§ MR. RUNCIMANTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any portion of the money raised under the Imperial Defence Act was spent on military, as distinguished from naval, purposes; and, if so, what was the amount so expended in each year from 1888 to 1896.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold Forster.) The military expenditure on fortifications, barracks, works, and heavy ordnance, under the Imperial Defence Loan for the years 1888–9 to 1895–6, was as follows: — 1888–89, £234,264; 1889–90, £594,067; 1890–91, £794,281; 1891–92, £479,115; 1892–93, £262,364; 1893–94, £99,485; 1894–95, £67,941; 1895–96, £64,847; Total £2,596,364.