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Army Expenditure of Great Britain, India, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan

HC Deb 08 May 1905 vol 145 cc1118-21 1118

§ SIR EDGAR VINCENT (Exeter)
To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the Army expenditure of this country and of India in the years 1880, 1890, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and the Army expenditure of France, Germany, Russia, and Japan in the same years.
(Answered, by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) The required information is contained in the accompanying Return—

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Return showing the Army Expenditure of Great Britain, India, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan, in the years 1880, 1880, 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904.
Great Britain.
Financial year	Expenditure from Imperial Funds.	Expenditure from Indian Funds.	Grand total of Army expenditure from Imperial and Indian Funds.
Expenditure on Estimates.	Expenditure on loans.	Total expenditure.	Apart from war.	War expenditure.	Total expenditure.
Apart from war.	War expenditure.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
1880–1881	17,653,920	—	109,182	17,763,102	12,490,042	4,505,776	16,995,818	34,758,920
1890–1891	20,776,587	—	962,128	21,738,715	14,913,418	—	14,913,418	36,652,133
1901–2	28,528,574	64,132,300	1,749,487	94,410,361	15,703,482	—	15,703,482	110,113,843
1902–3	28,716,627	40,146,900	1,662,294	70,525,821	17,279,770	—	17,279,770	87,805,591
1903–4	31,486,880	5,241,700	3,262,900	39,991,480	17,792,405	—	17,792,405	57,783,885
1904–5	28,830,000^*	550,000†	3,370,000‡	32,750,000	20,443,100§	—	20,443,100	53,193,100
^*Army Estimates, 1904–5.	‡ Estimated.
†Additional Estimate for Somaliland, February 1905.	§Revised Estimate (Indian Military Budget).

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Year	France	Germany║	Russia	Japan.║
Amount voted in Military Budget.^^	Amount voted in Military Budget.^^	Amount voted in Military Budget.	Financial Year.	Amount voted in Military Budget.
£	£	£	£	£
1880	29,396,364	18,505,000	21,074,000	1882–3¶	858,811
1890	28,416,262	35,975,000	25,346,000	1890–1891	1,271,316
1901	27,774,581	34,005,129	36,067,333	1901–2	4,955,635
1902	28,664,000	32,686,340	35,848,726	1902–3	4,699,510
1903	27,593,478	31,880,455	36,647,089	1903–4	4,217,196
1904	27,053,196	31,883,000	40,086,000‡	1904–5	4,151,539‡
║The German Estimates make no provision for pensions (approximately £5,000,000 a year), which are included in a separate Budget. The Japanese Estimates do not include pensions.
¶The earliest figures available.
^^The figures for France and Germany are exclusive of sums voted for troops in the Colonies. These cannot be given.
‡The extra expenditure for the Rasso-Japanese War is not known.
N.B.—It is impossible to give the actual 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 fortification, which are of a military nature.