HC Deb 15 September 1893 vol 17 cc1400-4

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

1. That it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1892, 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 £286,904 18s. 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 £324,957 19s. 6d., 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 £38,053 1s. 4d.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £165,583 19s. 11d., 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 a total sum of £64,581 15s. 7d., 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 £101,002 4s. 4d.;
  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 304,235 18 3
Total Deficits 367,185 1 3

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 deficit on other Grants for Navy Services.

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

[For Tabulated Statement See next page.]

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1891–92. 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 Wages, &c. of Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coastguard and Royal Marines … 38,938 4 8 63,963 6 3
2 Victualling and Clothing for the Navy 8,043 2 1 … 42,904 6 6
3 Medical Establishments and Services 6,875 0 1 … 728 3 11
4 Martial Law … 1,871 9 0 … 15 10 11
5 Educational Services … 4,385 4 3 … 798 4 3
6 Scientific Services … 3,051 8 1 470 19 7
7 Royal Naval Reserves 7,656 18 9 … … 33 6 5
8 Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c.:
Sec. 1 Personnel 16,339 16 7 … 5,040 18 5
Sec. 2 Matériel 196,966 9 3 … … 18,873 4 11
Sec. 3 Contract Work … 186,616 11 7 20,237 9 0
9 Naval Armaments … 41,159 13 3 … 38,365 19 6
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad … 39,137 6 6 … 6,456 12 1
11 Miscellaneous Effective Services 38,268 16 9 … 1,462 18 0
12 Admiralty Office … 2,421 13 9 … 38 17 6
13 Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay … 6,657 12 2 7,389 18 6
14 Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances 9,030 12 5 … 12,954 19 8
15 Civil Pensions and Gratuities … 718 16 3 93 0 1
16 Additional Naval Force for Service in Australasian Waters 22 0 0 … 10,338 0 0
Amount written off as irrecoverable 3,702 2 3
286,904 18 2 324,957 19 6 165,583 19 11 64,581 15 7
Net Surplus, £38,053 1 4 Net Deficit, £101,002 4 4
Net Deficit, £62,949 3 0 £860 12 4, net sum recovered from the Naval Defence Account, under 52 Vic, c. 8, s. 3 (2).
£62,088 10 8, Voted in 1892–93, Sess. Paper, No. 114, of 1893.
4. That it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1892, 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 £71,758 12s. 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 £81,979 9s. 10d., 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 £10,220 17s. 9d.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £5,434 4s. 7d., 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 £99,220 1s. 1d.,
SCHEDULE.
No. of Vote, Army Services, 1891–92. 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) 19,336 11 0 … … 13,270 13 2
2 Medical Establishments: Pay, &c … 9,835 13 11 392 8 6
3 Militia: Pay and Allowances … 1,661 9 1 … 2,161 9 8
4 Yeomanry Cavalry: Pay and Allowances … 1,380 18 1 1 3 4
6 Volunteer Corps: Pay and Allowances … 4,984 15 2 20 17 4
6 Transport and Remounts 32,779 12 10 … … 4,233 12 5
7 Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies 9,702 19 6 … … 4,214 3 8
8 Clothing Establishments, and Services … 162 18 5 … 20,857 1 5
9 Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair 3,295 2 2 … … 50,767 12 3
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Superintending Establishment … 28,884 4 10 … 3,461 19 4
11 Military Educational Establishments: Pay and Miscellaneous Charges … 3,270 1 3 2,585 9 8
12 Miscellaneous Effective Services … 29,977 14 4 270 1 2
13 War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges … 400 0 6 36 10 8
14 Non-effective Charges for Officers, &c … 1,029 0 2 853 16 0
15 Non-effective Charges for Men, &c 5,863 18 10 … 1,273 17 11
16 Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances … 392 14 1 … 253 9 2
Balances irrecoverable and Claims abandoned 780 7 9
71,758 12 1 81,979 9 10 5,434 4 7 99,220 1 1
Net Surplus, £10,220 17 9 Net Surplus, £93,785 16 6
Sum to be surrendered to the Exchequer, £104,006 14 3

Resolutions to be reported To-morrow.

as shown in Column No. 4 of the said appended Schedule; so that the total actual receipts in aid of the Grants for Army Services exceeded the total estimated receipts by the net sum of £93,785 16s. 6d.;

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

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses … 152,025 12 10
Total Deficits … 48,018 18 7

5. That the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorized 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.

House adjourned at twenty minutes before Three o'clock.