See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)  , income, return, or profit; more particularly the receipts from all See also:

• SOURCES

sources of a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government or See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue of a state is largely made up of See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation, and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general principles of taxes are discussed in TAXATION and See also:

• FINANCE

FINANCE . In some countries the public or state domain may contribute substantially to the revenue, as do the See also:

• CROWN

crown forests in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, while in other countries important contributions are made from the state See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, See also:

• POST

post and See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph services, &c . For the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical development of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English revenue see ENGLISH FINANCE, and for other countries see the sections on finance in the articles dealing with the various countries . In the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom the See also:

• TERM

term inland revenue is used to denote that See also:

• PART

part of the revenue which is derived from See also:

• DEATH

death duties, stamps and other taxes, such as income tax, See also:

• LAND

land tax, inhabited See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, &c . The See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Inland Revenue is a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the English See also:

• CIVIL

civil service, with headquarters at See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset House . The Board consists of a chairman, See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy chairman, and two commissioners, with See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint secretaries, assistant secretaries and a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of officials . The other important department engaged in the collection of the English revenue is the Board of Customs and See also:

• EXCISE (derived through the Dutch, excijs or accijs, possibly from Late Lat. accensare,—ad, to, and census, tax; the word owes something to a confusion with excisum, cut out)

Excise . The excise department was formerly a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the inland revenue, but was amalgamated with the customs department on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1909 . The Board of Customs and Excise is constituted as is the Board of Inland Revenue . In the United States the greater proportion of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national revenue ($547,086,992 out of $663,217,677 in 1909) is derived from customs and See also:

• INTERNAL

internal revenue . The internal revenue consists for the most part of receipts from taxes on See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, tobaccos and fermented liquors .

In 1909 the amount derived from customs revenue was $300,977,438, and internal revenue, $246,109,554 .