THE COST OF WARS.
WHAT IT COSTS THE BRITISH TAXPAYER. The i’o.lowing striking figures, abstracted fiom a recent \Yhite Paper, si.ow what wars, past and iutuie, mean to the British taxpayer’s, pocket, cays Headway : '
Of the total national expenditure, 59 per cent, is spenet on the cost ot armaments and past wars; 6.4 per cent on postal services; 6 per cent, on education; 3 per cent, on old age pensions; 2.7 per cent, on health • 0.4 per cent, on unemployment i-eliet; 0.601 per cent., or one-hundredth of 1 per relit., on‘the League of Nations. N.l4.—France spends 72 per cent, ot her national income on cost of armaments and past wars.
Interest on National Debt 950,000,05)0 for past wars Other Consolidated Fund 34,840,000 Services Ministry of Pensions . 66,048,000 Other Civil Services .. 52,529,000 Public Education 4 V ,b/3,000 24,201,000 Ministry of Health, etc., 22,162,000 insurance, etc. .... Ministry of Labour .. 14,060,000' -Navy Army Air Force 55,800,000 45,000,000 14,511,000 Customs and Excise —In11,221,000 land Revenue Dept. ... Postal Services 51,081,000 Total 790,026,000
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 August 1925, Page 5
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167THE COST OF WARS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 August 1925, Page 5
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