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penone.,mployed in the central administration, and
,tomo pugmestations to little importance reduced the

actual saving to 278,744 E The Clepartrnental service
showed an increase of 100,985 E The department of

agriculture and commerce, not requiring to repeat the
-credit-of 500,000 f. for the exhibition of national in-
dustry, a saving,' in that department of 401,505 f. was
effected. The department of public works presented
an increase of 1,4-25,500 f., but that increase in reality

amounted to 2,717,500 f., and was, as may be easily
perceived, only reduced to the former sum, in conse-
quence of a reduction of 1,070,000 f. on the credit
appropriated to rebuilding various bridges, and
of another credit of 2.22,000£ on that of the
Normal School. Whatever may have been the
desire of the Government to avoid any increase,
yet the above are so well justified, that they could
not fail to be readily admitted. The expenses of
this department:merited an exception, and the Govern-
ment felt satisfied that the consent of the Chamber

would he given to the increase of the gl;nt;---ef
1,403,000 1. for the maintenance of royal roads; of
600,000 f. for that of rivers, and particularly of the
Rhone and the Rhine ; of 150,000 f. for sea-ports,
and of 135,000 f. for keeping up_ buildings of public
interest. The receipt and expenses of the carrying on
the lines of railroad executed by the State had also

been concluded. The war depertinent, compared
with 1844, showed a total reduction of 2,127,3741.
On the expenses connected with Algeria, an in-
crease of 1,516,229 1. was demanded, viz., 500,000 f.
for the expense attendant on colonisation ; 315,000 f.
for roads ; 310,000 f. for the support of convicts
in the different workshops, and other objects. In
the budget of the Marine important changes had
been made. Instead of the former classification of
ships, under the name of disponibilite de rade
and commission de port, an intermediate class
had been substituted, called commission de rade.
Vessels belonging to this class would be provided with
all their materiel, but would have less men than when
in a state of dispombilite de rude, but more than when
Cu commission deport. Their crews would consist of men
who had hitherto been kept inactive on shore. This
change would not only befavourableto the general in-
struction of the seamen, and leave a number of men
available to the merchant-service, but would also ef-
fect a considerable saving to the State. The budget
of 1844 contains a credit of 24,984,5001. for the pay
and clothing of the crews and the marines for an ef-
fective force of 160 vessels, including sixteen
en disponsibilite de rade, and four en commission de
port. A credit of 23,998,5001 r. would How suffice
for 190 vessels,3o of which would be en disponibilite de
rade, with a much larger number of steamers.
The Minister of Marine demanded that the
saving which he had effected by this ar-
rangement should turn to the benefit of the
materiel of the navy. The state of the supply
of stores in the arsenals had been the object •of too
repeated and just complaints for the Chamber not to
congratulate itself on seeing the grant of this branch
of the service increased by nearly one million, with-
out adding to the general charges of the State. The
other changes effected in the budget of the Marine
nearly balanced each other, the difference consisting
only in a diminution of 143,7341. The principal
augmentations applied to the military and civil
officers ; 122,000 f. were for the promotion of 100
enseignes de raisseanx to the rank of lieutenant, and
for indemnities for lodging paid to officers not em-
barked ; for hospitals, 209,000 f. ; 111,000 f. paid for
the freight of stores from one arsenal to another ; and
547,203 f. for the colonial service. The most important
reductions were under the head of victualling, and
for the colonial service. Under the former head was
a sum of 457,192 f. in consequence of the change
in the system of the classification of vessels, and
under the latter 719,982 f., of which 143,000 f.
were in consequence of the advanced state of the works
at Fort Bourbon. One chapter alone now remained
to be mentioned as far as the Finance Department
was concerned, viz., the expenses of the Treasury. It
presented an increase of 70,0001., in consequence of
the development of the operations in Algeria. The
expense of the regie and the collection must increase
in proportion to the amount of the productions, since
it comprised a large sum by way of discount allowed
on the receipts. Savings effected on some articles
reduce for-1845 the increase to 227,990 f. Amongst
-the numerous charges included in this sum was an
amount of 106,800 f. for the expenses incurred by the
special agents of the direct taxes in fixing the duty on
patentes in different parts of the country. • The credit
destined for the purchase of tobacco had been in-
creased 2,200,000 f. over the budget of 1844. Supple-
mentary credits had besides been opened on anterior
budgets, and the Administration had been thereby
enabled to profit by the fall in the price of Ame-
rican tobacco; •to complete their reserve stock.
This circumstance permitted the augmentation
to be maintained at 1,200,0001. The continual in-
crease hi the consumption rendered necessary consi-
derable expenses under the head of land labour, which
reduced to 535,000 f. the diminution effected under
this head. Little remark was required on the extra-
ordinary service of the budget, which was divided
into two parts—the expenses chargeable on the pro-
duct of the loan, and those which the law of the llth
June, 1842, had left provisionally to the charge of
the floating debt. The credits, which in former
years had been opened by antleipation to the Minister
of Public Works, had exhausted some of the sums
granted by the law of 25th June, 1841, and reduced
his demands for 1845 to 22,311,3441., consequently
the total credit of the first part was but 62,431,344 f.
That of the second part amounted only to
thirty-four millions, and was the consequence of the
laws previously voted. The propositions which will be
submitted relative to the railroads in the course of the
session will tend to increase this amount. In pass-
ing to the examination of the receipts, it would be
necessary to observe that the changes 'which they
presented, compared with the estimates for 1844,
proceeded from two causes : first, the increase of
products during the last twelve months known at
the time of the preparation of the budget, and which,
according to custom, had served as the bases for the
calculations ; and secondly, the circumstances which
would operate in 1845, but which did not in 1843,
and which would exercise an influence on the results
of the new budget. An increase of 2,475,000 f. had
taken place in the receipts on the taxes on doors and
windows, and on patentes ; on the revenues and sale
of domains, as estimated from the ordinary receipts
of 1843, there was an increase of 1,163,000 f. An
increase of 14,251,000 f. had arisen on the' following
indirect receipts, viz. :
Registration dues, and stamps
Customs ..
Indirect taxes, tobacco, and gunpowder 2,864,000
But this increase has been reduced to 14,119,000 f. by
a falling off of 138,000 f. in the receipts of the Post-
office. Another increase of 1,424,000 f. had arisen
from the receipts of the University, of those of Algeria
and the Colonies. The amount of the receipts for
1845, therefore showed an increase of 19,181,2301.
The increase arising from circumstances connected
with the estimate of 1845 amounted to 11,720,715 f.,
and were as follows :-
1. Suppression of the funds of non va-
leers by cessation of trade
2. Consequences of the law of July 2,
1843, on Sugars.. 3,584,000

