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APPENDIX A. Table showing Comparative Cost of Military and Naval Defence in Great Britain, her Self-governing Colonies, and Foreign Nations.

iITAKT. Naval. Defence Expenditube. Percentage of Total Public Ependiture devoted to Military Defence. Country. Establishments. PerBudget. Cost per Head of Population. Cost per Head of ' Population. Per Head of Population. Percentage of Total Taxation devoted to Defence. Remarks. Peace. War. of Troops to Population.* Budget. Total. ( Austria-Hungary CD im I" o en o Belgium CD _ .2 France .. > in I Germany 45,310,835 (31/12/1900) 6,744,532 (31/12/1899) 38,641,333 (1901) 56,345,014 (1/12/1900) 5,103,924 (31/12/1899) 32,045,404 (31/12/1900) 375,291 (1899) 48,294 (1899) 616,475 (1900) 595,536 (1899-1900) 31,949 (1/7/1899) 226,603 1,238,816 (1899) 138,084 (1899) 3,091,350 (1898) 3,218, 684(a) (1899-1900) 86,277 (1/7/1899) 2,294,629(6) 0-828 0-716 1-595 1-057 16,301,320 (1901) 2,113,512 (1899) 27,744,581 (1901) 33,349,072 (1900) 1,882,062 (1900) 10,965,880 (1900-1) s. 7-19 6-27 14-36 11-84 £ 1,411,771 (1901) 13,171,468 (1901) 8,114,900 (1900) 1,329,930 (1900) 4,895,386 (1900-1) 0-62 6-82 2-88 £ 17,713,091 2,113,512 40,916,049 41,463,972 s. 7-81 6-27 21-18 14-72 11-3 19-5 32-4f 18-3 24-8 22-3 (a) Excluding Landstrum, abou 3,000,000. a Holland 0-626 7-37 5-21 3,211,992 12-58 14-6 20-3 I -i Italy .. O 0-707 6-84 3-06 15,861,266 9-90 15-6 20-8 (6) To this may be added the untrained portion of the Territorial Militia, about 1,250,000 men. O oa g« Japan .. 43,760,815 (31/12/1898) 129,000,000 (1900) 157,829(c) (1899) 1,092,444 603,116 (1899) 2,841,962 0-361 3,822,743 (1900-1) 34,615,121 (1901) 1-75 1,794,401 (1900-1) 10,032,018 .(1901) 0-82 5,617,144 2-57 14-6 24-0 (c) Active army. o o Eussia .. 0-847 5-37 1-56 44,647,139 6-93 20-1 39-7 I Armed, 50,440; Unarmed, 225,156. t Switzerland 3,312,551 (1/12/1900) 234,925(d) (1/1/1899) 234,925(6) (1/1/1899) 7-092 1,124,836 (1900) 6-79 1,124,836 6-79 26-6 56-3 „; f United States co _g Great Britain t>> Canada .. _ eS 9 Australia > [New Zealand 76,356,102 (1900) 201,536(e) 0-264 20,954,080(/) (1900) 5-49 11,489,338 (1900) 3-01 32,443,418 8-50 28-2 26-4 (e) 65,000 regulars, 35,000 Volunteers for the Philippines, 101,536 militia. (/) Expenditure in 1901, £31,318,170. (g) Includes Army Reserve, colonial and Indian troops. 40,555,489 (1899) 662,818 (1899-1900) 783,541(o) (1900-1) 1-634 20,617,200 (1899-1900) 10-17 26,594,500 (1899-1900) 1311 47,211,700 23-28 15-0 (1898-9) 5,312,500 (1899) 3,768,056 (1/3/1901) 796,359 (31/12/1899) 37,636 (30/6/1899) 29,571 (1901-2) 10,040 0-708 433,735 (1899) 681,485 (1901) 234,344(i) 1-63 433,735 1-63 3-8 61 0-785 3-6 178,065 0-95 859,550 4-55 2-6{ 6-8 (j) Includes constabulary. 1-261 5-88 3-2 6-2 * Thesi numbers wei •e obtained by lividing ,he peace establ lishment by the populi ,tion. t Empire. { Sti ,te expendi iture inclui led.