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

COST OF THE WAR

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ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES, I903-I907 a
I903-4 1904-5 I905-6 I906-7 Total
Agriculture and Commerce Department Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen
Ironworks establishment expenses.. 31,905 1,576,871 2,307,271 724,378 4,640,425
Miscellaneous expenses............... 148,173 149,001 10,282 307,456
Total......................... 31,905 1,718,931 2,433,975 734,660 4,947,99I
Communication Department
Communication expenses........... 2,171,742 4,I71,477 388,940 6,732,159
Expenses for accelerated construction
of railways..................... 1,336,928........ 1,336,928
Expenses for manufacture of rolling
stock........................... 315,025 I,02I,815 162,247 1,499,087
Miscellaneous expenses............... 9,452 21,182 149,440 180,074
Total............................ 3,833,147 5,214,474 700,627 9,748,248
Grand total................... 31,905 5,552,078 7,648,449 1,435,287 14,696,129
a The expenses for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce are inclusive of the economic
expenses under the control of the Finance Department; the expenses in connection with Manchuria
and Korea and the expenses for handling of the war honors and allowances are excluded from the
ordinary expenses of the Department of Communications and put under the head of the economic
expenses of the Department.
some 27,780,000 yen was for the equipment expenses and some
8,360,000 yen forthe personnel expenses. The expenses for
the Navy were some 25,030,000 yen mostly for the equipment
purpose, of which over 11,120,000 yen were for the repletion
of units, some 4,I80,000 yen for the manufacture and repair
of arms, and some 6,o80,ooo yen for the construction and repair
of ships. The details are as follows:

MILITARY EXPENSES, I903-I908
1903-4 1904-5 I905-6 I906-7 1907-8 Total
War Office Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen
Personnel expenses................... 8,235,797 126,20I 8,361,998
Equipment expenses................. 19,366,794 8,418,800 27,785,494
Secret service money.............. I I8,ooo.... I I 8,ooo
Total............................. 27,720,591 8,544,001 36,265,592
Navy Department
Units completion expenses.......... 9,745,976 1,381,220 11,127,196
Expenses for manufacture
and repair of arms............... 3,481,853 703,95I 4,185,804
Expenses for construction
and repair of ships.............. 5,009,397 1,072,515 6,081,912
Expenses for maintenance of
units............................ 1,690,842 395,854 2,086,696
Miscellaneous expenses..... 20,990 115,002 49,048 1,372,741.... 1,557,782
Total.................. 20,990 115,002 49,048 21,300,809 3,553,541 25,039,390
Grand total............ 20,990 115,002 49,048 49,021,400 12,097,542 61,304,982
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