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Expenditure and revenue of militia, by category, for the fiscal years 1912 to 1916

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Expenditure and revenue of militia, by category, for the fiscal years 1912 to 1916
  1912 1913 1914 1915 1916
  $
Allowances for drill instruction, care of arms and postage 83,867 85,474 101,904 66,513 68,643
Annual drill 1,169,068 1,719,257 1,830,034 1,875,944 -
Cadet corps 35,947 93,723 392,207 327,679 84,972
Clothing and necessaries. 475,175 508,788 699,572 510,810 -
Contingencies – including guards of honour, escorts and salutes 39,920 47,674 49,957 36,557 31,670
Custom dues 143,069 38,424 47,630 115,791 26,004
Departmental library 975 1,010 1,055 1,113 985
Dominion arsenal 236,790 325,863 358,315 265,262 299,678
Engineer services 487,222 791,895 1,452,729 1,111,196 690,755
Grants towards construction of City Regimental Armouries - 12,000 - - -
Grants to artillery and rifle associations and to regimental bands 56,270 64,315 79,506 73,605 47,878
Gratuities and compassionate allowances 2,551 2,170 4,300 15,190 500
Maintenance of military properties 80,937 88,925 107,214 209,231 175,053
Pay of Inspector General and military members of Militia Council (statutory) 21,600 21,600 21,600 15,161 18,450
Pay of headquarters staff 66,178 78,617 74,002 72,050 74,956
Pay of division and district staff 99,300 115,844 123,772 107,410 109,241
Pay, provisions and supplies of permanent force 1,946,636 2,200,183 2,198,453 2,114,493 2,116,245
Printing and stationery 53,489 59,828 72,209 69,880 70,000
Royal Military College 134,949 131,241 149,039 153,987 135,685
Salaries and wages of civil employees 155,645 170,700 197,823 243,936 232,797
Pay of active militia attending schools of instruction 70,041 77,765 97,847 164,669 178,898
Topographical survey 24,714 35,055 39,059 35,038 25,440
Transport and freight 138,230 175,054 199,247 208,774 60,567
Warlike stores 531,332 683,080 703,375 496,867 -
Coronation contingents 134,835 - - - -
Training areas - - - 234,592 233,085
Miscellaneous small votes 21,047 17,202 6,508 - -
Ordnance, ammunition, tents, wagons and equipment generally, excepting clothing, saddlery and harness 649,276 572,486 967,804 593,167 -
Saddlery and harness 6,713 942 103,732 146,066 -
Clothing for reserve stock and outfitting new units 110,468 100,000 217,419 219,077 -
Ross rifles, spare parts, bayonets, scabbards, arm chests and inspection 419,937 552,073 640,613 478,543 -
Lands and construction of new rifle ranges 183,7031 341,208 51,237 29,216 -
Total ordnance, equipment, lands, etc. 1,370,097 1,566,709 1,980,805 1,466,069 -
Total militia expenditure 7,579,884 9,112,396 10,988,162 9,991,817 4,681,502
Aid to civil power (statutory and recoverable from municipalities) 716 78 187,857 68,800 -
Toronto barracks – special account 2,012 148,889 45 87,768 25
Winnipeg barracks – special account - 137,053 - - -
Point St. Charles Armoury - - - - -
Montréal barracks site - 180,000 - 217 -
Transferred from Public Works Department - 940 221,849 19,722 -
Pensions – Rebellion, 1837-38 80 40 - - -
Pensions – Fenian Raids 1,828 1,822 1,788 2,819 1,896
Pensions – Northwest Rebellion and general 17,118 17,689 17,834 20,227 21,164
Pensions – Pension Act, 1901 45,698 50,470 70,940 79,845 82,877
Pensions – European War - - - - 307,693
Total pensions 64,724 70,021 90,562 102,891 413,630
Civil Government – salaries 137,251 146,718 157,137 168,545 172,534
Civil Government – contingencies 11,963 22,029 27,997 20,216 28,351
Total Civil Government 149,214 168,747 185,134 188,761 200,885
Revenue received          
Militia 59,829 51,359 36,641 64,831 192,300
Casual 1,806 2,691 1,790 1,625 41,318
Royal Military College 34,286 36,785 36,817 32,047 35,142
Pension Act, 1901 25,209 28,393 30,714 27,282 23,513
Total revenue 121,130 119,228 105,962 125,785 292,273
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.