Previous Next Data collected by Dr Marjolein 't Hart, and used in the preparation of her chapter on 'The United Provinces, 1579-1806' in R. J. Bonney (ed.), The Rise of the Fiscal State in Europe, c. 1200-1815 (Oxford, 1999), pp. 309-326. Expenditure of the United Provinces, 1586-1648 in guilders Line Point Horizontal bar Vertical bar Horizontal stacked bar Vertical stacked bar Chart 1: Categories of expenditure of the United Provinces by decade, 1568-1648 Log scale CodeDescription UDEBTExtraordinary expenditure: debt service UFORTExtraordinary expenditure: fortifications UMISCMiscellaneous expenditure UNAVYExtraordinary expenditure: navy UORDXOrdinary expenditure total UTOTXTotal expenditure less ordinary expenditure of admiralties UTOTX2Sum of all columns of extraordinary expenditure UTOTXCKSum of all columns except UTOTX UTOTXDIFDifference between UTOTX & UTOTXCK UWARExtraordinary expenditure: war YEARUDEBTUFORTUMISCUNAVYUORDXUTOTXUTOTX2UTOTXCKUTOTXDIFUWAR 1586 2400290050029000500 1587 2400290050029000500 1588 2400290050029000500 1589 2400300060030000600 1590 2400290050029000500 1591 2400320080032000800 1592 2400330090033000900 1593 2400330090033000900 1594200 240038001400380001200 1595 240038001400380001400 1596200100 240041001700410001400 1597400200 240048002400480001800 159845020050 240050002550500001900 1599300244 505971692110716901566 1600300356.4 60058688208.42340.48208.401084 1601300272 586874481580744801008 1602 764 100058689151.63283.69151.601519.6 1603300384 600586890783210907801926 1604300432 60058681069848301069803498 1605 400 25074168666125086660600 1234