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

42 EXPENDITURES OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

higher than those for the Navy. Furthermore, of the Army
war costs the human fighting-power expenses are much larger
than those for the material fighting power; and the personnel
expenses are comparatively large in proportion to the equipment expenses. Of the war costs for the Navy, however,
the material fighting-power expenses are much larger than
those for the human fighting power; and the personnel expenses are comparatively small in proportion to the equipment
expenses. Of the Army war costs, the expenses relating to
the men occupy the most prominent place, whereas the greater
part of the Navy war costs is for material equipments such as
warships and armaments. Of the total war costs, however,
78.6 per cent is for equipment expenses, 20.9 per cent for personnel expenses, and 0.5 per cent for miscellaneous expenses.
THE WAR-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The expenditure on the management of the general affairs
caused by the Russo-Japanese War may be termed the wartime administrative expenses. The money for the purpose
was laid out under the name of the extraordinary-affairs
expenses between the fiscal year of 1903-4 and that of 1907-8.
The amount was some 1,560,000 yen in the first year, 31,540,ooo yen in the second year, Io9,630,000 yen in the third year,
65,220,000 yen in the fourth year, and I3,6IO,OOO yen in the
fifth year. The details, classified according to the Departments of State, are as follows:
Departments 1903-4 1904-5 1905-6 1906-7 1907-8 Total
Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen
Foreign........ 1,229,545 2,642,643 2,502,294 2,094,287 360,903 8,829,672
Home.......... 11,513 635,169 1,213,400 155,498.... 2,015,580
Finance........ 256,966 19,196,740 96,591,293 11,631,690 I,I48,16I 128,824,850
War.................... 27,720,591 8,545,00I 36,265,592
Navy.......... 20,990 I15,002 49,048 21,300,809 3,553,541 25,039,390
Education...... 9,289 77,281 112,483 60,150.... 259,202
Agriculture and
commerce.... 31,905 1,718,931 2,433,975 734,660.... 4,919,471
Communications..... 7,163,147 6,735,814 1,525,799 3,089 15,427,849
Total...... 1,560,208 31,548,913.109,638,306 65,223,484 I3,610,695 221,581,606
It is to be noted that the war-time administrative expenditure totaled some 221,580,000 yen for all the departments, and