أوراق مطبوعة عن الوضع السياسي والسياسة العسكرية في مصر [و‎‎٤‎٦] (١٧٦/٩١)

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Land tax—
Budget estimate ... ... ... 5,135,000
Actual revenue to be collected ... ... 5,153,084
Collected ... ... ... ... 5,136,521
Arrears ... ... ... ... 16,563
Excess over budget ... ... ... 1,521
House tax—
Budget estimate ... ... ... 340,000
Actual revenue to be collected ... ... 394,334
Collected ... ... ... ... 387,571
Arrears ... ... ... ... 6,763
Excess over budget ... ... ... 47,571
Government land rents—
Budget estimate ... ... ... 210,000
Collected ... ... ... ... 272,737
Price of cotton seed—
Amount to be collected ... ... 445,472
Collected ... ... ... ... 445,317
Arrears ... ... ... ... 155
Ghaffir cess—
Budget estimate ... ... ... 1,179,000
Actual revenue to be collected ... ... 1,248,477
Collected ... ... .... ... 1,238,365
Arrears ... ... ... ... 10,112
Excess over budget ... ... ... 59,365
Statistics, 1921-22.—The total revenue from all sources for the collection of
which the Department is responsible in the financial year 1921- 22 amounts to :—
£E.
Land tax ... ... ... ... 5,143,000
House tax ... ... ... ... 355,000
Government land rents ... ... 188,000
Ghaffir cess ... ... ... 1,393,000
Price of cotton seed sold by Government 99,771
Cotton tax ... ... ... ... 2,000,000
Provincial council dues ... ... 625,987
Miscellaneous ... ... ... 1,250,000
Total ... ... 11,054.758
The cost of collection works out approximately at 3 per cent.
30. Foreign Trade and Customs.
Import Trade.
161. In 1921 the value of goods imported into Egypt decreased from
£E. 98,696,000 to £E. 53,535,000 and the value of the tobacco imported decreased
from £E. 3,185,000 to £E. 1,973,000. Signs of improvement, however, were shown
in September, and it was maintained during the rest of the year.
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Cotton Goods.
162. The year began with a decrease of about 50 per cent, in the tariff for
cotton goods. The tariff in force at the end of 1920 had been in operation since
the 1st July, and a large fall in prices had taken place before the end of the year,
with the result that clearances in November and December 1920 were reduced to
a minimum in anticipation of the reduction in the tariff. In spite of this there wms
no improvement in the quantity of Manchester goods cleared in January and
February. By April a further reduction in the price of cotton goods had taken
place and the tariff was reduced by another 15 per cent.; this was followed by a