§ Mr. CHIOZZA MONEYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the expenditure on new naval construction and armaments by the United Kingdom and Germany, respectively, in each year since 1890?
§ Mr. McKENNAExpenditure on new naval construction and armaments in each year since 1890:—
United kingdom. Germany. £ £ 1890–91 3,272,851 1,844,712 3,208,695* 1891–92 3,352,035 1,734,900 2,960,487* 1892–93 2,916,712 1,412,935 2,066,677* 1893–94 2,833,707 1,363,945 1,030,129* 1894–95 5,039,945 972,930 62,128* 1895–96 6,787,980 1,062,535 1896–97 8,658,566 1,252,340 1897–98 6,762,789 2,454,400 1898–99 8,068,725 2,565,600 1899–00 9,297,356 2,832,750 1900–01 10,025,551 3,401,907 1901–02 10,332,780 4,653,423 1902–03 9,782,217 4,662,769 1903–04 12,398,133 4,388,748 1904–05 12,964,419 4,275,489 1905–06 11,368,744 4,720,206 1906–07 10,486,397 5,167,319 1907–08 849,589 5,910,959 1908–09 8,521,930 7,795,499 1909–10 11,076,551 10,177,062 1910–11 14,741,474 11,392,856 (Probable expenditure.) 1911–12 17,559,685 11,715,752 (Estimated expenditure.) * Expenditure met out of Naval and Imperial Defence Acts, 1888 and 1889.