HC Deb 14 June 1892 vol 5 cc1146-52

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

(1.) That it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1891, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, namely:

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £96,021 4s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £266,410 9s. 9d., 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 £170,389 5s. 7d.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £110,717 12s. 11d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Nav Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £166,196 5s. 8d. 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 exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £55,478 12s. 9d.;
  3. (c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows, namely:—
£ s. d.
Total Surpluses 352,616 5 8
Total Deficits 126,748 7 4

(2.) That the Lords 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 so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Navy Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Navy Services.

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

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1890–91. 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 Estimt'd Receipts. Surpluses of Actual as compared with Estimt'd Receipts.
1. 2. 3. 4.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 … Wages, &c, of Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines … … 24,042 13 2 24,337 0 7
2 … Victualling and Clothing for the Navy … … 42,442 4 7 7,485 11 10
3 … Medical Establishments and Services … … … 3,537 7 0 611 12 4
4 … Martial Law … … … 1,610 5 11 11 12 9
5 … Educational Services … … 1,895 4 10 … 501 14 5
6 … Scientific Services … … 472 12 4 … 3,618 12 1
7 … Royal Navy Reserves … … 871 18 7 6 3 1
8 … Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c. …
Sec. 1 Personnel … 6,036 13 8 … 126 9 10
Sec. 2 Matériel … … 69,415 18 10 … … 38,048 19 2
Sec. 3 Contract Work … … 41,814 13 1 5,617 14 8
9 Naval Armaments … … 88,756 6 6 … 116,750 8 6
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs, at Home and Abroad … … … 41,535 10 2 … 7,164 13 0
11 … Miscellaneous Effective Services … … 18,187 8 10 … 1,099 4 9
12 … Admiralty Office … … 1,326 12 6 … 111 18 6
13 … Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay … … … 7,142 18 0 3,320 19 0
14 … Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances … … … … 799 4 8 5,055 5 0
15 … Civil Pensions and Gratuities … … … … 10,162 18 5 45 19 1
16 … Additional Naval Force for Service in Australasian Waters … 16 10 0 … 63,000 0 0
Amount to be written off as irrecoverable … 2,364 12 10
96,021 4 2 266,410 9 9 110,717 12 11 166,196 5 8
Net Surplus, £170,389 5 7 Net Surplus, 55,478 12 [...]
Net Surplus, £225,867 18 4

(4.) That it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1891, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, namely:—

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £104,337 19s. 1d., 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 £290,107 17s. 1d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended Schedule; so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Army Services fell short of the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £185,769 18s.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £38,723 15s. 8d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of the other Army Services exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £133,885 0s. 7d., as shown in Column No 4 of the said appended Schedule; 1150 so that the total actual receipts in aid of the Grants for Army Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £100,161 4s. 11;
  3. (c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows, namely:—
£ s. d.
Total Surpluses 416,519 13 11
Total Deficits 130,588 11 0"

(5.) That the Lords 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 so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Army Services as is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services."

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

Resolutions to be reported to-morrow.

[For Tabular Statement—see following page.]

SCHEDULE.
No. of Vote. Army Services, 1890–91. 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, &c, of Army (General Staff, Regiments, Reserve, and Departments) … … … … 126,781 14 4 … 126,303 7 8
2 Medical Establishment: Pay, &c. … … … … 11,433 13 10 82 16 0
3 Pay, &c., of Militia, Yeomanry, and Volunteer Corps … … … … 54,987 9 10 … 2,861 17 5
4 Transport and Remounts … 47,598 15 5 … 3,763 18 11
5 Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies, and Clothing Establishments, and Services … 599 11 7 … 12,453 7 2
6 Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair … 39,211 16 9 … 19,024 7 10
7 Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Superintending Establishment … … … 31,178 16 10 … 637 18 3
8 Military Educational Establishments: Pay and Miscellaneous Charges … 3,615 10 10 68 3 10
9 Miscellaneous Effective Services … … … 2,798 3 4 … 90 15 3
10 War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges 1,234 10 3 … … 12 11 0
11 Non-effective Charges for Officers, &c. … … … 45,685 12 10 6,366 7 4
12 Non-effective Charges for Men, &c. … … 18,956 11 11 … … 5,356 16 6
13 Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances … 9,953 3 4 … … 586 9 1
Balances irrecoverable and Claims abandoned. 405 5 1
104,337 19 1 290,107 17 1 38,723 15 8 138,835 0 7
Net Surplus, £185,769 18 0 Net Surplus, £100,161 4 11
Sum to be surrendered to the Exchequer, £285,931 2 11

House adjourned at ten minutes before Twelve o'clock.