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Show NEW YORK'S BIG BUDGET. The city budget of New York is getting get-ting to show national rather than municipal mu-nicipal proportions. The budget of Greater New York for 1013 is put at 192,955,451, which is an increase of $10,740,183 over the budget of 1012. Before the public hearing on tho budget, bud-get, it called for appropriations aggregating aggre-gating $193,950,951, but it was pruned to the extent of a million dollars, the increase of salary for the police department depart-ment being the main item cut out-But out-But the budget includes a contingent 'appropriation of $21,SGG.GG for 451 additional ad-ditional policemen. Compared with the nations of the world, this municipal budget of Greater Great-er New York is excelled by very few, and by none in cither North or South America, save only ihc United States. The total budget of tho Austalian States is $109,034,309; that of Belgium is $119,505,7S9; that of Brazil, $154,-991,252; $154,-991,252; that of Canada, $55,093,104. The budget of Spain in but little trwre than that of New York, amounting to $205,655,000. In fact, there arc only twelve nations in the world that have receipts and expenditures greater than those of this immense American metropolis, me-tropolis, nnd some of these haven't vory much more. It is a sure thing that the budget of N'cw York, will presently overtake hat of spaiu, and then there will be but eleven nations with groatcr bud-gots. bud-gots. The total revenue of Japan is but $25S,4'J6,783, and it won't be many years till Greater New York catches up .with Japan's national revenue and expenditure; and still, there aro those who affect to fenr a conflict butween Japan and the great Nation of the United States. Greater New York is certainly immense, im-mense, and it is a marvol to see such an enormous revenue nnd expenditure in one city. |