REGULAR ARMY.

No. 86.-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. 87.-STRENGTH of the TERRITORIAL FORCE, by ARMS, ALL RANKS, on the 1st October from 1911 to 1913; and of the TERRITORIAL ARMY (as reconstituted in February, 1920) on the 1st October, from 1920 to 1924. (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. 88.-STRENGTH of the ROYAL AIR FORCE and ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVES on 31st March in each YEAR from 1920 to 1926.

IMPERIAL REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c.

No. 89.-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. 90.-AMOUNT of the IMPERIAL REVENUE (Exchequer Receipts) of the UNITED

(Compiled from the Finance Accounts

1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9.

£ £ £ £ 33,649,000 33,485,000 35,450,000 38,662,000 59,606,000 70,561,000 | 71,261,000 102,780,000 38,380,000 38,000,000 39,590,000 42,313,000 61,210,000 56,380,000 38,772,000 59,440,000

£

25,392,000 25,248,000 27,359,000 28,382,000 31,035,000 31,232,000 31,674,000 30,262,000 9,454,000 10,059,000 9,966,000 7,577,000 6,764,000 7,878,000 8,300,000 12,438,000 750,000 700,000 700,000 630,000 660,000 640,000 665,000 630,000 2,130,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,930,000 1,990,000 1,940,000 1,960,000 1,850,000 41,804,000 41,206,000 43,929,000 59,279,000 111,555,000 185,930,000 216,252,000 255,591,000 | 3,000,000 3,600,000 3,320,000 10,120,000 16,765,000 19,103,000 23,257,000 35,595,000

481,000

455,000 715,000 412,000

140,000 139,920,000 220,214,000 285,028,000

363,000 521,000 685,000 664,000

155,040,000 154,753,000 163,029,000 189,305,000 290,088,000 514,105,000 613,040,000 784,278,000

Postal Service
Telegraph Service
Telephone Service

Crown Lands (Net Receipts)

Receipts from Sundry Loans

19,650,000 20,300,000 21,190,000 20,400,000 24,100,000 24,350,000 25,200,000 29,400,000
3,105,000 3,100,000 3,080,000 3,000,000 3,350,000 3,350,000 3,500,000
2,945,000 5,775,000 6,530,000 6,250,000 6,450,000 6,400,000 6,600,000
530,000 530,000 530,000 545,000 550,000
1,281,497 1,418,900 1,579,972 1,276,632 2,431,855

650,000 8,055,817

3,800,000 6,800,000 690,000 760,000 6,056,250 11,679,428

Miscellaneous:—

Fee and Patent Stamps
Receipts by Civil Depart- 1,507,789 1,859,099
ments, &c.

1,031,000 1,066,000 1,078,000
1,225,925

961,000 943,000 912,000 934,000 963,000 4,956,448 8,853,970 15,604,765 51,214,315 51,340,397

Total Miscellaneous - 2,538,789 2,925,099 2,303,925 5,917,448 9,796,970 16,516,765 52,148,315 52,303,397

Tax

1915-16.(c) 1916-17 and 1918-19 and
1917-18. 1919-20.
28. 6d.
58.
68.

1920-21.(d) 1922-23.(d) 1923-4 and 1923-6 and 1921-2. 1924-5.(d)

68.

58.

48. 6d.

4&

9d. to 1s. 2d. 9d. to 1s. 3d. 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 2s. 3d. to 5s. 28. 3d. to 6s.

6d.

5d. to 1s. 4d. 10d. to 2s. 8d. 10d. to 3s. 6d. 1s. to 48. 6d. 1s. 6d. to 6s. 1s. 6d. to 6s, 18. 6d. to 6s 9d, to 6

IMPERIAL REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &C.

KINGDOM under the PRINCIPAL HEADS thereof in each Year ended 31st March.

of the United Kingdom.)

1919-20. 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3. 1923-4. 1924-5. 1925-6.

