Mr. Foster to Mr. Bayard.
Madrid, June 27, 1885. (Received July 13.)
Sir: The Spanish budget of receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year 1885–’86 has just been passed by the Cortes, and shows a total of estimated expenditures of $179,429,378, and of receipts of $174,502,876. Thinking that some details of these governmental expenses and sources of revenue would be of interest, I have prepared from the lengthy official publication the following abstract:
expenditures.
| The royal family: | |||
| The King | $1,400,000 | ||
| The Queen | 90,000 | ||
| The Princess of Asturias (heir apparent) | 100,000 | ||
| The infant Isabella (sister) | 50,000 | ||
| The infant Paz (sister) | 30,000 | ||
| Duchess of Montpensier | 50,000 | ||
| Ex-Queen Isabella II | 150,000 | ||
| Ex-King consort | 60,000 | ||
| Total | 1,960,000 | ||
| The legislatives bodies: | |||
| The Senate | 185,207 | ||
| The Congress of Deputies | 214,450 | ||
| Total | 399,657 | ||
| The public debt: | |||
| Interest and sinking fund | $54,834,687 | ||
| Judicial charges: | |||
| Judgments and other obligations | 433,374 | ||
| Pensions | 9,929,363 | ||
| Council of ministers: | |||
| Prime minister and the presidency | 43,850 | ||
| Council of state | 176,657 | ||
| Total | 220,507 | ||
| Ministry of state: | |||
| Diplomatic and consular service | 643,032 | ||
| Ministry and miscellaneous | 285,380 | ||
| Total | 928,412 | ||
| Ministry of grace and justice: | |||
| Judicial | 2,697,528 | ||
| Ecclesiastical | 8,491,692 | ||
| Total | 11,189,220 | ||
| Ministry of war | 30,854,723 | ||
| Ministry of marine | 8,780,112 | ||
| Ministry of the interior: | |||
| Telegraphs | 1,613,010 | ||
| Post-office | 1,904,802 | ||
| Prisons | 799,916 | ||
| Charities and public health | 425,904 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1,750,105 | ||
| Total | 6,493,737 | ||
| Ministry of public work (fomento): | |||
| Public instruction | 1,544,463 | ||
| Agriculture and commerce | 863,874 | ||
| Public works | 17,664,476 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1,817,104 | ||
| Total | 20,889,917 | ||
| Ministry of finance | 4,260,665 | ||
| Expenses of taxes and revenues | 28,742,965 | ||
receipts.
The various sources of revenue are estimated as follows:
| Tax on real property | $36,000,000 |
| Industry and trade | 8,000,000 |
| Transfers of lands, &c | 6,200,000 |
| Consular fees | 455,000 |
| Nobility fees | 140,000 |
| Poll tax | 160,000 |
| Income tax | 3,528,000 |
| Railroads | 2,200,000 |
| Consumption tax | 18,600,000 |
| Customs | 26,800,000 |
| Stamps | 9,000,000 |
| Tobacco monopoly | 28,000,000 |
| Lotteries | 15,400,000 |
| Sugar production | 229,000 |
| Salt tax | 240,000 |
| Mines | 1,871,000 |
| State properties | 5,049,000 |
| Miscellaneous | 12,630,000 |
| Total | 174,502,000 |
The official statement will be found in the Gaceta de Madrid, No. 176, June 25, 1885, on file in the library of the Department of State.
I am, &c.,