204 | |
| Storage and warehousing | 655 | |
| Consular fees | 2,118 | |
| Other minor imposts | 1,310 | 1,179,763 |
| Internal taxation payable throughout the Federation:— | ||
| Sale of stamps[13] | 109,048 | |
| Stamped paper | 5,134 | |
| Tax on mining properties | 4,895 | |
| Tax on alcohol and tobacco | 112,767 | |
| Tax on cigarettes, &c. | 85,833 | |
| Tax on matches | 10,335 | |
| Trademark and patent dues | 160 | 328,172 |
| Taxes payable in the Federal district and territories:— | ||
| 12% duty in territories | 220,501 | |
| Public registry of property | 3,097 | |
| Direct and local taxes in territories | 876 | 224,474 |
| Public services:— | ||
| Telegraphs and cables | 10,566 | |
| Other Government enterprises | 2,314 | 12,880 |
| Revenue from national estate:— | ||
| National lands | 632 | |
| Salt-pans | 202,744 | |
| Pearl fisheries | 494 | 203,870 |
| Minor sources of revenue:— | ||
| Returns on sundry capital, securities, rights, &c. | 15,622 | |
| Other minor sources | 31,660 | 47,282 |
| Total | 1,996,441 | |
EXPENDITURE 1908-9. |
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| £ | £ | |
| Ministry of the Interior:— | ||
| Legislature | 17,593 | |
| Ecclesiastical subsidy | 7,264 | |
| Public health | 2,577 | |
| Prisons | 7,633 | |
| Subsidies to States | 224,074 | |
| Charities | 13,349 | |
| General | 28,146 | 310,636 |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs:— | ||
| Consular Service | 2,404 | |
| Legations and general | 141,279 | 143,683 |
| Ministry of Finance and Public Credit:— | ||
| Administrative Services | 193,475 | |
| Diplomatic claims of 1903 | 126,404 | |
| Other branches of National Debt | 261,667 | 581,546 |
| Ministry of War and Marine:— | ||
| Army | 259,003 | |
| Navy | 22,003 | |
| Dockyard | 24,699 | |
| Military map of Venezuela | 4,566 | |
| General | 50,661 | 360,932 |
| Ministry of Public Instruction:— | ||
| Higher Education | 28,465 | |
| Elementary Education | 55,561 | |
| General | 33,247 | 117,273 |
| Ministry of National Development:— | ||
| Post Office | 33,602 | |
| Telegraphs | 80,847 | |
| General | 8,634 | 123,183 |
| Ministry of Public Works | 78,928 | |
| “Emergencies” | 171,693 | |
| Total | 1,887,874 | |