WHAT THE NAVY COSTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 25 September 1915, Page 19

WHAT THE NAVY COSTS.

MILLIONS SPENT ON NEW V BAD NX) IX? UTS. Everyone recogokics that whatever monpy If expended on the Navy, It Iβ money well •pent; but tome of the Items In the BID" (Book which ban Just bwn published, ron tabling the annual accounts for shlpballd In; a-'iJ dockyard transactions for tnr flmtDolal year 1913-J4, will probably ctarttc some r^ad<?ri. Vim total roet of comhfltaiH ihips on th< »trrairt<i at tb* prenrnt time la s' y m «' £174.100,468. and the gradual growth o! MivaJ exjx-txllture la d«!n from the followIns statlxtlca relative tr> the rotes to dock7ardj and (hips. 1889-00 fl<.Beo.oa."i l»0fM)l 2MJD&S3> 1810-U -tn.4i0.3;« 1913-1-4 45,732.K:i Here is the money spent on come »hip* which have been mentioned during the pro jri-xM of the war:—l mil Duke, £1.8a8,9ir.. Lluu. £1,870,615; Queen Elisabeth (un flclahed coot), £1.417,5G8; King Gcorse V.. f1,778.133; .AJax. £1.706.»4e; Qo*en Mnry. Xri.OOO.TB": Princess Kojrml. £1,997.irr.'. Tl|ter (unftnlshrd coet), £1.*e2,467. Some return, howerer, is obtained from the *ale of old ahipe. The Royal Oak fetched £3a,4C0. the Royal Soverclcn £40.000, and the JUmUHre £42,300. Three •obmcrlnes were sold for £410, £300, and £400 respectively. There are oleo com« lnrtereetluj flynre« given In the Bloc Book concerning the new aerial service. During the year 1013-14, £244,294 was expended on airship*, 'biplanes, monoplanes, and aeaptuice. The airship* under construction were No*. 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 0, and IC, and the highest coat of any one (hip was £32,444.