HC Deb 30 August 1895 vol 36 cc1366-70

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

1. That it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1894, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £175,748 14s. 7d., as shown in Column No. 1 of the Schedule hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Navy Services fell short of the estimate 1367 of such expenditure by a total sum of £145,997 19s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended schedule, so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the Navy Services exceeded the gross estimated expenditure by the net sum of £29,750 15s. 5d.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £54,985 0s. 5d., 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 £18,289 4s. 4d., 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 £36,695 16s. 1d.;

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1893–94. 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, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines … 28,124 19 0 10,362 13 4
2 … Victualling and Clothing for the Navy 24,165 1 2 … 16,326 14 1
3 … Medical Establishments and Services 2,001 17 1 … 196 13 2
4 … Martial Law … 1,196 12 5 … 1 6 4
5 … Educational Services … 3,859 1 2 … 1,455 8 3
6 … Scientific Services … 359 7 10 … 617 7 5
7 … Royal Navy Reserves 7,007 4 7 … … 18 4 2
8 … Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &
Sec. 1 … Personnel 6,574 2 4 … 7,336 4 5
Sec. 2 … Material 66,683 12 7 … … 5,902 12 7
Sec.3 … Contract Work … 57,464 9 2 3,601 6 4
9 … Naval Armaments … 48,838 9 10 9,588 15 10
10 … Works, Buildings, and Repairs at Home and Abroad 8,150 17 6 … 3,041 2 2
11 … Miscellaneous Effective Services 29,418 3 4 … … 15 6 7
12 … Admiralty Office … 1,937 10 1 … 0 19 0
13 … Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay … 4,217 9 8, 1,519 7 2
14 … Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances 17,063 6 3 … 2,938 3 1
15 … Civil Pensions and Gratuities 2,151 3 3 … 74 0 10
16 … Additional Naval Force for Service in Australasian Waters 42 16 0 … … 10,278 0 0
Amount written off as irrecoverable 12,490 10 6
175,748 14 7 145,997 19 2 54,985 0 5 18,289 4 4
Net Deficit, £29,750 15 5 Net Deficit, £36,695 16 1
Total Deficit £66,446 11 6
Net sum due from the Naval Defence Account, under 52 Vic., c. 8, s. 3 (2) 16,927 2 4
Net Deficit, as voted by House of Commons £49,519 9 2

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

£. s. d.
Total Surpluses … 133,236 1 6
Total Deficits … 199,682 13 0

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 the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Navy Services towards meeting the said total deficits on ether Grants for Navy Services.

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

4. That it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1894, and the statement appended thereto, after the adjustment of charge of a sum of £2,657 6s. 9d., as follows, viz.:—

  1. (a.) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £66,768 19s. 9d., 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 £130,174 17s. 8d. 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 £63,405 17s. 11d.;
  2. (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £45,675 4s. l0d. 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 £46,806 11s. 2d.

SCHEDULE.
No. of Vote. Army Services, 1893–94. Votes Gross Expenditure. Appropriations in Aid.
Excesses of Actual over Estimated Gross Expenditure. Surpluses of Estimated over Actual Gross Expenditure. Deficiences 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) … 61,446 0 1 21,332 3 3
2 Medical Establishments: Pay, &c. l,766 9 0 … … 195 10 4
3 Militia: Pay and Allowances … 3,818 1 9 85 16 7
4 Yeomanry Cavalry: Pay and Allowances 1,757 9 3 … 9 9 0
5 Volunteer Corps: Pay and Allowances 16,237 8 5 … … 280 6 11
6 Transport and Remounts 23,692 4 4 … … 794 12 5
7 Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies … 732 19 0 … 13,997 16 6
8 Clothing Establishments, and Services 15,532 16 6 … … 6 8 1
9 Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair 741 19 2 … … 19,094 3 3
10 Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Superintending Establishment … 33,634 2 0 13,298 17 7
11 Military Educational Establishments: Pay and Miscellaneous Charges … 4,060 1 1 10,948 15 1
12 Miscellaneous Effective Services … 5,689 18 1 … 1,039 19 1
13 War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges … 3,168 15 9 0 3 4
14 Non-effective Charges for Officers, &c. … 11,500 16 1 … 7,074 4 6
15 Non-effective Charges for Men, &c. … 6,124 3 10 … 4,297 1 6
16 Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances 6,106 6 0 … … 26 8 7
Balances irrecoverable 934 7 1
66,768 19 9 130,174 17 8 45,675 4 10 46,806 11 2
Net Surplus, £63,406 17 11 Net Surplus, £1,131 6 4
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer, £64,537 4 3.

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 £1,131 6s. 4d.;

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

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses … 136,159 1 6
Total Deficits … 71,621 17 3

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.