ROYAL NAVY-PERSONNEL.

No. 85.-NUMBER OF OFFICERS, MEN and Boys borne on the BOOKS

NOTE.-Number borne during the War period includes Retired Officers, Pensioners, Royal Fleet Reserve, Royal Naval Reserves and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves.

No. 86.-NUMBER of the RESERVES (excluding RETIRED OFFICERS ROYAL

ROYAL NAVY-PERSONNEL.

of HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS, at the ROYAL MARINE DIVISIONS, &C.

(a) Number borne on 15th August, 1914. The numbers borne on 15th July, 1914, were as follows:Royal Navy, 124,793. Royal Marines, 18,211. Coast Guards, 3,013.

(b) Number borne on 15th November, 1918.

(c) Royal Marine Police.

NAVY and ROYAL MARINES, and RESERVES serving in the FLEET).

REGULAR ARMY.

No. 87.-REGIMENTAL STRENGTH of the REGULAR ARMY, by ARMS,
ALL RANKS, on 1st October in each year.

(Compiled from the General Annual Reports on the British Army.)

(a) The figures for these years include the Territorial Force. Prisoners of War are included except those of the Territorial Force for the years 1915, 1916 and 1917.

(b) The figures for 1919 and 1920 include that portion of the old Territorial Force not disembodied; those for 1920 do not include the new Territorial Force as reconstituted in February, 1920.

(c) Troops of the Indian Army borrowed from India, and employed on garrison duties in China, Singapore, &c; the figures for the 1st October, 1920, include, also, all Expeditionary Indian Troops employed under the War Office.

TERRITORIAL ARMY.

No. 88.-STRENGTH of the TERRITORIAL FORCE, by ARMS, ALL RANKS, on the 1st October 1912 and 1913; and of the TERRITORIAL ARMY (as reconstituted in February, 1920) on the 1st October, from 1920 to 1926. (Compiled from the General Annual Reports on the British Army.)

(a) Separate details are not available for the years 1914 to 1919, when the Territorial Force was mobilized and serving with the British Forces in the Field.

ROYAL AIR FORCE.

No. 89.-STRENGTH of the ROYAL AIR FORCE and ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVES on 31st March in each YEAR from 1920 to 1927.

IMPERIAL REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c.

No. 90.-AMOUNT of the ESTIMATED and ACTUAL IMPERIAL REVENUE and EXPENDITURE of the UNITED KINGDOM, with the difference between the ESTIMATED and ACTUAL AMOUNTS, and the SURPLUS or DEFICIENCY of INCOME.

(Compiled from the Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom.)

(a) These amounts were applied in purchasing and paying off debt during the respective years, and, under the Finance Acts, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924 respectively, did not become Old Sinking Fund, but were deemed to be expenditure within the meaning of the Sinking Fund Act, 1875.

(b) This includes £25,000,000 provided in the Budget for Supplementary Estimates, which, however, only amounted to £18,831,000.

IMPERIAL REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &C.

No. 91.-AMOUNT of the IMPERIAL REVENUE (Exchequer Receipts) of the UNITED

(Compiled from the Finance Accounts

1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9. 1919-20.

Estate, &c. Duties

£

£

£ £ £ £ £ 33,485,000 35,450,000 38,662,000 59 606,000 70,561,000 71,261,000 102,780,000 149,360,000 38,000,000 39,590,000 42,313,000 61,210,000 56,380,000 38,772,000 59,440,000 133,663,000

25,248,000 27,359,000 28,382,000 31,035,000 31,232,000

Stamps (exclusive of Fee and 10,059,000 9,966,000 7,577,000 6,764,000 7,878,000
Patent Stamps).

Land Tax

31,674,000 30,262,000 40,904,000 8,300,000 12,438,000 22,586,000 700,000 700,000 630,000 660,000 640,000 665,000 630,000 680,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,930,000 1,990,000 1,940,000 1,960,000 1,850,000 1,960,000 41,206,000 43,929,000 59,279,000 111,555,000 185,930,000 216.252,000 255,591,000 316,926,000 3,600,000 3,320,000 10,120,000 16,765,000 19,103,000 23,257,000 35,595,000 42,173,000 140,000 139,920,000 220,214,000 285,028,000 290,045,000 455,000 715,000 412,000 363,000 521,000 664,000 663,000 154,753,000 163,029,000 189,305,000 290,088,000 514,105,000 613,040,000 784,278,000 998,960,000

685,000

Postal Service
Telegraph Service
Telephone Service

Crown Lands (Net Receipts)
Receipts from Sundry Loans

20,300,000 21,190,000 20.400,000 24,100,000 24,350,000 25,200,000 29,400,000 31,000,000 3,100,000 3,080,000 3,000,000 3,350,000 3,350,000 3,500,000 3,800,000 4,850,000 5,775,000 6,530,000 6,250,000 6.450,000 6,400,000 6,600,000 6,800,000 8,300,000 530,000 530,000 545,000 550,000 650,000 690,000 760,000 680,000 1,418,900 1,579,972 1,276,632 2,431,855 8,055,817 6,056,250 11,679,428 14,951,921

Income

Rate of Super

Tax

1914-5.(b)

18. 3d.

1915-6.(c) 1916-7 and
1917-8.
2s. 6d.
58.

1918-9 and
1919-20.
68.

1920-1.(d) and 1921-2.

1922-3.(d) 1923-4 and 1925-6 and 1924-5.(d)

1926-7.(d)

68.

58.

48. 6d.

48.

9d. to 1s. 2d. 9d. to 1s. 3d. 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 2s. 3d. to 5s. 2s. 3d. to 6s.

6d.

5d. to 18. 4d. 10d. to 2s. 8d. 10d. to 3s. 6d. 1s. to 4s. 6d. 18. 6d. to 6s. 18. 6d. to 6s. 1s. 6d. to 68 9d. to 6s,