§ MR. JOSEPH A. PEASE (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the amount of the estimated payments to the Local Taxation Accounts from Imperial Revenue for the year ending 31st March 1900; what is the estimated expenditure from Surplus Revenue, 1895–6, for naval works for the year ending 31st March 1900; what is the estimated expenditure from Surplus Revenue, 1897–8, for Military Works for the year ending 31st March 1900; what is the estimated expenditure from borrowed money during the year ending 31st March 1900 under The Barracks Act, 1890, Naval Works Acts, Uganda Railway Act, 1896, and Telegraph Acts, 1892, &c.; and, what is the estimated gross total of Imperial Expenditure for 1899–1900.
§ * SIR M. HICKS-BEACH
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£ For the year ending 31st March, 1900, the Estimated Payments from Imperial Revenue to Local Taxation Accounts are 9,393,000 The Estimated Expenditure from Surplus Revenue, 1895–96, for Naval Works is 768,000 The Estimated Expenditure from Surplus Revenue, 1896–97, for Military Works is 1,100,00
£ The Estimated Expenditure from borrowed money is: £ Under the Barracks Act, 1890, 195,000 Under the Naval Works Acts 982,000 Under the Uganda Railway Act, 1896 900,000 Under the Telegraph Acts, 1892, &c. 500,000 2,577,000 These figures added to the Estimated Expenditure, as shown in my Financial Statement, of 110,927,000 make a total of £124,765,000
§ MR. J. A. PEASEDoes this include anything for Supplementary Votes?
§ * SIR M. HICKS-BEACHIt is quite impossible to make an estimate of the Supplementary Votes until they are agreed to, but perhaps I may say that the estimates of the expenditure on naval and military works are always fallacious. No one can tell how much will be expended.