COST OF THE WAR.

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 8

COST OF THE WAR.

AND OF "OTHER WARS. The following estimates of the approximate cost of this grail war and of wars of other limes wore given l ; ,y 3;». Harold Boauchamp in his address to (he shareholders of tiio Bank or New Zealand yesterdny:— "The sum of money expended since the middle of 19tt tfas been greater than tho combined money expenditure tor all other wars that Kave occurred in recent history.' The following table shows the approximate costs of the world's most notabis struggles of modern times:— £ Napoleonic Wnrs J,2,50,f1f10.f1C1) Crimean War SM.fIOO.OOO American Civil War l,fi()0,0!)0,flflO i Franco-Prussian War 700,000,000 South African Wnv 250,000,000 Kusso-Japanese War 500,000,000 The Great War '. 31,120,000,000 "Even if the war terminated at the end of the year (which unfortunately dors not seem probable), there would sl'ill be very heavy expenses in respect to repatriation, reconditioning of shipping and railways, and readjusting the businesses that are now controlled, together with numerous other items. These we may safely reckon would absorb another one thousand to two thousand'millions of expenditure."