-22-
 
fiscal year 1940 would accordingly be calculated at some
 
19 to 20 billion RM. The evolution of the floating debt
 
so far corresponds to these figures. The financial
 
picture of the Reich (according to the system of financial
 
statistics) can now be put together from the individual
 
estimates, as follows:
 
The Amount of Money Needed by the Reich and its Covering in the Fiscal Year 1940 (in billions
of RM)
 
Expenditures of the civil administra-                  18 to 19
ive authorities .......                           
Expenditures of the armed forces                  about 38
Total amount needed .......                       56 to 57
 
Covered by special means of covering
(special payments of the States
          and Communes, administrative
          receipts and money borrowed)            about 15
Balance: amount actually needed
     by the Reich                            41 to 42
 
Covered by general means of coverage:
     a. Reich's share of the taxes and
               customs revenue*                   19 to 21
     b. War contribution of the Btates       
               and Communes                  about 1.4
     c. Earned revenue and other
          general means of covering
-              (excess of rece!pts over
               expenditures)                         .      about 0.6
General means of covering taken                   21 to 23
  altogether (a - c)                              
 
Deficit                                      19 to 20
 
 
 
 
Taxation and customs revenue of the Reich, including Reich, including Brich Railways  
contribution , less settlement; of tax coupons and less all transfers of taxes entered on the debit
side of the Reich budget.