99 C } % M The following, table shows how this revival in the prosperity of the country has .affected the various heads of revenue:— OlassificafioD.

L Provinces.

land Tax— (a.) Taxed land (J.) Usluir (Tithe) Date tax Animal tax Tribute from nomad tribes Traders’ tax .. loyalties Timber and firewood Rent from Government lands and properties iliscellaneous ..

Total..

2. Departments and Services.

Customs Posts and Telegraphs Railways and Steamers Agriculture and Forests legal.. Veterinary General Central Services 'Otlier Departments and Services Total..

Grand total 1913.

£E.

45,078 122,430 16,'380 81,599 30,059 7,906 89.897 31,273 31,701 54,805 511,128 186,837 63,607 701,389 723 10,555 9,255 39,085 45,173 1,057,224 1,568,352 Receipts.

1914. 191.5. 1916.

£B.

30,447 104,922 17.692 92,335 24,147 7,622 70,733 30,295 20,918 60,923 460,034 189,864 69,276 726,555 397 9,431 10,217 29,508 48,267 1,083,515 1,543,549 £E.

29,219 123,321 12,3(51 79,108 22,918 6,258 08.252 24,686 33,077 56.821 456,021 174.932 65,915 689,518 1,149 9,379 13,‘154 42.633 42.223 1,495,227 £E.

46,564 99,930 22,718 105,774 36.918 8,086 82.093 17,314 22,843 57,616 499,856 233,243 91,641 902,479 19,858 8,746 13,452 44,336 44,245 1,039.206 1,358.000 1,857,856 1917. 1918.

£E.

59,000 131,087 25,706 116,619 39,167 10,292 104,126 19,464 61,540 64,850 631,851 220,236 91,952 1.078,275 30,330 12,636 18,585 59,869 51,621 1,563,504 2,195,355 £E.

63,247 183,362 22,703 141,848 42,667 26,911 144,442 66,973 41,259 80,630 814,042 249,095 117,978 1,256,516 . 4,245 12,738 35,377 224,963 59,735 1919.

1,960,647 2,774,689 £E.

42,650 170,100 21.300 148,950 36.100 30.250 128.300 79.100 32.000 76.000 770,750 328,000 118,400 1,27S.<IOO 7,100 14,1?<0 25.600 341,.500 66.970 2,179,750 2,950.500 It should be explained, however, that the increase in revenue is also due to various measures that have been adopted since 1916 to meet the increased cost of administration.

The expenditure on the railways, whicli is the largest revenue-earning department, rose in 1916 from £E. 382,300 to £E. 522,200, the cost of coal alone being £E. 182,600 as against £E. 74,800 in 1915. The price of Welsh coal reached in that year £5 10s. c.i.f. Port Soudan as against a pre-war price of £1 7s. In order to provide for a portion of the increased expenditure of the Government in that year a surtax of 10 per cent, on all goods rates was introduced, and the freight rates for animals on the Shellal-Halfa Peach and the raihvays between El Obeid and Khartoum wore increased. The import duties on tobacco, tombac and alcohol were raised, as also the royalties on gum and senna Mecca. The additional revenue derived from all these measures amounted to about £E. 70,000, the remainder of the increased revenue in 1916 being due to the general expansion of trade.

The steady rise in the cost of all materials and stores and in the cost of living since 1916, has entailed increased provision for expenditure on all services, the grant of assisted passages ancl transport facilities to enable officials to take leave, the issue ■of war gratuities .and improvement in the conditions of service and rates of pay.

A war gratuity on a small scale applicable to junior officials only was first introduced in 1917. As time went on and the cost of living increased this war gratuity proved inadequate, and had to be gradually increased and extended to all officials of the Government. A permanent improvement in pay was found to be inevitable and an increase of 20 per cent, on all salaries, with certain reservations, was sanctioned with effect from the 1st October, 1919. _ The war gratuity at preseht is 40 per cent, of the officiars salary, subject to a maximum of £E. 120 per annum, and the increase on salaries and war gratuity combined is limited to a maximum of £E. 300.

The expenditure incurred on war gratuities amounted to £E. 21,000 in 1917, £E. 144,000 in 1918, and £E. 316,000 in 1919. In 1920 the expenditure under this head is estimated at £E. 470,000, and the increase of 20 per cent, at £E. 220,000.

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