Note 43 — Chapter IV · TAXATION OF THE PEASANT.
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Taxes constitute but a minor part—though a very considerable one—of the money expenditure; and the receipts drawn from sale of produce exceed by far the sum paid in taxes. The respective items are contrasted in the following table:
Districts in the gubernia of Voronezh. Money expenditure for the needs of the farmer (rubles). Taxes (rubles). Receipts from sale of produce (rubles).
Zadonsk784,061271,729390,178
Korotoyak1,017,727504,6081,280,206
Nizhnedevitzk1,069,013511,2851,326,110