Within the British cabinet supplied W.S.C. on 9 May 1914 remarks of the Admiralty dated 6 May dealing with the Austro-Hungarian naval programme. Source were the original estimates (1 July 1914-30 June 1915 published by the Austro-Hungarian Press), handed over to the Delegations of both countries on 28 April 1914. Under the naval programme was 166,667 pound sterling estimated for developing the ‘flying service’ to be divided over 4 years, in the first budget year 20,833 pound sterling. There were around 80 seaplanes to be acquired and further more a series of stations to be estbalished.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB 37-119-5
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