§ (In the Committee.)
§ (1.) £2,000,000, on account, Wages, &c. to Seamen and Marines.
250§ MR. HUNTrose to make an appeal to hon. Gentlemen to allow a Vote of Credit for the year ending the 31st of March, 1875, to be taken without requiring him to make the usual statement with regard to the Navy Estimates. His right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury had explained the other day in detail the great difficulty the Government would experience in getting the financial business through during the financial year, and it was only by the indulgence of the House it could possibly be done. It was not in his power to make his statement to the House now, nor would it be before Easter. Therefore, he ventured to deprecate on this occasion anything which would lead to a discussion on the Navy Estimates. He was aware that many hon. Friends on his own side were anxious to have a debate now, but he would earnestly beg of them to pass a Vote of Credit for £2,000,000 without discussion.
§ MR. GOSCHENsaid, the Committee must feel that the request made by the right hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty was a reasonable one, and, under the circumstances, he trusted they would not be disposed to enter upon any debate now on the Navy Estimates. It would be quite impossible for the right hon. Gentleman at the head of the Admiralty to make a satisfactory statement on this occasion. He trusted, therefore, that hon. Members on that (the Opposition) side of the House would fall in with the right hon. Gentleman's views.
§ Vote agreed to.
§ (2.) £2,000,000, on account, Pay and Allowances Land Forces at Home and Abroad.
MR. GATHORNE HARDY, in moving a similar Vote of Credit on account of the Army Estimates, said, that he hoped to make the usual statement on Monday, though it was impossible to say at present, whether he should have an opportunity of doing so.
§ Vote agreed to.
§ (3.) That a sum, not exceeding £1,886,600, be granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the Charge for the following Civil Services, to the 31st day of March 1875: viz.
| Class I. | |
| Great Britain:— | £ |
| Royal Palaces | 6,000 |
| Royal Parks | 18,000 |
| Public Buildings | 25,000 |
| Furniture of Public Offices | 2,400 |
| Houses of Parliament | 5,000 |
| New Home and Colonial Offices | 7,000 |
| Sheriff Court Houses, Scotland | 2,400 |
| National Gallery Enlargement | 5,000 |
| Industrial Museum, Edinburgh | 1,000 |
| Burlington House | 2,000 |
| Post Office and Inland Revenue Buildings | 23,000 |
| British Museum Buildings | 1,000 |
| County Courts | 8,000 |
| Science and Art Department | 1,600 |
| Survey of the United Kingdom | 22,000 |
| Harbours of Refuge | 1,500 |
| Portland Harbour | — |
| Metropolitan Eire Brigade | 1,700 |
| Rates on Government Property | 6,000 |
| Wellington Monument | 100 |
| Natural History Museum | 15,000 |
| Metropolitan Police Courts | 4,000 |
| New Courts of Justice, &c. | 13,000 |
| Ramsgate Harbour | 100 |
| New Palace at Westminster—Acquisition of Lands, &c. | 1,700 |
| Ireland:— | |
| Public Buildings | 29,000 |
| Abroad:— | |
| Lighthouses Abroad | 3,000 |
| Embassy Houses and Consular Buildings | 14,000 |
| Class II. | |
| England:— | |
| House of Lords, Offices | 7,500 |
| House of Commons, Offices | 8,000 |
| Treasury and Subordinate Departments | 9,500 |
| Home Office and Subordinate Departments | 14,000 |
| Foreign Office | 10,000 |
| Colonial Office | 5,400 |
| Privy Council Office and Subordinate Departments | 5,000 |
| Board of Trade and Subordinate Departments | 18,000 |
| Privy Seal Office | 500 |
| Charity Commission | 3,300 |
| Civil Service Commission | 3,300 |
| Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commission | 3,000 |
| Inclosure and Drainage Acts Expenses | 1,500 |
| Exchequer and Audit Department | 6,500 |
| Friendly Societies, Registrars of | 400 |
| Local Government Board | 60,000 |
| Lunacy Commission | 2,500 |
| Mint | 8,500 |
| National Debt Office | 3,000 |
| Patent Office | 3,500 |
| Paymaster General's Office | 3,500 |
| Public Record Office | 3,500 |
| Public Works Loan Commission | 800 |
