§ MR. RUNCIMAN (Dewsbury)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state what has been the total military
| I.—France (Amount Voted in Military Budget.) | II.—Germany (Expenditure as shown in Military Budget). | III.—Russia (Expenditure as shown in Military Budget.) | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| 1880 | 29,396,364 | 18,505,000 | 21,074,000 |
| 1881 | 27,102,940 | 19,805,000 | 22,968,000 |
| 1882 | 26,223,788 | 18,533,000 | 20,388,000 |
| 1883 | 26,738,336 | 18,217,000 | 21,454,000 |
| 1884 | 28,242,730 | 18,385,000 | 22,425,000 |
| 1885 | 27,252,248 | 18,583,000 | 23,221,000 |
| 1886 | 25,625,128 | 19,804,000 | 23,543,000 |
| 1887 | 26,573,540 | 28,765,000 | 23,439,000 |
| 1888 | 24,565,993 | 36,265,000 | 23,566,000 |
| 1889 | 27,567,269 | 27,065,000 | 25,101,000 |
| 1890 | 28,416,262 | 35,975,000 | 25,346,000 |
| 1891 | 27,029,161 | 28,375,000 | 25,123,000 |
| 1892 | 25,830,177 | 28,831,000 | 26,231,000 |
| 1893 | 25,384,405 | 30,128,000 | 26,257,000 |
| 1894 | 25,346,123 | 30,888,000 | 30,742,000 |
| 1895 | 25,510,992 | 27,526,000 | 31,259,000 |
| 1896 | 22,978,214 | 28,292,000 | 32,040,000 |
| 1897 | 24,902,055 | 29,549,000 | 32,076,000 |
| 1898 | 24,906,056 | 30,405,000 | 33,162,000 |
| 1899 | 25,287,220 | 32,236,000 | 36,483,000 |
| 1900 | 25,767,340 | 33,427,000‡ | 36,838,000 |
| 1901 | 27,774,581 | 34,005,000‡ | 36,067,000 |
| 1902 | 28,664,000 | 32,686,000‡ | 35,849,000 |
| 1903 | 27,593,478 | 31,880,000‡ | 36,647,000‡ |
| 1904 | 27,053,196 | 31,883,000‡ | 40,086,000‡ |
| * Includes expenditure (sum not known) on Skobeleff's Central Asia Campaign. | |||
| † Between 1896–1899 an expenditure of £6,400,000 was incurred as part of the coat of the re-arming of the Field Artillery which is not included in the above figures. |
§ The figures given in columns I. and II. are exclusive of sums voted for troops in the Colonies. These cannot be given.
162§ expenditure out of revenue or out of capital, apart from special war expenditure, of France, Germany, and Russia respectively in each year for the past twenty-five years.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) It is impossible to fix the act al military expenditure in all cases, as in some instances it has not been published. Moreover, in some cases the Naval Budgets make provision for certain items, such as coast fortifications, which are of a military nature. Again, expenditure regarding pensions is not shown in some of the Military Budgets. The following table gives the information available, but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed:—
§ Figures marked ‡ in columns II. and III. refer to estimated, not actual, expenditure.