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1900 with 14 professors, who teach theology (Mussulman),
mathematics, philosophy, law, and medicine. There are also
an Imperial art school, a Great National School (Greek) of old
foundation with 400 students, and a Greek theological seminary
with 80 students.
The number of mosques in the Turkish Empire is 2,120, of which 379 are
in Constantinople. The number of the clergy is 11,600. Connected with the
mosques are 1,780 elementary schools, where education is supplied gratis. The
private revenue of the Evkaf (church), previous to the war of 1878, was
30,200,000 piastres (251,0002.) per annum, but they have now been reduced to
20,000,000 piastres (166,000?.). The expenses are reckoned at 15,000,000
piastres (125,0002.). The stipend of the shei'k-ul-Islam 7,031,520 piastres
(59,0002.), and those of the Naibs and Muftis 7,876,646 piastres (66,0002.), are
paid by the State. The principal revenues of the Evkaf are derived from the
sale of landed property which has been bequeathed it, and which is known
under the name of Vacouf. Three-fourths of the urban property of the
Empire is supposed to belong to the Vacouf. Purchasers of property of this
description pay a nominal annual rent to the Evkaf; but should they die
without direct heirs the property reverts to the Church.
Finance.
A general view of the various sources of the public revenue of Turkey and
of the branches of expenditure is given in the following tables, in which the
average revenue and expenditure (including supplementary credits) for the
years 1308-1310 (1892-93 to 1894-95) are shown, together with the official
estimates for the year 1313 (ending February 28, 1898):—
Sources of Revenue.
Direct:
Tithes
Verghis (land and property tax)
Temettu (income tax) .
Exemption from military service .
Aghnams (tax on sheep, &c.)
Various
Indirect:
Customs
Various 1 . . . . .
Administrative :
Military departments .
Civil „ . . .
Share in Tobacco Regie profits
Tribute revenues various 2
Total
Average.
£T
4,332,338
2,511,924
742,135
886,210
1,737,849
321,273
2,165,784
2,571,146
532,793
1,938,202
51,775
1,136,316
18,927,745
1S97-98
£T
4,100,000
2,511,924
500,000
886,210
1,937,849
321,273
2,000,000
2,571,146
532,793
1,962,036
51,775
1,136,316
18,511,322
1 Salt, tobacco, spirits, stamps, fisheries, silk ami other sources mostly assigned to
the Ottoman Delit Administration.
a Including those assigned to the Debt Administration.
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10.1057/9780230270305 - The Statesman's Year-Book, Edited by John Scott-Keltie
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