.13 7i:7 The following table is a comparison between the revenue estimates for the financial years 1919 to 1920, and 1920 to 1921:— Source of Revenue.

Estimated Receipts, 1920-1921.

Estimated Receipts, 1919-1920.

Increase or Decrease.

Direct taxes .. (ustoms Port and lifht dues Fisheries Stamps Assay dues .. .Fudicial receipts Railways Telegraphs .. Telephones .. Post Ollice .. State Domains revenue Ghafir tax Military exemption Deductions from salaries for pei Proceeds of investments Miscellaneous receipts Cotton tax ,. Sale of land .. A'arious extraordinary receipts Draft on reserve fund..

Total ..

isions £E. 5.480.000 10,590,000 183.000 68.000 70.000 30.000 1.863.000 7.386.000 300.000 266.000 516.000 1.336.000 1.179.000 150.000 187.000 3,258,000* 813.000 2,000,000 2.770.000 1.826.000 40,271,000 £E. .5,572,000 6.957.000 170.000 60,000 51.000 30.000 1.660.000 6.750.000 200.000 200,000 375.000 856.000 853.000 150.000 150.000 2.026.000 700.000 414.000 126.000 1,550,000 28.850.000 + + + + + + -f -t-+ + + + + -1-4-+ + £B, 92.000 3.633.000 13.000 8,000 19.000 203.000 636.000 100.000 66.000 141.000 480.000 326.000 37,000 1.232.000 113.000 2,000,000 2.356.000 1.700.000 1.550.000 + 11,421.000 * Of this sum £B. 2,176,000 represent the share of the Treasury in the proiits on the issue of bank notes.

Ordinary or recurrent expenditure is expected to total £E. 31,594,418, or £E. 7,186,437 more than the estimated ordinary expenditure for the previous year, which was £E. 24,407,981. This increase -is mainly due to the higher scale of remuneration which is now accorded to all classes of Government ofiB-cials and employees and to the enhanced cost of materials.

The Ministry of Finance, in order to deal efficiently with an increased volume of work, has found it necessary to create a numer of new posts in its central administration, and is spending £E. 17,000 in subventions to the Sultania Library, the Arab Museum and the Committee for the Preservation of Arab Monuments, and in an increased subsidy to the TJniversi of A1 Azhar.

Among the expenses of the Ministry of Education figure a sum of £E. 20,000, to be devoted to measures preparatory to a scheme of widely-extended elementar} education, and a sum of £E. 50,000 for general educational development.

The Ministry of the Interior is spending £E. 18,577 on increased staff and £E, 35,411 on new or additional subventions to municipalities and local commissions; while the subsidiary departments of Public Health and Prisons are also strengthening their personnel, and the former is spending £E. 9,000 in prophylactic measures against ankylostoma.

The Budget of the Ministry of Justice shows an increase of £E. 273,380, of which £E. 271,000 is accounted for by improvements in the pay of its officials and employees and reforms in the cadre.

In the Ministry of Public Works a post of Inspector-General of Irrigation is being abolished and a post of Assistant Under-Secretary of State substituted, while the post of Under-Secretary of State is being separated from that of Adviser, with which it has hitherto been combined. In the Irrigation Department several new posts of Inspector and Director of Works are being created, and provision is made for a considerable increase in the cost of transport.

The Ministey of Agriculture is devoting £E. 25,310 to developing arrangements for the fumigation of cotton seed, and is also augmenting its personnel.

In the central administration of the Ministry of Communications a new post of Under-Secretary of State is provided for. The estimated expenditure of the State railways has increased by £E. 1,219,506 to £E. 6,594,175, of which sum £E. 1,315,000 are intended for the purchase'of new material and rolling stock. This administration House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online. Copyright (c) 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved.