Statistics and policy paper · Ministry of Finance
Annual War Appropriation for 1870
The 23rd annual appropriation for the conduct of the war, voted by the Assembly.
1,120,989 marka
Voted on 5 February 1870, 2.1 per cent against the appropriation for 1869 (1,098,298 marka). The first appropriation, in 1848, was 549,263 marka.
1. The series begins with the first appropriation, voted in 1848, and is unbroken. 2. Each year's sum is given as voted, in marka of the year, without adjustment for prices. 3. The War Ministry draws the sum in twelve monthly instalments. 4. The Minister of War reports on it to the Assembly at the close of the session.
The vote · 5 February 1870
63 to 0
The Annual War Appropriation for 1870, 1,120,989 marka, passes the Assembly 63 to 0, the first business of the session. Report of the vote. Sixty-three members voted for the appropriation and none against. The Speaker declared it carried and the House proceeded.
- Grand Chancellor
- Piet Wendl
- Minister of War
- Bertil Fozin
- Minister of Finance
- Jorn Oberst
- Speaker
- Josef Marrow
The year in figures
- Population, 1 January
- 258,430
- Price index, preceding year-end
- 291.74 (1804 = 100)
- Daily wage, preceding year-end
- 0.69 marka
- Bread, the loaf
- 11.7 pfen
- Conscripts, preceding year
- 968
- Casualties published
- 112 (preceding year 103)
- Front line
- The Reed Line, 12 km. No change.
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