§ MR. RUNCIMAN (Dewsbury)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty possess information for any years, with regard to the total naval 1046 expenditure of France, Germany, or Russia, respectively, including expenditure out of capital, but excluding special war expenditure; for how many years they possess this information; and what has been the expenditure in these three countries in those years.
(Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) The information given in the following table is obtained from the published Annual Naval Estimates of the countries mentioned since the year 1889. It is not, however, known what proportion, if any, of this money has been provided out of capital. As the countries referred to have not been at war during these years these figures presumably do not include special war expenditure.
Naval Expenditure for France, Germany, and Russia for years 1889–1903, inclusive.
| Year. | France. | Germany. | Russia. |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| 1889 | — | 2,615,205 | 4,078,422 |
| 1890 | 8,125,929 | 3,933,869 | 4,268,208 |
| 1891 | 9,280,000 | 4,210,436 | 4,946,170 |
| 1892 | 10,079,085 | 4,934,775 | 5,217,915 |
| 1893 | 10,215,576 | 3,989,845 | 5,484,215 |
| 1894 | 10,967,421 | 3,696,149 | 5,511,435 |
| 1895 | 10,724,042 | 4,083,966 | 5,713,573 |
| 1896 | 10,597,256 | 4,312,995 | 5,953,129 |
| 1897 | 10,431,033 | 5,876,275 | 8,290,217 |
| 1898 | 11,988,718 | 6,083,874 | 9,028,926 |
| 1899 | 13,796,037 | 6,672,788 | 10,606,500 |
| 1900 | 12,511,054 | 7,472,656 | 10,962,601 |
| 1901 | 13,107,701 | 9,624,956 | 11,659,766 |
| 1902 | 12,271,948 | 10,029,063 | 10,667,983 |
| 1903 | 12,538,861 | 10,252,014 | 12,349,567 |
§ Note.—In cases where the actual expenditure is not known the Estimates are given.