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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 19, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 12.

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Navies of the World

According to the Navy Year Book recently issued, the following important figures are presented: For the year 1913 the seven leading world powers spent on their navies the sum of $797,948,900. Of this amount Great Britain spent $235,713,480, a per capita expenditure of about five dollars for all the inhabitants of the kingdom. The United States holds second rank, as spending the sum of $140,800,643, about $1.50 for every man, woman, and child in the country. The tonnage of the five greatest naval powers is given as follows: Great Britain, 2,591,291 tonnage. This includes vessels now building. Germany ranks second, with a tonnage of 1,228,208; the United States, 921,844; France, 876,155; Japan, 702,099.