HC Deb 23 August 1889 vol 340 cc366-72

Read a second time, and committed for Monday next.

while the gross expenditure for othe Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total gum of £351,401 7s. 1d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule, so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Navy Services fell short of the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £151,938 19s. 8d.;

(b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £37,802 4s., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by £13,768 6s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule; so that the total actual receipts in aid of the Grants for Navy Services fell short of the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £24,033 17s. 1d.;

(c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses … 360,290 4 4
Total Deficits … 232,385 1 9

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1887–8, Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as comprd. with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as comprd. with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Wages, &c. to Seamen and Marines 14,710 8 1 2,004 6 3
2 Victuals and Clothing for ditto 16,604 15 4 33,290 6 9
3 Admiralty Office 283 17 8 1 12 5
4 Coast Guard Service and Naval Reserves, &c 15,296 18 0 1 4 9
6 Scientific Branch 2,443 17 11 595 11 7
6 Dockyards and Naval Yards at Home and Abroad 108,549 1 4 66 15 8
7 Victualling Yards ditto 226 18 0 15 13 7
8 Medical Establishments ditto 2,468 1 7 8 5 7
9 Marine Divisions 101 10 5 16 7 5
10 Sec. 1 Naval Stores 143,016 13 11 1,636 0 2
See 2 Machinery, Ships built by Contract, &c. 144,845 18 0 1,707 1 3
11 New Works, Buildings, Yard Machinery, &c. 36,013 2 11 2,269 11 9
12 Medicines and Medical Stores, &c. 5,741 15 1 1,469 8 5
13 Martial Law, &c. 1,510 0 8 12 0 8
14 Miscellaneous Services 12,896 3 5 1,805 17 2
15 Half Pay, &c. 7,080 15 3 51 12 8
16 Sec. 1 Military Pensions and Allowances 1,208 10 4 229 8 9
Sec. 2 Civil Pensions and Allowances 7,381 19 9 282 0 11
17 Army Department—Conveyance of Troops 21,776 9 5 6,119 5 1
Amount written off as irrecoverable 8,704 17 5
199,462 7 5 351,401 7 1 37,802 4 0 13,768 6 11
Net Surplus, £151,928 19 8 Net Deficit, £24,033 17 1
Sum to be surrendered to the Exchequer, £127,905 2s. 7d.

(2.) Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application, in reduction of the net charge on Exchequer Grants for certain Navy Services, of the whole of the sums received in excess of the estimated Appropriations in Aid, in respect of the same Services; and have also temporarily authorised the application of portion of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Navy Services towards meeting part of the said total deficits on other Grants for Navy Services.

(3.) Resolved, That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

(4.) Resolved, That it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1888, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

(a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £40,052 18s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Army Services fell short of the Estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £984,388 9s. 11d. as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule; so that the gross expenditure for the whole of the Army Services fell short of the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £944,285 11s. 9d.;

(b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £174,954 15s. 8d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Army Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £10,478 2s. as shown in Column No. 4 of the

SCHEDULE.
No of Vote. Army Services, 1887–8, Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 Pay of the General Staff, Regimental Pay, &c. 99,055 16 7 59,207 12 9
2 Divine Service 1,867 17 11 78 10 0
3 Administration of Military Law 601 12 6 72 18 7
4 Medical Establishments and Stores 9,098 12 4 704 4 3
5 Militia Pay and Allowances 44,275 4 2 222 8 7
6 Yeomanry Cavalry Pay and Allowances 2,523 10 4 53 19 2
7 Volunteer Corps Pay and Allowances 1,629 15 0 38 7 9
8 Army Reserve Force Pay and Allowances 17,645 19 1 701 5 0
9 Commissariat, Transport, and Ordnance Store Establishments 5,431 7 10 59 15 5
10 Provisions, Forage, Fuel, Transport, and other Services 100974 16 8 7,312 16 11
11 Clothing Establishments, Services, and Supplies 69 1 5 61,778 14 4
Carried forward 6,021 3 3 277,152 10 7 121,769 1 4 8,461 11 5

said appended Schedule; so that the total actual receipts in aid of the Grants for Army Services fell short of the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £164,476 13s. 8d.;

(c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses 841,629 11 8
Total Deficits 64,820 13 7

(5.) Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application, in reduction of the net charge on Exchequer Grants for certain Army Services, of the whole of the sums received in excess of the estimated appropriations in aid, in respect of the same Services, and have also temporarily authorised the application of portion of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Army Services towards meeting the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services.

(6.) Resolved, That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

SCHEDULE—continued.
No. of Vote. Army Services, 1887–8, Votes. Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiencies of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimated Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Brought forward 6,021 3 3 277152 10 7 121,769 1 4 8,461 11 5
12 Supply, Manufacture, and Repair of Warlike and other Stores 574647 14 8 1,083 11 2
13 Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad 13,545 9 2 30,275 5 0
14 Establishments for Military Education 6,774 19 7 728 18 1
15 Miscellaneous Effective Services 24,267 10 8 368 18 4
16 Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges of the War Office 34 6 4 34 11 7
17 Rewards for Distinguished Services 916 10 5 86 0 0
18 Half Pay 1,722 17 10
19 Retired Pay ֵ 49,441 2 3 19,984 7 6
20 Widows' Pensions 557 6 4 14 0 0
21 Pensions for Wounds 961 3 4 59 0 0
22 Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals 922 18 11 202 9 11
23 Out-Pensions 2,854 7 4 2,161 2 0
24 Superannuation Allowances 891 19 9 204 1 4
25 Militia, Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Corps, Retired Pay 1,333 13 1
Amount written off as irrecoverable 8,245 14 7
40,052 18 2 984,338 9 11 174,954 15 8 10,478 2 0
Net Surplus, £944,285 11 9 Net Deficit, £164,476 13 8
Sum to be surrendered to the Exchequer, £779,808 18 1

Resolutions to be reported To-morrow.

House adjourned at twenty minutes before Three o'clock.