HC Deb 02 August 1898 vol 63 cc1016-9

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

"Resolved, 1. That it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1897, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz—(a) That the gross expenditure for certain Navy Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £346,604 6s. 4d., as shown in column No. 1 of the schedue hereto appended; while the gross expenditure for other Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £416,964 16s. 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 £70,360 10s. 5d.; (b) That the receipts in aid of certain Navy Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £57,377 10s. 2d., 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 £45,115 3s. 9d., 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 £12,262 6s. 5d.; (c) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses … 373,729 1 4
Total Deficits … 315,630 17 4
Net Surplus … £58,098 4 0

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Navy Services, 1896–97 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, etc., of Officers, Seamen and Boys, Coast Guard and Royal Marines … 32,718 16 8 … 5,957 6 7
2 … Victualling and Clothing for the Navy … 94,193 4 5 52,497 6 7
3 … Medical Establishments and Services … 10,620 8 0 … 872 4 6
4 … Martial Law 388 17 7 … … 29 11 2
5 … Educational Services … 2,317 19 7 2,190 0 1
6 … Scientific Services 402 4 1 … … 1,461 11 3
7 … Royal Naval Reserve … 23,708 16 0 … 68 3 0
8 … Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc.:—
Sec. 1 … Personnel 59,347 11 6 … 372 12 9
Sec. 2 … Materiel 248,633 2 1 … … 29,808 5 10
Sec. 3 … Contract Work … 92,769 11 4 … 319 0 5
9 … Naval Armaments … 14,793 12 7 … 3,951 7 8
10 … Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad … 142,328 14 3 … 424 14 11
11 … Miscellaneous Effective Services 22,697 14 0 … … 2,222 18 5
12 … Admiralty Office 1,195 16 10 … 478 0 7 …
13 … Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay … 3,513 13 11 200 13 0
14 … Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances 8,901 0 1 … 277 6 3
15 … Civil Pensions and Gratuities 2,460 9 4 … 83 10 11
16 … Additional Naval Force for Service in Australasian Waters 42 16 0 … 278 0 0
Amount written off as irrecoverable 2,534 14 10
346,604 6 4 416,964 16 9 57,377 10 2 45,115 3 9
Net Surplus, £70,360 10 5 Net Deficit, £12,262 6 5
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer … £58,098 4 0

"4. That it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1897, and the statement appended thereto, as follows—(a) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £125,621 0s. 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 £282,574 16s. 8d., as shown

"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. That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

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 £156,953 16s. 7d.; (b) That the receipts in aid of certain Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £28,324 12s. 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 £169,950 2s. 11d., 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 £141,625 10s. 4d.; (c) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Army Services and the met expenditure are as follows, viz.—

£ s. d.
Total Surpluses … 423,388 19 4
Total Deficits … 124,809 12 5
Net Surplus … £298,579 6 11

SCHEDULE.
Number of Vote. Army Services, 1896–97, 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, etc., of Army (General Staff, Regiments, Reserve, and Departments) 2,264 0 4 … … 12,936 19 2
2 … Medical Establishments: Pay, etc. … 4,563 14 3 … 165 11 6
3 … Militia: Pay and Allowances … 12,261 1 7 … 1,836 18 7
4 … Yeomanry Cavalry: Pay and Allowances 1,264 2 7 … 8 14 0
5 … Volunteer Corps: Pay and Allowances 6,121 4 6 … 31 2 6
6 … Transport and Remounts 72,864 18 11 … … 24,639 3 3
7 … Provisions, Forage and other Supplies … 27,681 10 4 … 11,595 3 4
8 … Clothing Establishments, and Services 14,075 4 9 … 24,410 19 5
9 … Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair … 199,552 8 0 … 105,396 3 10
10 … Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Staff for Engineer Services … 17,478 3 8 … 9,474 5 10
11 … Military Educational Establishments: Pay and Miscellaneous Charges 198 7 11 … … 2,135 0 2
12 … Miscellaneous Effective Services 5 5 10 … … 1,649 5 11
13 … War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous Charges … 4,674 4 6 … 121 11 4
14 … Non-effective Charges for Officers, etc. 24,421 5 6 … 1,728 18 9
15 … Non-effective Charges for Men, etc. … 16,363 14 4 2,029 2 11
16 … Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances 3,822 15 10 … 115 15 0
Balances irrecoverable 583 13 11
125,621 0 1 282,574 16 8 28,324 12 7 169,950 2 11
Net Surplus, £150,953 16 7 Net Surplus, £141,625 10 4
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer … £298,579 6 11

(Mr. Hanbury.)

Resolution to be reported this day.