Number and Cost of British Troops Stationed at Canadian Ports— Canadian Contributions to Cost.

HC Deb 29 July 1904 vol 139 c89

MR. RUNCIMAN

To ask the Secretary of State for War what number of British troops are stationed at Esquimault and Halifax, Nova Scotia, or at other Canadian ports; what is the annual cost of these troops, and what contribution, if any, to that cost is made by the Canadian Government.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) There are 362 British troops stationed at Esquimault. Their annual cost (including non-effective charges) is about £44,200, and of this sum half (£22,100) is paid as a contribution by the Canadian Government. There are 1,785 British troops stationed at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their annual cost (including non-effective charges) is about £205,000. No contribution is made in respect of these troops.