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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
Auxiliary forces :
Militia
Yeomanry cavalry .... Volunteer corps
Commissariat : Transport and remounts
Provisions, forage, &c
Clothing
Warlike and other stores Works, buildings, &c., with superintending
Various :
Military education .... Miscellaneous services .... War Office
Total effective services
II. Non-Effective Services :—
Officers, <fcc. ;
Rewards for distinguished services Half pay .... Retired pay and gratuities Widows' pensions and allowances Pensions for wounds Retired allowances, auxiliary forces
^on-commissioned officers and men, d;c. :
In-pensions ....
Out-pensions.
Rewards for distinguished services
Widows' pensions, &c. . Superanmiation allowances, dbc.
1897-98 £
553,000
76,000
627,200
744,000 2,627,400
897,000 2,075,200 1,018,400
118,600
54,800
248,600
15,283,800
9,050
72,950
1,272,790
134,685
10,654
28,671
32,880
1,310,420
5,050
4,250
175,300
Total non-effective services
Total effective and non-effective services 18, 840, 500
Net Increase, 1898-99
880,000
1898-99 £
553,000
75,000
614,200
710,400 3,352,600
862,000 1,972,000 1,020,700
118,200
54,300
245,200
16,139,800
9,170
72,202
1,313,265
135,990
9,849
27,324
33,060
1,292,876
4,976
4,688
177,300
3,056,700 3,080,700
19,220,500
Navy. — The net cost of the Navy, according to the original estimates for 1898-99 is 23,778,400Z. Including appropriations in aid, amounting to 955,422i., the gross estimate was 24,733,822^. The following table show^ the net estimates for 1898-99, as compared with those for 1897-98 ;—
