Stationery and Printing ........................ 7,989 39,945 Library and Museum ............................. 2,404 12,020 Plantations and Gardens ........................ 6,484 32,420 Railway[5] ....................................... Main Roads and Buildings ....................... 80,467 402,335 Pensions, etc. 16,962 84,810 Purposes now supplied by Appropriated Revenue .. 135,842 679,210 -------- --------- Total Expenditure from Income ............ 765,607 3,828,035 Sinking-Funds, etc. ............................ 14,199 70,995 -------- --------- Total Payments from Income ............... 779,806 3,899,030 Less Debt Payments as above .................... 14,199 70,995 -------- --------- 765,607 3,828,035 Add Expenditures from Moneys raised by Loans ... 8,125 40,625 -------- --------- Total .......................................... 773,732 3,868,660 -------- --------- Immigration .................................... 979 4,895 A glance at the above tables and then a glance at the budget of Cuba, which will be found in a subsequent chapter, is all that is necessary to show the vast difference between the British and the Spanish methods of dealing with the fiscal interests of their colonies. The business-like methods of the one, and the blind, slip-shod methods of the other, are in sharp contrast. In dealing with Cuba, it may be difficult to follow entirely these English methods of accounting at once. The sooner, however, the United States inaugurates its own clear methods of national bookkeeping and official accountability, the quicker the people of Cuba will appreciate sound business principles in the conduct of their own affairs. It makes no difference whether Cuba is annexed to the United States or established as an independent government; these lessons must be learned in either event, or the Island will come to grief. It is hardly necessary to do more than call attention to the principal items of expenditure. First of all come roads. England has discovered that good roads are not only an important factor in mountainous countries in keeping order, but also the basis of industrial development and prosperity. In the budget given above the following items must be added together in order to ascertain the amount expended in 1897 for roads: Main Roads and Buildings $402,335 Parochial Roads 227,690 -------- $630,025