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TABLE OF MILITARY FORCES
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Table showing the Military Expenditure for 1903, and the Military Forces of the British Empire.
Colonies.   Area.    Population, 
1894.		  Military Expenditure, 1908 
(including Armed Police).		  Number of Troops, 1903 
(including Armed Police).
Europe: Sq. Miles. £
Gibraltar, Malta, etc.  3,702  402,681 Nil  2,580
(loc. forces)
Asia:
Ceylon, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Borneo, etc. 127,442 4,705,886  147,000  7,550
Africa:
Cape, Transvaal,[T 1] Orange River Colony 225,328 1,711,487 3,190,025 18,850
Natal and Zululand  20,851  560,000  486,000  4,355
Mauritius    705  876,219   27,000
(Towards mil. expen.)		 No local forces
Sierra Leone   4,000  126,885   24,000  540
Gold Coast, other Dependencies and Protectorates 2,346,774 2,088,955  727,682 18,000
Total 2,597,658 4,863,496 4,404,657 41,745
America:
Canada 3,456,383 5,021,476  628,000 33,600
Newfoundland, British Guiana, Honduras  283,281  537,465   53,200  1,500
Total 3,739,664 5,558,941  681,200 35,100
West Indies:
Jamaica   4,282  658,000   61,000  1,385
Bahamas, Trinidad, etc.   7,764  745,782   98,600  3,600
Total  12,046 1,398,782  159,600  4,985
Australia:
New South Wales  810,700 1,251,450
616,000
 9,027
Victoria  87,884 1,179,103  5,710
Queensland  668,497  445,145  2,480
West Australia  975,876   82,072  1,276
South Australia  903,690  347,720  1,588
Tasmania  36,216  157,456  1,541
Total 2,982,862 4,189,074  616,000  21,622[T 2]
  1. ↑ S.A. Constabulary cost £2,505,523 in 1903.
  2. ↑ To this may be added for Reserves and qualified members of rifle-clubs, 29,341; grand total, 50,963.
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