| total |L27,720,000 |L32,228,000 |L36,080,000 |L15,840,000 |L11,280,000 | | Annual Military Expenditure-- | | | | | | | per head of population | | | | | | | (approximate) | 13s. 9d. | 10s. 9d. | 5s. 3d. | 6s. 8d. | 6s. 5d. | +-------------------------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ (b) _Authorized Establishments and Approximate Military Resources of the British Empire_ (1906-1907). +-------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+ | | | | | Native | | | | | British |Reserves |Auxiliary| Troops | Colonial | | | | Regular | for | Forces. |(Regular,| Forces | Total. | | | Army. | Regular | | Reserve,|(various).| | | | | Army. | | &c.). | | | +-------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+ | Great Britain | 117,000 | 120,000 | 500,000 | . . | . . | 737,000 | | Channel Islands, Malta, | | | | | | | | Bermuda, Colonies and | | | | | | | | Dependencies | 65,000 | . . | 6,000 | . . | 30,000 | 101,000 | | India | 75,000 | . . | 30,000 | 202,000 | . . | 307,000 | | Canadian Forces | . . | . . | 46,000 | . . | 59,000 | 105,000 | | | | | | |(reserves)| | | Australian Forces (including | . . | . . | 70,000 | . . | . . | 70,000 | | New Zealand) | | | (appr.) | | | | | South African Forces | . . | . . | 20,000 | . . | . . | 20,000 | | | | | (appr.) | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+ | Totals | 257,000 | 120,000 | 672,000 | 202,000 | 89,000 | 1,340,000 | +-------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-----------+ _Note._--Ex-soldiers of regular and auxiliary forces, still fit for service, and estimated _levees en masse_, are not counted. Enlistment chiefly voluntary.
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