Expenditures of the Russo-Japanese war / by Gotaro Ogawa.

EFFECTS ON PUBLIC FINANCE

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PENSIONS AND ANNUITIES EXPENDITURES, I900-19O1 a
Pensions ac- Pensions for Pensions
Fiscal year companying military and for Others Total
decorations naval men civilians
Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen
900-I....... 940,928 2,221,840 1,131,406 213,072 4,507,246
(170,855)
I9OI-2....... 946,772 5,477,5I6 1,2IO,034 216,170 7,850,912
(3,149,963)
1902-3....... 954,341 2,745,621 1,365,856 231,712 5,297,530
(93,085)
1903-4....... 941,389 3,005,226 1,500,225 247,203 5,694,033
(5,472)
1904-5....... I,I98,29I 3,412,090 1,635,629 276,878 6,522,888
(99,646) (120) (99,766)
1905-6....... 2,I26,I59 9,223,791 1,742,369 359,91.3 3,452,232
(785,933) (785,933)
I906-7....... 3,310,568 16,644,825 1,883,393 397,566 32,136,352
1907-8....... 12,148,660 14,673,697 2,043,069 432,277 29,297,703
1908-9....... 10,406,757 I4,5II,I00 2,146,462 471,329 27,535,648
1909-10...... 10,201,620 14,771,135 2,278,200 5I0,609 27,761,564
a The figures in parentheses denote partial payments disbursed as extraordinary expenses.
for civilians and others underwent no appreciable change.
As regards the total of pensions and annuities, we see that the
amount, which was about 5,000,000 yen before the war,
swelled to 32,000,000 yen after the war, more than a sixfold
rise.
The increase of taxation and the inauguration of government monopolies during the war brought about an increase in
expenditures. But even after the war the increased taxation
and monopolies were retained in order to meet the expansion of
national debt expenditures. The greater demand for coins
during the war naturally resulted in a sharp increase in the
expenses of the mint.
Expenditures for financial affairs
The expenditures for financial affairs as understood in these
pages cover roughly all of the expenses incurred for the raising
of funds and the disposition of these funds, including those
relating to public debt, taxation and monopolies, the expenses
for pensions, which are allied in nature to the expenses for
public debt, as well as other expenses connected with financial