§ DR. MACNAMARA (Camberwell, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the total cost to the National Exchequer of the British Army, regular and auxiliary forces, during each of the years 1896 to 1905 inclusive.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The figures are as follows:—1895–6,
| Date. | United Kingdom. | South Africa. | India. |
| 1st January, 1896 | 104,396 | 3,573 | 78,043 |
| 1st January, 1897 | 99,066 | 7,053 | 76,995 |
| 1st January, 1898 | 97,539 | 8,414 | 74,623 |
| 1st January, 1899 | 104,873 | 9,316 | 74,466 |
| 1st January, 1900 | 96,094 | 103,329 | 66,581 |
| 1st January, 1901 | 135,591 | 162,910 | 63,023 |
| 1st January, 1902 | 116,918 | 165,386 | 63,958 |
| 1st January, 1903 | 151,617 | 47,427 | 75,740 |
| 1st October 1903 | 128,801 | 31,442 | 76,380 |
| 1st October 1904 | 136,342 | 22,127 | 76,938 |
| 1st October 1905 | 128,954 | 19,780 | 78,061 |
§ £18,941,650; 1896–7, £18,693,309; 1897–8, £20,051,854; 1898–9, £20,634,186; 1899–1900, £43,655,801; 1900–1, £92,305,792; 1901–2, £93,567,363; 1902–3, £69,673,851; 1903–4, £37,441,598; 1904–5, £29,595,651. These figures include the annuities charged on the Votes in repayment of loans and the estimated expenditure incurred by other departments on Army account, but not the expenditure under loans.