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

COST OF THE WAR

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that the expenses for the Finance Department were the largest,
being some 128,820,000 yen, which came next in order to
those for the War Department, some 36,260,000 yen, those
for the Navy Department, some 25,030,000 yen, those for the
Department of Communications, I5,420,000 yen, and those for
the other departments, 7,I90,000 yen.
In order to understand the make-up of the expenditures
more clearly, it is necessary to leave the formal for the concrete classification, and to subdivide it into ordinary administration expenses, economic administration expenses, financial administration expenses, military expenses, and expenses
relative to Manchuria and Korea.
The ordinary administration expenses are the expenses
needed by the Home, Foreign, and other departments for
ordinary administration. Those for the Foreign Office,
totaling some 6,860,000 yen, were mostly spent on the secret
service and the telegraph service, as well as for the dispatch
of police officers to Korea and the withdrawal of some Japanese residents abroad. Those for the Home Office totaling,
some 2,010,000 yen, were chiefly needed for the removal of
the impediments caused by the war, some being taken by the
local governments, or for the purpose of giving temporary
rewards. The "Other" administration expenses, 5,440,000
yen in total, were mostly spent on the honors and gratuities
granted in connection with the war, some going for the expenses of meteorological observation in Manchuria, the Prize
Court, and Cabinet miscellanies. These ordinary administration expenses total some 14,320,000 yen. Their details are
tabulated on the following page.
The economic administration expenses were those expenses
for coping with the new development of the economic situation
caused by the war, comprising some 4,940,000 yen for the
Department of Agriculture and Commerce and some 9,740,000
yen for the Department of Communications, totaling I4,690,ooo yen. The bulk of the economic expenses for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce were incurred for the
extension of the Government Ironworks to meet the war