| Register Office, General | 7,000 |
| Stationery Office and Printing | 73,000 |
| Woods, Forests, &c, Office of | 4,000 |
| Works and Public Buildings, Office of | 7,000 |
| Secret Service | 4,000 |
| Scotland:— | |
| Exchequer and other Offices | 1,000 |
| Fishery Board | 2,000 |
| Lunacy Commission | 1,000 |
| Register Office, General | 1,000 |
| Board of Supervision | 3,000 |
| Ireland:— | |
| Lord Lieutenant's Household | 1,000 |
| Chief Secretary's Office | 4,000 |
| Boundary Survey | 100 |
| Charitable Donations and Bequests Office | 400 |
| Local Government Board | 18,000 |
| Public Record Office | 1,000 |
| Public Works Office | 4,500 |
| Register Office, General | 4,000 |
| Class III. | |
| England:— | |
| Law Charges | 8,500 |
| Criminal Prosecutions | 31,000 |
| Court of Chancery | 28,500 |
| Common Law Courts | 12,000 |
| Court of Bankruptcy | 7,500 |
| County Courts | 71,000 |
| Probate Court | 15,000 |
| Admiralty Court Registry | 2,000 |
| Land Registry Office | 1,000 |
| Police Courts, London and Sheerness | 2,500 |
| Metropolitan Police | 39,000 |
| County and Borough Police, Great Britain | 62,000 |
| Convict Establishments in England and the Colonies | 77,000 |
| County Prisons, Great Britain | 17,000 |
| Reformatories and Industrial Schools, Great Britain | 55,000 |
| Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum | 5,000 |
| Miscellaneous Legal Charges | 3,000 |
| Scotland:— | |
| Criminal Proceedings | 11,500 |
| Courts of Law and Justice | 10,000 |
| Register House Departments | 5,000 |
| Prisons | 4,000 |
| Ireland:— | |
| Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions | 13,000 |
| Court of Chancery | 7,000 |
| Common Law Courts | 4,500 |
| Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency | 1,400 |
| Landed Estates Court | 2,000 |
| Probate Court | 2,000 |
| Admiralty Court Registry | 400 |
| Registry of Deeds | 2,500 |
| Registry of Judgments | 500 |
| Dublin Metropolitan Police | 22,000 |
| Constabulary | 177,000 |
| Government Prisons | 7,000 |
| County Prisons and Reformatories | 15,000 |
| Dnndrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum | 1,000 |
| Four Courts Marshalsea Prison | 300 |
| Miscellaneous Legal Charges | 11,000 |
| Class IV. | |
| Great Britain:— | |
| Public Education | 226,000 |
| Science and Art Department | 46,000 |
| British Museum | 17,000 |
| National Gallery | 1,000 |
| National Portrait Gallery | 300 |
| Learned Societies | 2,000 |
| University of London | 1,500 |
| Endowed Schools Commission | 1,500 |
| Scotland:— | |
| Public Education | 35,000 |
| Board of Education | 1,000 |
| Universities, &c. in Scotland | 3,000 |
| National Gallery, Scotland | 300 |
| Ireland:— | |
| Public Education | 91,000 |
| Commissioners of Education (Endowed Schools) | 100 |
| National Gallery | 400 |
| Royal Irish. Academy | 300 |
| Queen's University | 600 |
| Queen's Colleges | 700 |
| Class V. | |
| Diplomatic Services | 42,000 |
| Consular Services | 41,000 |
| Colonies, Grants in Aid | 7,000 |
| Orange River Territory and St. Helena | 600 |
| Slave Trade, Commissions for Suppressions of | — |
| Tonnage Bounties, &c. | 2,000 |
| Emigration | 1,000 |
| Treasury Chest | 3,000 |
| Class VI. | |
| Superannuation and Retired Allowances | 71,000 |
| Merchant Seamen's Fund Pensions, &c. | 6,500 |
| Relief of Distressed British Seamen | 5,000 |
| Hospitals and Infirmaries, Ireland | 3,000 |
| Miscellaneous Charitable Allowances, &c. Great Britain | 1,000 |
| Miscellaneous Charitable Allowances, &C. Ireland | 1,000 |
| Class VII. | |
| Temporary Commissions | 3,500 |
| Deep Sea Exploring Expedition | 500 |
| Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,000 |
| £1,886,600 |
§ (4.) That a sum, not exceeding £1,256,000, be granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the Charge for the following Revenue Departments to the 31st day of March 1875: viz.—
| £ | |
| Customs | 170,000 |
| Inland Revenue | 280,000 |
| Post Office | 480,000 |
| Post Office Packet Service | 166,000 |
| Post Office Telegraphs | 160,000 |
| £1,256,000 |
§ House resumed.
§ Resolutions to be reported To-morrow; Committee to sit again upon Wednesday.