Annexe," but the matter is being continuously pressed on their attention by the representative of the English Bondholders on the Debt Council. If the matter remains in abeyance it will be necessary to communicate with the Syndicates in other countries, in order to bring further pressure to bear to oblige the Porte to carry out this engagement. GENERAL RECEIPTS. The following is a Statement of the gross Receipts at the Central Office of the Administration of the Ottoman Public Debt, for the year ending the 13th March, 1904 Ceded Revenues-Salt, Spirits, Stamps, Fisheries, Tobacco Tithe ... £T.1,295,935. 14 Revenue of the Tobacco Administration, Repay- Sundry Receipts Tribute of Eastern Roumelia Bills on Customs, Cyprus ... 808,584.73 1,773.37 114,019.96 102,596.00 50,000.00 £T. 2,619.509.39 AMORTISATION OF THE UNIFIED CONVERTED DEbt. The total sum available for Ordinary Amortisation in respect of the half-year ending March, 1904, was £T.75,470.20—viz., a moiety of the annuity of 0.45 per cent., £T.73,662.24, and £T.1,807.96, interest on Bonds redeemed. Of this, £T.72,239.54 was applied to the purchase of Bonds to the nominal amount of £T.90,398, and the balance of £T.3,230,66 was carried forward. As regards Extraordinary Amortisation, the amount applicable from the surplus Receipts of the above-mentioned half-year was only £T.77.68, and it was, therefore, carried forward. DD LOTTERY BONDS. The following Table shows the nominal capital and cost of the Lottery Bonds redeemed since 1882. It will be remembered that in virtue of the Décret-Annexe an annuity of £T.270,000 is now applied to the redemption of these Bonds: The purchases were discontinued in 1893-4, when there appeared a probability that the scheme of the Austro-Hungarian Syndicate would be adopted. They were resumed in 1895-6, the Imperial sanction to that scheme not having been obtained. t Including premiums. TOBACCO RÉGIE. The following Table shows the Receipts of the Tobacco Régie during the twelve months of the last financial year, as compared with the corresponding months of 1902-1903. The amount accruing to the Public Debt out of the Régie Receipts during the year was as follows: The following Table (in which fractional amounts are omitted) has been compiled by the Council in order to give, in a final and condensed form, the movement of the Series Debt from its inception in 1881, under the Decree of Mouharrem, to its Unification in 1903 in virtue of the "Décret-Annexe": £T. £T. £T. A 7,902,259 70,390 LT. £T. %% £T. £T. B 11,265,163 215,845 11,049,307 4,810,850 2,196,664 45.66 2,080,434 817,620 39.30 6,891,284 3,014,284 43.74 4,158,023 70 2,910,616 C 33,915,762 311,586 33,604,176 2,632,542 760,576 28.89 3,617,164 905,948 48,365,235 348,074 48,017,161 62,304 19,265 30.92 3,549,331 813,798 22.93 101,448,409 945,896 100,502,513 15,171,860 6,453,557 42.53 9,412,635 2,632,443 27.96 25.04 |