The total of the four years was, Spanish dollars, 11,233,635, which, at the exchange of 45_d._ per dollar, was equal, in sterling money, to about £2,106,306, or, on an average, £526,576 per annum. Three-fourths of this revenue was derived from the custom-house duties, the yearly account of which was, in the year-- Dollars. 1822 1,987,199 1823 1,629,149 1824 2,032,945 1825 2,267,709 --------- In the 4 years 7,917,002, or about £1,488,604. The remainder was made up by duties on stamps, the contribucion directa, a sort of property-tax; the post-office revenue, the port-dues, rents of government buildings and lands, and other items of little consequence. The account of the expenditure for the same period stood thus:-- +----------------------------+-----------------+---------------+ | Expenditure | 1822 | 1823 | +----------------------------+-----------------+---------------+ | | Dollars. | Dollars. | |On account of the Public } | | | | Debt and Dividends } | 643,791 3 | 452,038 3-1/4| | | | | |Of the Home, or Government }| | | | Department }| 446,140 2-1/2 | 513,993 7-1/4| | | | | |Of the Finance Department | 264,187 2-1/2 | 323,663 3-1/2| | | | | |Of the War Department | 843,935 6 |1,249,258 2-1/2| +----------------------------+-----------------+---------------+ | Total | 2,198,054 6 | 2,538,954 1/2| +----------------------------+-----------------+---------------+ +----------------------------+----------------+-----------------+ | Expenditure | 1824 | 1825 | +----------------------------+----------------+-----------------+ | | Dollars. | Dollars. | |On account of the Public } | | | | Debt and Dividends } | 547,107 | | | | | | |Of the Home, or Government }| | | | Department }| 679,585 2-1/2| | | | | | |Of the Finance Department | 290,696 4-1/2| | | | | | |Of the War Department | 1,111,976 3-1/2| | +----------------------------+----------------+-----------------+ | Total | 2,629,365 2-1/2| 2,698,231 5-1/2| +----------------------------+----------------+-----------------+