§ MR. MADDISONTo ask the Secretary of State for War whether he Will state what are the total aggregate amounts which have been devoted to military expenditure during the last ten years (1899–1900 to 1908–9) by Great Britain, Germany, France, and Russia respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.)
| France. | ||
| Military Expenditure, 1899–1900 to 1908–9. | ||
| — | Army.* | Colonial Military Expenditure.† |
| £ | £ | |
| 1899–1900 | 26,576,673 | 3,146,006 |
| 1900–1 | 26,931,262 | 3,899,769 |
| 1901–2 | 29,173,398 | 4,007,746 |
| 1902–3 | 29,268,464 | 3,512,854 |
| 1903–4 | 28,248,826 | 3,283,243 |
| 1904–5 | 28,096,753 | 3,330,935 |
| 1905–6 | 27,393,379 | 3,723,077 |
| 1906–7 | 28,747,635 | 3,716,906 |
| 1907–8 | 31,199,445 | 3,678,061 |
| 1908–9 | 31,195,004 | 3,172,294 |
| *In addition to above expenditure on Army £92,763,947 were expended on improvement of armament between 1898 and 1906. | ||
| †Does not include the cost of that portion of the Colonial Army which is stationed in France; this is included in the Army Budget. | ||
| The Colonies contribute annually about £500,000 towards the Colonial military expenditure. |
| Russia. | |
| Military Expenditure, 1899–1909. | |
| (Exclusive of Expenditure in connection with Russo-Japanese War.) | |
| £ | |
| 1899 | 36,483,000 |
| 1900 | 36,838,000 |
| 1901 | 36,067,000 |
| 1902 | 35,849,000 |
| 1903 | 36,647,000 |
| 1904 | 38,380,000 |
| 1905 | 38,841,784 |
| 1906 | 39,677,880 |
| 1907 | 41,887,977 |
| 1908 (Estimate) | 50,227,935 |
| 1909 (Estimate) | 57,343,855 |