+--------+-----------+-------------+-------------+
| | Ordinary |Extraordinary|Total Revenue|
| Year.* | Revenue | Revenue | (millions |
| | (millions | (millions | of _yen_). |
| | of _yen_).| of _yen_). | |
+--------+-----------+-------------+-------------+
| 1878-9 | 53 | 9 | 62 |
| 1883-4 | 76 | 7 | 83 |
| 1888-9 | 74 | 18 | 92 |
| 1893-4 | 86 | 28 | 114 |
| 1898-9 | 133 | 87 | 220 |
| 1903-4 | 224 | 36 | 260 |
| 1908-9 | 476 | 144 | 620 |
+--------+-----------+-------------+-------------+
* The Japanese fiscal year is from April 1 to March 31.
The most striking feature of the above table is the rapid growth of
revenue during the last three periods. So signal was the growth that
the revenue may be said to have sextupled in the 15 years ended 1909.
This was the result of the two great wars in which Japan was involved,
that with China in 1894-95 and that with Russia in 1904-5. The details
will be presently shown.
Turning now to the expenditure and pursuing the same plan, we have the
following figures:--