| £ | |
| Total 1887–88 | 2,005,942 |
| Total 1888–89 | 1,723,338 |
| Decrease | 282,604 |
| Deduct,—Decrease of Automatic Services | 273,757 |
| Decrease of other Services | £8,847 |
| — | 1888–89. | 1887–88. | Increase. | Decrease. | CAUSE. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Royal Parks | 89,013 | 101,430 | — | 12,417 | Transfer of Battersea, Victoria and Kennington Parks to the Metropolitan Board of Works. Total amount transferred about £18,000 a-year, of which about £6,500 taken off Estimate of current year, and remainder next year. |
| Houses of Parliament | 46,940 | 55,635 | — | 8,695 | Less required for restoration of Westminster Hall and new drainage works. |
| Public Buildings | 130,629 | 142,255 | — | 11,626 | Completion of New National Gallery, transfer of Westminster Bridge to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and reduction in cost of maintenance of buildings. |
| Revenue Department Buildings | 238,514 | 208,627 | 29,887 | — | New Buildings for Postal and Telegraph Service. |
| Metropolitan Police Courts | 15,756 | 6,737 | 9,019 | — | On account for New Court at Dalston and improvements at Hammersmith. |
| Science and Art Buildings, Dublin | 42,500 | 30,000 | 12,500 | — | Greater progress will be made by the buildings next year. |
§ The increased amount required for Revenue Department Buildings is due to the very extensive additions which are now required for Postal and Telegraph accommodation to keep pace with the growth of business, especially as regards the Parcels Post, all over the United Kingdom: £114,000 is provided next year for the extension of buildings, which will require a further sum of £308,000 to complete them in future years; and a sum of £185,000 is also placed on the Post Office and Telegraph Estimates for the Purchase of sites and buildings.
§ Expenditure upon Prison Buildings is provided in the Estimates for the various Prison Departments.
§ Considerable sums have of recent years been expended in sanitary works, and although the heavier part of the cost has now been defrayed, above £8,000 is included in next year's Votes for this purpose in various Public Offices in London.
§ Upon the whole, the expenditure of a capital nature (as distinguished from the charges of maintenance) upon building operations proposed by the Government for next year in connection with the Civil and Revenue Departments amounts to £615,983, and in the current year to £573,321.