§ MR. MACKARNESS (Berkshire, Newbury)To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state what are the total aggregate amounts which have been devoted to naval expenditure during the last ten years by Great Britain, Germany, France, and Russia, respectively, and how far those amounts are affected by the expenditure mentioned in Appendix A in what is known as the Thomasson Return.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.)—
| Total Naval Expenditure during the last ten years of Germany, France, and Russia, respectively. | |||||||
| Year. | Germany. | France. | Russia. | ||||
| Total Expenditure. | Appendix B. | Total Expenditure. | Appendix A. | Appendix B. | Total Expenditure. | Appendix B. | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1899 | 6,672,788 | 50,997 | 12,144,020 | — | 1,120,318 | 8,306,500 | 113,006 |
| 1900 | 7,648,781 | 54,370 | 12,511,053 | — | 1,124,072 | 8,662,801 | 111,752 |
| 1901 | 9,530,333 | 118,762 | 13,107,701 | — | 1,154,262 | 9,359,766 | 128,024 |
| 1902 | 10,044,031 | 70,260 | 12,271,948 | — | 571,656 | 10,446,392 | 127,599 |
| 1903 | 10,401,174 | 69,581 | 12,538,861 | — | 562,410 | 12,349,567 | 126,427 |
| 1904 | 10,102,740 | 95,162 | 12,513,143 | 29,156 | 574,929 | 11,949,906 | 137,142 |
| 1905 | 11,301,370 | 172,715 | 12,747,963 | 29,156 | 596,148 | 12,392,684 | 143,132 |
| 1906 | 12,005,871 | 218,089 | 13,003,238 | 29,855 | 622,236 | 12,490,444 | 191,197 |
| 1907 | 13,623,924 | 286,863 | 12,486,793 | 33,014 | 647,100 | 8,850,240 | 183,915 |
| 1908 | 16,596,561 | 371,803 | 12,797,308 | 33,893 | 678,060 | 9,833,915 | 256,193 |
| Totals | 107,927,573 | 1,508,602 | 126,122,028 | 155,074 | 7,651,191 | 104,642,215 | 1,518,387 |
| Less Appendices | 1,508,602 | — | 7,806,265 | — | — | 1,518,387 | — |
| Net Totals | 106,418,971 | — | 118,315,763 | — | — | 103,123,828 | — |
| NOTE.—The sums representing expenditure on items (as shown under Appendices A and B), which have no equivalents in the other Estimates, are deducted in order to make the totals comparable. |