+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| | Ordinary |Extraordinary| Total |
| Year. | Expenditures| Expenditures| Expenditures|
| | (millions | (millions | (millions |
| | of _yen_). | of _yen_). | of _yen_). |
+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 1878-9 | 56 | 5 | 61 |
| 1883-4 | 68 | 15 | 83 |
| 1888-9 | 66 | 15 | 81 |
| 1893-4 | 64 | 20 | 84 |
| 1898-9 | 119 | 101 | 220 |
| 1903-4 | 170 | 80 | 250 |
| 1908-9 | 427 | 193 | 620 |
+--------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
It may be here stated that, with three exceptions, the working of the
budget showed a surplus in every one of the 41 years between 1867 and
1908.