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149,360,000 134 003,000 130,052,000 123,043,000 119,958,000 99,344,000 103,487,000 Customs. 133,663,000 199,782,000 194,291,000 157,275,000 147,970,000 135,128,000 134,560,000

7,073,000 11,096,000 12,321,000 14,691,000 16,164,000 18,056,000 40,904,000 47,729,000 52,191,000 56,871,000 57,800,000 39,450,000 61,200,000

22,586,000 26,591,000 19,638,000 22,222,000 21,570,000 22,850,000 24,700,000 680,000 650,000 630,000 650,000 600,000 700,000 675,000

Excise.

Motor Vehicle Duties.
Estate, &c. Duties.

Stamps (exclusive of Fee
and Patent Stamps).
Land Tax.

30,000

House Duty.

1,960,000 1,900,000 1,960,000 2,110,000 1,900,000 500,000 316,926,000 338,865,000 337,027,000 314,836,000 269,331,000 273,836,000 259,411,000 42,173,000 55,281,000 61,730,000 64,209,000 60,640,000 62,680,000 €8,510,000

30,452,000

Income Tax. (a)
Super Tax(a).

290,045,000 219,181,000
2,004,000
650,000 17,516,000 18,977,000 23,340,000 18,100,000
220,000 260,000

663,000! 20,000 130.000

Land Value Duties.

998,960,000 1031,725,000 856,713,000 774,738,000 718,060,000 689,702,000 634,544,000 Total.

1,359,000 1,802,000 1,361,000 1,653,827 1,695,000 1,686,879 1,914,488 279,470,459 311,526,937 195,778,536 73,504,370 51,087,381 39,695,833 52,358,711

Miscellaneous:

Fee and Patent Stamps. Receipts by Civil Departments, &c.

280,829,459 313,328,937 197,189,536 75,158,197 52,782,384 41,382,712 54,273,199 Total Miscellaneous.

1339,571,380 1425,984 666 1124,879,873 914,012,452 837,169,284 799,435,595 812,061,658 TOTAL REVENUE.

(b) The rates for 1914-15 were doubled for the last four months of the Income Tax year.

(c) The rates of Income Tax for 1915-16 were increased by 40 per cent. for the second half of the Income Tax year and the scale of Super Tax extended to 3s. 6d.

(d) Relief for earned income was given for the years 1920-21 to 1924-25 inclusive by deducting one-tenth (with maximum deduction of £200) from the total income to be taxed. For 1925-26 this deduction was increased to one-sixth, with a maximum deduction of £250,

IMPERIAL REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, &c.

No. 91. AMOUNT of the IMPERIAL EXPENDITURE (Exchequer Issues)
Year ended

I.-CONSOLIDATED FUND

SERVICES:

(Compiled from the Finance Accounts

1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9.

15,202,702 15,000,752 14,787,109 14,632,008 12,934,406 7,965,587 7,952,475 7,949,299
3,517,569 3,540,175 3,202,026 2,931,216 2,897,758 2,860,176 2,808,493 2,573,097
1,158,842 1,171,863 1,115,850 1,771,644 4,330,772 8,630,482 8,519,436 12,402,552
173,181 166,907 166,530 162,320 175,321 327,130 547,208 713,145
4,447,706 4,620,303 5,228,485 1,000,000
24,500,000 24,500,000 24,500,000 20,497,188 20,338,257 | 19,783,375 19,827,612 23,638,093

24,500,000 24,500,000 24,500,000 22,668,896 60,249,311 127,250,494 189,851,066 269,964,650 500,000

1,209,859 1,172,205 1,394,951 1,528,365 694,395

Total Consolidated Fund

Services (carried for- 37,539,100 37,017,930 37,322,969 35,419,809 73,488,347 139,119,657 201,252,085 281,344,868

ward).

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(a) Including Road Improvement Fund, to 31st December 1920.

(b) For details, see pp. 158 and 159.

(c) Interest, &c., on debt created under the War Loan Acts, 1914 to 1919.