AND lUKLANl'. 



. !v l>!i MB fr 



,1 t' !."> -'' ' - ; 



vU for 



wm 198401 .. - 

 79.000 for ci til Ana 



Tht funded and unfunded debt* on April 1. 1898. 



amounted to CS48.474.I43. or. including other capi- 

 lai liabilities.! 



^v.MWtbeeaplUl 

 valus of terminable annuitie*. bjrTMmo thettn- 



rbe ex| si* 



i the iuv. Lit' 



- .., 



,- . . : , M 



irh was 3,4tb,OC 



nablr *i,- 



nuy 



>re tliAit 

 tun raised was ' 



88,000 over the prer. 



ral rating lill and kindrea 



recent remission. AI 

 recent legislation. '1 



- i"i7.""i m f . L-f' 



D iiii- 

 1 h. , MMSJH reeefa t- \\, , 



i!i.| KMh 'I ' v> r- - 

 I ut 10* pro- 



;. .i. . ;. i^ 



d to'substittitr trift- f. r U-gncies. 



I' 7. .".*'.< M HI. t).,- |,.** m (:.. -;,, i.- 



;chsnc< ade good l>\ n.- 



r- mam BM ; U siookeoesj > 



expenditure for 1897 was 100.. 

 048.000. and the suppl< 

 8jl79.000, inukinj A total of 102325,000. 



ii'litiircs wen 



790.000 was tm> advance to the K- 

 ment on account of the Dongola ext 



tin- Indian pirrison 

 .kin. ni. 1 ;i-7.n i" increases in 

 Aiul edncalion votes. The expen<iitm 



l. in four 

 years. whil- tin- im-rvase in rv venue, siwirt 



ly 9 per cent. The navy 



irreasvd 4" .ntul the educs>- 



, juirj.lu* of 2.437.000 



^98 was devot^ I to the military- 



r!898wv 

 OOg9M)OOfortheexchequ 



'.U04.000. 

 .^easitous board school^ i 



M-oW,-,. , : ticreased the an 



I At 



Aviti^ A '.1.569.000, 



r. was swallowed up ii 



amount inc to t.V- 



xpense of IIIAU inrreajied garrison 



tit Africa - 200.000 a year, and the 



ng postal facilities, 



funded iir i,:. aid s/4j083c988 HaMIHiss under * *n- 

 ou* acts of Parliament. The liuuid - 



.. ,:: ,:' ,r, i ; : :.' ' 



iimking the total f8sVJ88,4. br- 



r.,,., .'..:.. ,.:..!! - IM I -.>.,.., .,., ' ; 



ii 44KJOOO. 



f : ... -; -- .. 









: .-. 



owing to the purchase of the telephones and th 

 UaAft^road, making the nsi function of d*U 



my. The strength of the regular army. 

 a* | 



officers. Ij088 WAnsnt i fl.n. I5JMI ftrrv- 

 8.6H4 <lruc -1 127.WB rank 



sml fllr : I. in). 188.174 mm f all rnk*. 1 J 

 eral ftufl uumU rrtl !(88 officers; army arrounUnt*. 

 209; chai4ains.85: medical department. 61H 



M ntiAi hcd to laff. Hr., 142; 



-.1 11398 men; Koyal Artilirry.KO offieetm. 



'' ' . , ; .7 



roissiooed officers, etc.. and 5.841 men: ixf 





and 79.58? men; colonial corpa. 184 



:*ioned officers, etc.. and 4JB88 

 (art nu-ntal corps, 199 officers, 1.399 

 ' officers, &, and 



. : 



ami 2.7V2 men; gunnery and musketry in- 

 TH. military academies and colleges, regimen- 



mmissioned officer*. . t.-.. Ami 129 men. 



.,!- |T..M.ied for theestAi 



ment was 14.716. Tin* '..* not include the Britth 



Army imuMain. .1 in India st the espense of the In- 



he number of troops maintained 



. i ngdom in 1098 was 107.828. conipfia* 



1 7.K14 srtillrry. 5.608 engineers, 



:al corps. The t tAl 



British army on Jan. 1. 



1898, was returned as 222.194 officers and men. of 



25.972 in In-!.. .-vpi, 88.844 in the 



v<u:i in India. The total efJ. 

 of the rrgular forrr at koHM and in the colonies in 

 1891 wm :;' .:'. ' H an .---::- 



i .-oroanrv. 



J82.150; making a t 

 il British soldiers in India, 665.1 M 

 H -Ming men. Adding to this M| the natn 



t 148.000 men, the imperial senrfet 

 mnd colonial troop*. 



A! --tit 86.000. with military police, etc.. the number 

 ..f AM * holly or parti v trained that can be 



. mpirr exceeds 

 >, in the colonies. 



.rnlvr given in the army estimates. 9.788 were 



K & Mdal \i,'t. i ...! InG bnJterVMei 



Colony and Natal. 1.889 in Bermmla, 1.820 in J- 



.'. in IUHdoes an<: % 1.804 st 



lUIi' 1.520 in the Strait* 



MAUHIIU*, 1.06S in West Af- 



'.At St. Helena. 

 eMimatrs for 1896 provi 



to provide a total strength at 



1 battery of field artillery, 

 th at home of 4ft fleid bat- 



