§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONTo ask the Secretary of State for War what has been the total cost of the military operations in Somaliland, including the items of expenditure detailed in the additional Army Estimate,1904–5; and what have been the various amounts of the Votes already granted by the House for the Somaliland Expedition out of Army Votes and the dates on which they were voted.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The total cost has been £2,494,000. The Votes already granted are:—Supplementary Estimate, March 3rd,1903, £50,100; Included in Army Estimates,1903–4, £250,000: Supple- 10 mentary Estimate, February 25th,1904, £1,600,000. Total £1,900,100.