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

36 EXPENDITURES OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

Thus the second estimates, including extraordinary defrayal,
amounted to 760,000,000 yen for extraordinary military
expenses and II6,025,409 yen for extraordinary affairs expenses, making a grand total of 876,025,409 yen.
The peace treaty was concluded between Japan and Russia in September, 1905, and war was brought to an end. But
more expenses were required for the withdrawal of expeditionary forces, the grant of rewards for services in the war,
and other objects. As the previous estimates had already
shown deficits, the government introduced the third war estimates to the 22nd session of the Imperial Diet, in December,
1905. The third estimates passed consisted of the extraordinary military expenses amounting to 450,450,000 yen,
and the extraordinary affairs expenses amounting to 79,500,ooo yen, the sources of revenue being public loans and Treasury surplus. For deficits in the extraordinary affairs expenses
the supplementary estimates to the amount of 2,500,000 yen
were drawn up the next year. The details are as follows:
THIRD ESTIMATES OF WAR EXPENDITURES, DECEMBER, 1905
Expenditures Amount Source of Revenue Amount
Yen Yen Yen Yen
Extraordinary military Public loans....... 450,450,000
expenses (third esti- Public loans....... 63,I93,242
mates)........... 450,450,000
Extraordinary affairs Treasury surplus.... 16,306,758
expenses (third esti- Treasury surplus.... 2,500,000
mates)........... 79,500,000
Supplementary estimates............ 2,500,000
82,000,000 8 2,000,000
Total.......... 532,450,000 Total........ 532,450,000

The third estimates thus comprised 450,450,000 yen for
military expenses, and 82,000,000 yen for extraordinary
expenses, making 532,450,000 yen in all.
To sum up, the entire estimates for the expenses of the
Russo-Japanese War amounted to 1,746,420,000 yen in extraordinary military expenses and to 239,700,000 yen in extraordinary affairs expenses, thus making the total of 1,986,I20,000 yen. The sources of revenue for the extraordinary