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THE BOND OF MILITARY UNITY

Table showing the Military Expenditure for 1903, and the Military Forces of the British Empire—*Continued.*
Colonies.	Area.	Population, 1894.	Military Expenditure, 1908 (including Armed Police).	Number of Troops, 1903 (including Armed Police).
Pacific:
New Zealand	104,471	726,128	222,000	15,000
Fiji, New Guinea, etc.	97,975	421,867	5,000	470
Totals:
Colonies	9,665,822	21,540,227	6,184,457	129,052
India and Burmah	944,489	800,000,000	12,608,070	264,080
Indian Feudatory States	589,122	72,000,000	Not known.	146,000^{[T 1]}
United Kingdom^{[T 2]} (1908)	121,562	89,784,166	34,245,000	853,234^{[T 2]}
Grand Total for Empire	11,820,995	458,274,898	52,982,527	1,892,866

United Kingdom, etc. Military Forces, showing Number of Officers and Men on the Regimental Establishments of the Army, Army Reserve, and Auxiliary Forces.
	Establishments, All Ranks, 1903-1904.
Regular forces (regimental), home and colonial	197,389
Colonial and Native Indian corps (includes Malta Artillery, Sierra Leone Artillery, Chinese, West African Regiments, and eight Native Infantry Regiments)	14,086
Army reserve	70,000
Militia, (including permanent staff)	182,447
Militia Reserve Division (new)	50,000
Militia, Channel Islands	3,289
Militia, Malta and Bermuda	2,707
Yeomanry (including permanent staff)	35,196
Volunteers (including permanent staff)	348,120
Total home and colonial establishments	858,234
Note.—Regular forces (regimental) on Indian Establishment, not included in above, 74,450.