Figures were not available for pension arrears, but some news reports suggest that this was a priority for the president and government during this period.
The collection of scarcely any of the city fifteenths of these years passes without reference to the collection of arrears.
The compilers attempted to account for every possible item of income and expenditure, including redemption payment and tax arrears.
Since many enterprises are in arrears, the effective support ratio is lower, closer to 2n5 workers for every pensioner.
The arrears were paid in the form of extra forced labour.
Other sources of income, mainly assessment and excise taxes, proved insufficient to pay parliament's soldiers regularly and wages fell steadily in arrears throughout the conflict.
The government then recoups the payment from the non-resident parent and bears the burden of missed payments and arrears.
However, when hard times hit in the middle of the 1620s he began to fall into arrears on his rents.
