The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-19

The Ottoman Emparc.
/ THE REVENUE AND GOVERNMENT BUDGET-CIvIL
| LIST OF TIE sULTAS--coLLEcrIoN OF TuE DIP
FERKSr TAxEs-IsTsREsTING HISTORY OF THE
| MINT AND BANK OF CossrANTNoPLE.
The following will be found interesting at this
moment, as it Is the last account, far we are
aware, OF the condition Of the Turkish finances-
II the Ottoman race hare not hitherto manifested
that impatience for Improvement which distinguishes
the other people of Europe, and the Latin races
principally, they have not been curbed so much as
nay be thought under the yoke of bliad fatality,
expecting benefits from the caprces OF time and
chance. They have perfectly comprehended the
Conditions of political existence. They have begun
to feel that God has devoted man to effort and that
life hencefOrh is the price Of labor, just as In the
times Of conquest 1t was the price OF courage The
instinct OF command, has never been wanting In the
Osmanlis. But they have very rarely been permitted
to ACQUIRE the taste and the science of adminisra
| ton, and it was not an ordinary enterprise 70 de-
stroy among people sccustome ! to live under the
tent, their native repugnance for the work OF the
| economist and the administrator. One OF the prn
! cpal objects Of the charter OF Gulhane was, it is
known, to reform the old Turkish Administration,
and to create one, In which the experience &C
qured By modern Dations might accord With the pc
culiar genius OF the people OF the East This object
We may be sure was not attained without diff
Guilty, If we remember the exhaustion OF the
State the ignorance of she greater part Of the flnc-
tonaries and the i'll will Of the majority of the Pa
chas, who felt their independence menaced. TIE
reform is still far from being finished 1t was in the
nature of things that should proceed slowly it has,
however, progressed yea, BY year, the Turks are
of acknowledging it. The charter Of Gulhane dates
from 1889; and since 1874 the work of ceatraliza-
ton begun under that charter has borne its first
fruits. The army aud the navy have received
regular organization; the post office has been put
into operation along the principal lines OF commuDi
cation; lines Of steam packets have begun to unit,
the different ports Of the empires useful results have
sanctioned the adoption of the new system of qua
thn Of 10
military schools, have fulfilled the promises which
they held FORTH and lastly, manners have been SEN
sbly influenced ty the conciliatory principles which
animate the government They have ceased to in
fiict capital punishment upon those who abandon
Islamism in order to embrace some other faith; the
eXactiOns and the arbitrary conduct formerly pra,-
tsed upon Christians have ceased by degrees in the
neighbOring provinces OF Constantnople; and, at
last without renouncng their position as the govern
ing race the Turks have admitted Christians to
dertake, with them, certain number Of public func
tions like in this respect those arstocracies which
know how to open their ranks to merit.
1t is fortunate that the Turkish government is
deriving encouragement from the success of that
which it has Itself undertaken. If it has done much
there remains not less for it to do yet Money it Is
said is the snews OF war 1t is, by the same rule,
the sine US of peace. The power and prosperity of
State depend, il not exclusively, at least princ
pally, upon its system Of finance; but nothing is
imperfect than the organic alton OF the finances
OF the Ottoman empire.
For some years the ordinary revenue Of Turkey
has not exceeded the amount OF $50 900 pastres
and it has not been below $50 900 ,000 In order to
explain this variation it is sufficient to say that the
principal sources OF income the tenths upon the
produce Of the soil and the customs. The expenses,
which more easy to determine than the receipts,
have reached to 1888 400 900 piastres. The details
of Turkish budget very different from those OF
budget among the people Of the West. We may
judge of this by the following table OF receipts aud
eXpeL dture which, indeed, 1t is otherwise curious
to compare The expenditure is divided in the fol-
lowing manner among the d fferent services
Piastres.
The Sultan's civil list ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000 900
Civil list OF the Sultan's mother (previous to
her dea thu anc of his married sisters 400 900
Army 3CO,0OO,0o0
Navy. S7,50o,ooo
tre.ses. 10000 900
Salaries of emplo yes in all the empire and in
every branch Of tie administration $4,000, 900
Subventton t, the admnisiraton of pakoufs
for the estab hme nts dependent on them 1850 900
Cor tingent annuities. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Interet at six per cent. on bons du treor. 100000
AlDuities payable in mpensation for ancient
fefs to proprietors dispossessed ~ 5000 COO
Foreign bassadors and consuls 10 0O0 600
Expenses objects Of pnbic utility 100000
Total pastrss. 7sa, 400 600
Such are the whole expenses Of the Turkish go
vernmtLt Here it, different sources OF income:-
i'iLdyeS.
Tenths. 90, COO go
Income zoe, 900, 900
Personal Musulman subjects. 40 900 90
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ST, 900 900
Tribute from Egypt &c, 1000 600
8 Waachia. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
:" Moldavia. Observation-Disclosures. 1000 900
g Z" Servia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000 00)
and ports). ..............l5 $50, ooo, QUO