DEFENCE ESTIMATES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 5

DEFENCE ESTIMATES.

RECORD FOR NAVY, OVER FORTY MILLIONS EXPECTED. By Telegraph—Pross Assooiation-Copyrleht. (Reo, December 27,. 11.55 p.m.) London, December 27. "The Times" calculates that the British Naval' Estimates, whioh vcro 142,700 in 1909-10, will show an in-'. oreaso of fivo millions for 1910-11; thus bringing, the' Naval .Estimates to over forty millions, the greatest figure in the history of. tho Navy. .. "Tho Times" also calculates that- the Army Estimates,■■ which; were' £27,435,000 ii 1009-10, will show an increase of half a million:for 1910-11! :' . I: GROWTH OF NAVAL BURDEN. , The following .table -shows how the Naval Estimates .of Britain,. Germany; -.and-the".'United. States: have grown, during the last' decade:—\ • , [ Year. Great Britain. Germany. U.S.A. 1900-01 ... '29,998,529■ , 7,618,781 13,385,574 1901-02 ■ ... ; 30,981,315 9,530,333 .16,012,438 1902-03 ... 31,003,977 .10,044,031 10,203,910 11903-01 ... 35,709,477 .10,401,174 16,82-4,058 1904-05 ... 36,859,681. 10,102,740 20,180,310 1905-08 ... 33,151,841 * 11,301,370 24,444,948 1900-07 '31,472.037 12,005,871.. 21,358,199 1907-08 31,419,500 1 13,623,924 . 21,200,732 II9OS-09 '... ; 32,319,500 16,596,561.- 25,833,217 1909-10 ... 35,142,700 . 28,750,000 Tho reason for a record total of British Naval Estimates in 1910-11 was shown in yesterday's, issue,.- when -figures were .quoted indicating .that; the German., new ; vote' for. 1909 was roughly half a million (to be exact, . .£495,272) above the English-vote for 1909-10., The j German: vote for .1910, is [ : stated - to bo .ifi12,100,000,'-, or: over a million and- a quar- | tet in oxcess of tho 1909 vote; so the .English . vote! for 1910-11' must' inorease. by over li : million if it is-.to even: the German. ■. . .■