§ MR. HAROLD COX (Preston)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the figure quoted by him on the first page of his Memorandum accompanying the Army Estimates for the total of the Army Estimates for the year 1905–6, namely, £29,813,000, represents the Estimates as now arranged; and, if so, what is the meaning of the statement made on page 3 of the Army Estimates that this figure represents the Estimates as arranged in former years; and whether he wishes the Members of this House to take this figure or the figure £28,478,863 given in the Army Estimates as the true basis of comparison with his Estimates for the current year.
§ MR. ACLANDThe figures £29,813,000 represent the total Estimates for the year 1905–6, and these total figures are not affected by the rearrangement of Army Votes. The figures £28,478,863 represent the total sum actually expended for the year 1905–6.
§ MR. HAROLD COXWhich figures compare with the Estimates for the present year?
§ MR. ACLANDYou must take the first figure; the second represents the expenditure and not an Estimate at all.