The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-07 00:00:00

FINANCES OF HOLLAND.

THE iIAGnE, 11150.t,"3.7,7-In. the Sitting of the
States General of the 23d ult. Mr. Pack, the Se-
cretary of,
_Finance, presented the folkowingesti-
mate of the expenditure of Holland for the
year 1815 : •

lit. For the Royal Household, guilders 1,600,000
2d. For the Department of the General Secre-
. . ,
tory of State . 471,500
. . .
3d. For the Home Di-partinent .- • . ' . . 4,470,000
4th. For the Waterstaitt (ffluititenance of dykes,
&c..) . .. . 1,800,000
. . .
sth. For the Department of Finane.e . . 18,900,000
6th. l'Hreign Departineut . 789,100
• .
7t). Naval DepArtuient . . 5,000,000
. .
Rth. War Department , . 14,800,000.
• .
9th. Depar;dllent of Conuncrce 210 Colonies . 2,691,000
10th. Extraordinary and unforeseen Expellees 478,400

Total olGuilders . M,000,000

The Secretary set forth the great exertions
which were rendered necessary last year, by tie
destitute state in which the country was left.
" We had now, however," (be observed) " a
considesuble land force on foot ; our marine was
daily increasing ; important expeditions were fit-
ting out hoth'for the East and West Indies;- the
Interest of the national debt had .been duly dis-
charged,
,and all other branches of the public ser-
vice provicled for. •
To attain these objects, the expenditure of the
country, fOr 1814, bail been estimated at 63,500,000
guilders. By care and -economy, and under im-
proved circumstances, that expenditure would not
be found to exceed 59,800,000 guilders ; and
would leave its the treasury, at the end of the
year, a sum of about 1911 millions."
The report Assigns as reasons why the expen-
diture could not be brought within the compass
of ordinary years, the short period during which
the country had enjoyed. independence, the exist-
ing situation of Europe, and the. expenses of the
War Derartment ; and. concluded. with recom-
mending the continuance of the existing taxes,
with the exception of some alteration of that on
patents.
The States-General, after deliberating on the
Report and the plan of law with which it was ac-
companied, passed a resolution, approving of the
same. They, at the same tune, appointed a Com-
mittee of their numhcr, consisting of Alessrs.
Lynden, Van Howelaktn, Van Sytzama, and Van
Pallandt, to inform the Prince Sovereign, that
they had seen with satisfaction that the estimates
for 1815, when compared with those-of 1814, had
undergone a diminution of 12. millions ; that
the stun 'of 40 millions and an half, at which his
Royal Highness estimated the various revenues
of the State, added to the surplus of 1813 "and 14,
would be sufficient to cover the expenses of 1815:
They add, however, " that it is exceedingly
difficult for this Assembly to decide how tar the
'estimated expenses of 51,000,000 would admit of
diminution without the public service sustaining
injury ; and also whether the estimated revenue
of 40 millions was compatible with the ability of
the people : that the assembly (as repre;mtatives
of the inhabitants of these lands,--a people who,
for years past, had been compelled to make so many
unexampled sacrifices, had suffered so many losses.,
and been so much diminished), would have greatly
wished that the expenses of the state had been
reduced to less than fifty-one millions ; that some
very severe zstid oppressive burthens haul been
lightened, and the necessary e.xpenses of the State
brought within such compass, as that they would
be covered by the taxes which the country was ca-
pable of bearing that the Assembly, neverthe-
less, from what had fallen from the• Secretary of
State, felt great satisfaction in the conviction that
the Soereign was deeply sensible of the weight of
the existing -burthens ; and that, though the wants
of the various branches of the Administration for
this and the following year had rendered it im-
possible to gratil7 the ivish of his heart in making •
greater reductions, yet this important work occu-
r.:2d his serious consideration; that this AS"
.sembly are fully Sensible of the unwearied efforts
and paternal eares.of their Sovereign ; and that
they give the best proof of this deep conviction
by assenting to the-Law of Finance now under
their consideration."