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Expenditure and revenue of militia, by category, for the fiscal years 1912 to 1916
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| 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 |
| 1. A separate appropriation of $75,000 was voted for purchase of lands for a rifle range, expenditure on which is included in this amount. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | |||||
