§ SIR CHARLES DILKEI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what is now the Estimate of expenditure in the present financial year, and what the Estimate for the next financial 1360 year of the Expenditure on Capital Account by the Admiralty and the War Office under the Naval Works Acts, the Military Works Acts, or otherwise, in addition to any sums repaid by annuities charged on Estimates.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.The amounts issued on Capital Accounts in 1900–1, which may be taken to represent probable expenditure, are as follows—
It is not yet known what the expenditure is likely to be next year, nor could I make myself responsible for an Estimate for it.
£ 1. To the Admiralty, for Naval Works 2,135,000 2. To the War Office, for Military Works 1,200,000 £3,335,000 To this must be added the Charge for Annuities paid in respect of Loans under the old Barracks Act 286,000 £3,621,000