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THE BOND OF MILITARY UNITY
Table showing the Military Expenditure for 1903, and the Military Forces of the British Empire—Continued.
Colonies.   Area.    Population, 
1894.		  Military Expenditure, 1908 
(including Armed Police).		  Number of Troops, 1903 
(including Armed Police).


Pacific:
New Zealand  104,471  726,128  222,000  15,000
Fiji, New Guinea, etc.   97,975  421,867  5,000   470
Totals:
Colonies 9,665,822  21,540,227 6,184,457 129,052
India and Burmah  944,489 800,000,000  12,608,070 264,080
Indian Feudatory States 589,122  72,000,000 Not known.   146,000[T 1]
United Kingdom[T 2] (1908) 121,562 89,784,166 34,245,000   853,234[T 2]
Grand Total for Empire 11,820,995 458,274,898 52,982,527 1,892,866
  1. ↑ Exclusive of 17,400 Imperial Service troops.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 For details, vide below.


United Kingdom, etc. Military Forces, showing Number of Officers and Men on the Regimental Establishments of the Army, Army Reserve, and Auxiliary Forces.
Establishments,
 All Ranks, 1903-1904. 
Regular forces (regimental), home and colonial 197,389
Colonial and Native Indian corps (includes Malta Artillery, Sierra Leone Artillery, Chinese, West African Regiments, and eight Native Infantry Regiments)  14,086
Army reserve  70,000
Militia, (including permanent staff) 182,447
Militia Reserve Division (new)  50,000
Militia, Channel Islands  3,289
Militia, Malta and Bermuda  2,707
Yeomanry (including permanent staff)  35,196
Volunteers (including permanent staff) 348,120
Total home and colonial establishments 858,234
Note.—Regular forces (regimental) on Indian Establishment, not included in above, 74,450.
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