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Relative Cost per Head of the Population of the Army of Great Britain and Foreign Countries.

HC Deb 13 March 1906 vol 153 cc1090-1 1091

§ DR. MACNAMARA
To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can state the cost per head of the population in any recent year of the regular armies of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and Austria, respectively,
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The figures are as follow:—The United Kingdom,^* 11s. 2d. per head; Germany, † 12s. 0¼d. per head; France,‡ 16s. 6d. per head; Russia,§ 5s. 5d. per head; Austria, 7s. 3¼d. per head.