F.
600,000

3. Reduction from 5 per cent. to 3 per
cent. on the sums allowed for waste
on Salt
4. Probable results of the New Customs'
Ordonnance in Algeria
5. Produce of the carrying on the
Northern Railroad

600,000

400,000
3,000,000

6. Purchase of Lands for Railroads
7. Increase of sums arising from labour
in Prisons .
8. Sundries

650,000
1,375,715

Total
By uniting these two categories, a total of
30,940,945 f. was given. According, however, to the
rules which had been adopted, a diminution of
1,922,783 f. was anticipated, the principal of which
were 657,500 f. which the Commission on the Budget
of last year had added to the produce of the forests ;
514,000 f. for the increase in value added to the
budget of 1844, in the valuation of indirect produc
tion, in consequence of circumstances connected with
that estimate, and which could not be again brought
into the budget of 1845 ; 284,173 f. for the non-
reproduction of the provisions in the budget of 1844
and of sums to be received from the railroad compa-
nies, the realisation of which could not take place in
1845. These different items reduced the excess of
the receipts to 28,988,162 f., on deducting from which
an increase of expense above stated of 741,892 f.,
showed an improvement in the budget of 1845, com-
pared with that of 1844, of 28,246,270 f. In making this
comparison, it must be remarked that there are included
not only the credits comprised in the vote of the
budget of 1844, in which there was a presumed ex-
cess of expenses of 24,947,836 f.; but also the credits
opened by three special Bills in the course of the ses-
sion, which had added to that excess a sum of
2,480,000 f., and had raised it to 27,427,836 f. This
sum was less than that of the increase stated in the
estimate of 1845 by 818,134 f. It was in fact, to
this last figure, that arose, according to the proposi-
tions of the Government, the excess of the receipts of
the budget of 1845, the resources of which amounted
to 1,276,925,231 f., and the expenses to 1,276,106,797 f.
It only remained for him to make mention of the
various articles comprised in the budget of receipts.
The most important were connected with the execu-
tion of Art. 2of the budget of 1842. By the terms
of that article, it was in this session that new plans
were made for levying in the departments both the
personal and propertty contributions, and that on
t
doors and windows. To effect this, the Government
had only at its disposal the returns made in4comp3Bl-
- with the Acts of April 21, 1832, July. 1 ,18 ,
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