§ Mr. AYLESasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the annual expenditure by Germany on her army and navy, respectively, for each of the years 1920 to 1930?
Mr. A. HENDERSONThe annual appropriations for the army and the navy in the German Budgets for the years 1920 to 1930, and, when known, the figures for annual expenditure, are shown below. It is difficult to estimate the sterling equivalent of the figures for 1920 to 1923 owing to the great fluctuations in the value of the mark during that period, particularly in 1922 and 1923, when these fluctuations were exceptionally wide.
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Year 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. Average rate of Mark to £ sterling. 226.8 404.6 8,286.0 3½ billions 18.7 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.6 20.4 Army Appropriations. Maximum at M154 to £ sterling: £27,650,000. Minimum at M329 to £ sterling: £12,940,000. Maximum at M236 to £ sterling: £11,235,000. Minimum at £1,034 to £ sterling: £2,565,000. M. M. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 3,316,015,229 23,286,906,000 18,520,000 19,910,000 22,860,000 23,025,000 24,295,000 23,180,000 24,040,000 Navy Appropriations. Maximum at M154 to £ sterling: £4,170,000. Minimum at M329 to £ sterling: £1,955,000. Maximum at M236 to £ sterling: £2,540,000. Minimum at M1,034 to £ sterling: £580,000. M. M. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 886,347,526 6,678,803,000 5,480,000 7,570,000 9,640,000 10,745,000 10,330,000 8,750,000 9,250,000 Navy Expenditure (excluding sums carried forward to following year). Not known Not known Not known Not known £ £ £ £ £ Not known Not known 5,190,000 7,275,000 9,230,000 9,905,000 10,240,000 Defence Minister appropriations.* Maximum at M154 to £ sterling: £28,000. Minimum at M329 to £ sterling: £13,000. Maximum at M236 to £ sterling: £18,000. Minimum at M1,034 to £sterling: £4,000. M. M. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 4,433,770 5,706,000 43,000 46,000 50,000 50,000 52,000 51,000 52,000 * These appropriations were divisible between the Army and the Navy.