| £ | |
| Total 1887–88 | 121,578 |
| Total 1888–89 | 72,527 |
| Decrease | £49,051 |
| — | 1888–89. | 1887–88. | Increase. | Decrease. | — |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Public Works and Industries, Ireland | 26,000 | 50,000 | — | 24,000 | Partly a re-vote of the Special Grant which will not all be spent in the Current Year. |
| Adelaide Exhibition | — | 2,650 | — | 25,719 | |
| Celebration of the Jubilee. | — | 17,000 | — | Special Services in the Current Year. | |
| Repayments to Civil Contingencies Fund | — | 6,069 | — |
§ (3.) Some improvements have been made this Session in the arrangement of the Civil Estimates, principally in the description of Sub-heads, in order to secure greater uniformity of grouping similar services in different Votes. This has involved some transfer of items, but not of sufficient consequence to notice in detail. Notes have also been added to every Vote, showing the amounts provided in other Votes, or charged on the Consolidated Fund, in connection with the same service. By this arrangement the total estimated charge of each service can now be ascertained.
§ The principle of appropriation of Extra Receipts in aid of the Votes which has been for some years adopted in the case of the Army and Navy Estimates, 478 479 has only, as yet, been adopted to a limited extent in the Civil Service Estimates. But in some special cases, such as when a new service is placed upon the Votes by Act of Parliament, and provision is, at the same time, made by the Act for repayment of the expenses of administration by fees or otherwise, the receipts are then taken in aid of the Vote. The expenses incurred under the Extraordinary Tithe Redemption Act of last Session, under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts and others, have been dealt with in this manner; also the contributions of India and the Colonies to the cost of the Packet Service.
§ Revenue Departments.
§ (4.) The Estimates for the Customs and Inland Revenue necessarily depend rather upon the nature than upon the amount of the Revenue to be collected. They have been in course of reduction for several years. Those of the Post Office may be expected to steadily grow as the business increases.