osmanlı'nın borçları

• 13 ocak 1856 tarihli ingiliz news of the world gazetesine su sekilde haber olmus borclanmadir:
  
  "the ottoman government has published the report addressed by the minister of finance of the commission of control appointed by the allied powers, showing the expenses which the present war has already occasioned to turkey. these accounts extend from the 27th may, 1853 to the 27th september, 1855. in the twenty-eight months, the extraordinary expenses of the war have amounted about £7,408,000, in which sum is included £370,000 advanced to the allied armies in warlike materiel, ammunition, &c. in that period of time, turkey, in order to resist russia and the encroachments of the greeks, has never had under arms less than 250,000 men. the troops of egypt and tunis, though paid by those provinces, have been supported by the imperial government. the turkish cabinet, without levying any fresh taxes, has supported this war for two years and a half, without any other resources from europe than £2,500,000 of the first loan, and £600,000 advanced on the second. the amount required by the war department during this coming year, over and above its ordinary budget, is £2,850,000; and that by the marine and the artillery, £1,495,000."