The public revenue is derived from the custom duties, direct taxes on property, licenses to trade houses, stamped paper, stamps, import and export duties, port dues, municipal duties in the capital and in the departments, duties on indirect inheritance, trade patents, cattle marks, etc.
Its amount has been during the three following periods:
The increase during the second period, if compared with the first one is: $5,694,884, and the increase of the third period compared with the second one is: $9,938,190.
Custom Duties.
They are the principal revenue of the Republic. From the year 1882 to the year 1891, the product of the custom duties, calculated by periods of five years each, has been:
| 1882, | $5,501,360 |
| 1883, | 6,968,321 |
| 1884, | 7,749,438 |
| 1885, | 7,731,264 |
| 1886, | 6,803,761 |
| ————— | |
| Total, | $34,754,144 |
| 1887, | $ 8,671,243 |
| 1888, | 8,845,776 |
| 1889, | 10,786,602 |
| 1890, | 9,848,735 |
| 1891, | 8,648,509 |
| ————— | |
| Total | $46,800,865 |
The increase of the second period, if compared with the first one, has been: $12,046,721.
Licenses, Stamped Paper, Stamps.
The licenses for trade houses, shops, etc., stamped paper and stamps have produced during the period 1887-1891: