59 Non-com missioned Branches of the Military Service. Rank and Officers Officers, Total File &c. 236 236 120 120 115 115 118 3 121 1,079 Royal Artillery REGIMENTS. Cavalry, including Household Cavalry. Royal Engineers 14,829 1,531 3,433 Infantry, including Foot Guards 33,559 38,523 711 1,627 Departmental Corps Colonial and Native Indian Corps. 8,119 10,457 3,497 8,396 101,778 113,671 413 894 12,768 14,075 1,887 3,422 470 1,339 5,338 7,147 665 614 3,369 4,648 MISCELLANEOUS ESTABLISHMENTS. 7,540 Total 1904-05 Total 1903-04 Included in the vote were, in addition to the numbers given above, 19,000 men required for the Somaliland expedition, raising the total number (exclusive of India) to 227,000. was 32,377 exclusive of 13,929 on the Indian establishment. The total number of horses provided for this establishment For total cost of the British army, with details of the expenditure, see under Finance. The following table shows the strength of the regular army on January 1 of each of the years 1899-1902, and on October 1, 1903 : Navy.—The net cost of the Navy, according to the original estimates for 1904-05, is 36,889,500. Including appropriations in aid, amounting to 1,438,3397., the gross estimate was 38,327,8381. The following table shows the net estimates for 1904-05, as compared with those for 1903-04 : £ . 2,617,368 Civil Services.-The following is an abstract of the original Civil Service estimates (net) for 1904-05, showing the more important items of expenditure: I. Public Works and Build ings II. Salaries, &c., Civil De partments: National Galleries 29,286 Colleges, &c., Grt. Brit. 151,200 Ireland Scientific Investigation 46,407 364,457 Scotland : Total III. Law and Justice: Public Education National Gallery Queen's Colleges, &c. U. K. and England :— Sup. Court of Judicature 317,515 County Courts 27,000 Police, Eng. & Wales Prisons, Eng. and Col. 735,762 Services: Other expenses Reformatories, Great Brit. 253,957 212,959 Scotland: Uganda, &c. 720,700 Subsidies to Telegraphs . 87,100 84,148 Other expenses 88,570 47,268 Ireland: II. TAXATION. The revenue derived from the most important of direct taxes, that upon incomes, was as follows in the last ten years (estimated for 1905) : The gross amount of the annual value of property and profits assessed to the income tax in the year ended April 5, 1903, in the United Kingdom, was 879,638,5467.; in 1893 it was 679,490,5177. Of the amount for 1903 the share of England was 760,844,3117.; of Scotland, 84,218,2907.; of Ireland, 34,575,9457. The real property so assessed in the last four years was distributed as follows: Assessed to Income Tax" 1900 1901 1902 1903 Houses Land Total 52,814,291 52,636,364 52,463,477 52,162,825 153,193,414 157,159,966 162,263,275 165,628,978 16,663,967 17,214,907 17,655,974 4,573,120 . 174,430,501 4,588,274 178,963,147 18,076,100 4,653,438 4,800, 298 184,572,687 188,505,376 The annual value of the railways in the United Kingdom assessed to income tax in 1903 was 38,059,5637.; mines and quarries, 21,802,4117. (in 1893, 13,047,0127.); gasworks, 5,469,4457.; waterworks, 4,832,6377.; canals, inland navigations, &c., 3,391,8057.; ironworks, 4,020,6217. (in 1893, 2,089,2277.). In accordance with Acts passed between 1888 and 1899, various duties are collected for local authorities by Imperial officers, and assigned to the three divisions of the United Kingdom. These are the additional beer and spirit duties, excise licences, and a share of the probate duty and estate duty. The net receipts of these duties and the payments made to local taxation accounts in the year ended March 31, 1904, were as follows: 4,096,328 4,195,581 9,795,073 55 The following statement (from a Return of June 27, 1904, on revenue and expenditure-England, Scotland, and Ireland-) shows for the year ended March 31, 1904, the net amount contributed by each of the three divisions of the United Kingdom to the revenue collected by Imperial officers, and the expenditure on English, Scottish, and Irish services met out of such revenue: |