Note 10 — Chapter I · GENERAL SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANDHOLDING IN RUSSIA.
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The indirect taxes are figured in the budget for the current year as follows:
RUBLES.
1892.1891.
Sec. 4.From liquors242,570,981259,550,981
” 7.” naphtha10,026,8009,528,500
” 8.” matches4,720,0004,524,000
” 5.” tobacco27,741,10228,213,102
” 6.” sugar21,174,00020,161,000
” 9.Customs duties110,900,000110,929,000
417,182,883432,906,583
(Cf. The Government Messenger, No. 1, 1892.) The taxes in Secs. 4, 7 and 8 are naturally paid chiefly by the peasants, who are the majority, and these items alone amount to from 62 to 63 per cent. of all indirect taxes.