STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN THE ARMY ESTIMATES, 1870-71, FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN THE COLONIES, AND THE PROBABLE REPAYMENTS BY THE SEVERAL COLONIES ON THE SAME ACCOUNT.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1870 Session I, A-26

A.—No. 26.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN THE ARMY ESTIMATES, 1870-71, FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN THE COLONIES, AND THE PROBABLE REPAYMENTS BY THE SEVERAL COLONIES ON THE SAME ACCOUNT.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OE HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

1870.

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ARMY (COLONIES).

Statement showing the probable Amounts that will be Eepaid by the several Colonies, and Paid into the Exchequer as Colonial Contributions in Aid of Military Expenditure. (Note.—This Statement is exclusive of the cpst of Arms, Accoutrements, Barrack, Hospital, and other Stores, the greater portion of which is supplied from this country, and the value of which cannot now he stated; it is also exclusive of any proportion of Recruiting Expenses, Head Quarter Administrative Expenses, and Non-effective Charges. The establishment at each station of the various Departments of the Army is shown in detail (together with other particulars) in the several Appendices of the Army Estimates. \ ••• "War Office, 15th February, 1870. ' E. Caedwbli.

COLONY. Probable Sum to be Eepaid by the Colony during the ensuing Tear. Africa, West Coast of: Sierra Leone Gambia ... ... ... .... . ... Gold Coast Lagos £ Australia : New South Wales Queensland Yictoria South Australia Tasmania ! New Zealand Bermuda Canada Cape of Good Hope: Cape Natal St. Helena 10,000 3,500 Ceylon: j Ceylon Labuan Straits Settlements 160,000 1,000 59,300 Gibraltar Hong Kong 20,000 Malta 6,200 Mauritius 45,000 Newfoundland Nova Scotia West Indies: Bahamas ... ... ... Honduras Jamaica ; Windward and Leeward Islands... ... ... 4,000 Total Colonial Contributions to be Paid into the Exchequer ... £309,000

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STATEMENT showing the AMOUNTS included in the ARMY ESTIMATES, 1870-71, for MILITARY PURPOSES

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AEMY (COLONIES).

3 s C o s 'bo's S ■ <u ... •ill H* 9 Tote 1. Vote 2. Tote 3. t3 a d . _ to §«.a lis Tote 4. Tote 8. Tote Colonies. General 1 8 3 fcjo || Pt Q ,3 <D Total. s g-.2 _ ■§ |a P g< n d •a 60 Total. Staff. All Bants. Australia : £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Australia 1,400 325 1,725 Western Australia 204 204 12,000 2,972 549 3,521 Tasmania 1,000 200 1,200 New Zealand ... Canada: 764 Canada 4,258 33,483 37,741 1,223 1,805 2,248 11,465 4,530 15,995 Newfoundland 1,498 Nova Scotia 3,695 59,069 62,764 850 927 2,927 4,552 2,304 6,856 1,777 Bermuda 395 65,930 66,325 1,066 720 4,133 4,960 4,434 9,394 Cape or Good Hope: 1,957 Cape (including Natal) 4,291 63,740 68,031 1,073 206^ 215 T "'I 11,685 4,817 16,502 198 St. Helena 189 8,621 8,810 167 4,055 1,379 796 2,175 1,121 Mauritius 1,561 36,334 37,895 300 402 1,961 2,430 3,051 5,481 China and Ceylon : *1,585 China ... 1,715 75,131 76,846 563 82 3,699 6,401 5,188 11,589 2,256 Ceylon 2,320 70,725 73,045 655 100 5,269 3,344 1,460 4,804 #662 Straits Settlements ... 425 45,106 45,531 316 20 1,483 2,784 916 3,700 Mediterranean : 4,097 Gibraltar 3,727 152,398 156,125 915 1,466 7,539 5,558 8,779 14,337 5,211 Malta 3,471 196,310 199,781 1,866 912 10,260 6,414 6,650 13,064 West Coast or Africa: 206 Sierra Leone ... 393 5,048 5,441 93 5 2,177 1,699 455 2,154 Gambia 206 Gold Coast and Lagos 374 5,048 5,422 100 2,281 1,544 702 2,246 West Indies: 206 Bahamas 108 5,048 5,156 150 17 743 987 363 1,350 103 Honduras 35 2,483 2,518 60 12 763 708 144 852 1,110 Jamaica 1,478 35,881 37,359 450 30 3,153 4,532 1,890 6,422 1,239 3,145 46,862 850 wlndwaed and leewaed Islands. 43,717 626 3,489 5,122 4,949 10,071 Total ... £ 80,936 52,502 133,438 24,196 31,784 904,072 935,856 10,697 7,351 56,180 12,000 * Exclusive of a Nati'0 Indian Battalion. whose is included in the Be; imental Chari ;es

ARMY (COLONIES).

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in the COLONIES, and the probable Repayments by the several Colonies on the same Account.

Tot: 10. Tote 11. Tote 13. Tote 14. Tote 15. to O o O CD TOTAL, TOTAL, to CD 5 "> CD QQ CD o li o o °3 Total. Clotliing. S "I 3 b» 03 a J 3'3 Total. 81 a o to O . CD CO js.s CD O CD 1870-71. 1869-70. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 518 518 2,243 60,501 1,000 2,138 3,138 18,863 18,780 352 420 772 1,972 13,322 200 200 200 50,967 2,184 304,497 6,920 20,131 27,051 3,674 11,393 15,067 24 500 103,838 414 671 1,085 1,085 21,691 8,276 15,118 23,394 4,278 1,769 17,492 19,261 48 65 121,370 184,343 29,480 11,226 40,706 5,115 1,762 57,587 59,349 48 278 187,134 185,754 5,658 246,069 12,376 13,887 4,300 30,563 1,631 4,609 6,240 48 132,376 4,039 1,026 700 5,765 561 657 2,444 3,101 30 20,630 42,688 9,602 8,153 6,000 23,755 3,228 853 4,933 5,786 24 78,832 76,534 4,509 182,595 25,963 14,355 19,000 59,318 1,370 8,511 9,881 36 166,523 25,067 8,243 28,000 61,910 6,486 853 6,880 7,733 24 160,026 150,801 13,204 3,731 7,000 23,935 1,890 439 1,422 1,861 12 78,748 87,115 276,315 27,855 11,465 39,320 11,658 1,925 36,355 38,280 120 215 270,005 36,520 15,997 52,517 14,775 2,821 32,703 35,524 144 500 329,343 338,144 2,018 1,490 500 4,008 600 706 1,947 2,653 24 17,155 \ 83,824 I 4,265 2,185 500 6,950 600 17,599 J » 21,050 2,476 995 3,471 600 328 679 1,007 12,494 1,698 575 2,273 600 620 620 7,698 1 125,279 10,630 9,017 850 20,497 3,129 1,019 4,767 5,786 8 76,834 5,056 26,931 3,555 1,588 6,557 25 100,570 119,617 21,875 8,145 16 !43,864 144,788 66,850 455,502 69,426 22,161 200,708 222,869 552 1,667 1,905,538 2,589,886