§ Resolutions reported.
§ Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1905, 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 £415,439 18s. 8d., 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 £449,539 13s. 7d., 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 £34,099 14s. 11d.
- (b) That the receipts in aid of certain Grants for Navy Services fell short of the total estimated receipts by the sum of £80,479 6s. 10d., 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 £76,198 8s. 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 £4,280 18s. 1d.
- (c) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer Grants for Navy Services and the net expenditure are as follows, viz.:—
£ | s. | d. | |
Total Surpluses | 455,107 | 18 | 8 |
Total Deficits | 425,289 | 1 | 10 |
Net Surplus | £29,818 | 16 | 10 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His 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 Appropriation-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 871 is necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Navy Services.
Schedule | ||||||||||||||
Number of Vote. | Navy Services, 1904–5. 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 | 67,474 | 12 | 8 | — | 27,310 | 2 | 9 | — | |||||
2 | Victualling and Clothing for the Navy | — | 4,869 | 8 | 7 | — | 13,109 | 9 | 4 | |||||
3 | Medical Establishments and Services | — | 11,525 | 9 | 9 | 1,689 | 19 | 2 | — | |||||
4 | Martial Law | — | 1,094 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 10 | — | |||||
5 | Educational Services | — | 12,944 | 6 | 2 | — | 3,310 | 8 | 11 | |||||
6 | Scientific Services | 4,167 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 8,634 | 10 | 5 | |||||
7 | Royal Naval Reserves | — | 26,290 | 0 | 8 | 669 | 9 | 2 | — | |||||
8 | Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, &c.: | |||||||||||||
Sec. 1 | Personnel | — | 23,824 | 18 | 8 | — | 803 | 14 | 6 | |||||
Sec. 2 | Materiel | 224,212 | 8 | 9 | — | — | 26,823 | 8 | 1 | |||||
Sec. 3 | Contract Work | — | 279,759 | 11 | 0 | 37,273 | 4 | 9 | — | |||||
9 | Naval Armaments | — | 11,028 | 19 | 9 | — | 19,155 | 8 | 7 | |||||
10 | Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad | — | 78,202 | 1 | 1 | — | 4,367 | 19 | 8 | |||||
11 | Miscellaneous Effective Services | 82,354 | 11 | 5 | — | 3,912 | 19 | 0 | — | |||||
12 | Admiralty Office | 1,751 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 3 | |||||
13 | Half-Pay, Reserved and Retired Pay | 5,584 | 1 | 3 | — | 4,103 | 10 | 6 | — | |||||
14 | Naval and Marine Pensions, Gratuities, and Compassionate Allowances. | 5,604 | 12 | 10 | — | 5,436 | 16 | 9 | — | |||||
15 | Civil Pensions and Gratuities | 22,235 | 13 | 11 | — | 79 | 6 | 11 | — | |||||
Amount written off as irrecoverable | 2,054 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | ||||||||
415,439 | 18 | 8 | 449,539 | 13 | 7 | 80,479 | 6 | 10 | 76,198 | 8 | 9 | |||
Net Surplus, £34,099 14 11 | Net Deficit, £4,280 18 1 |
§ Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March 1905, and the statement appended thereto, as follows, viz.:—
- (a) That the gross expenditure for certain Army Services exceeded the estimate of such expenditure by a total sum of £256,367 3s. 3d., 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 £365,574 5s. 6d., 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 estimate expenditure by the net sum of£109,207 2s. 3d.
- (b) That the receipts in aid of certain
§ 1. "That the application of such sums be sanctioned."
§ Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £8,475 7s. 10d., 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 £383,643 16s. 2d., 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 £375,168 8s. 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 | 701,636 | 8 | 5 |
Total Deficits | 217,260 | 17 | 10 |
Net Surplus | £484,375 | 10 | 7 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His 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 Appropriation-in-Aid in respect of the same Services, and have also temporarily authorised the applica-
Schedule | |||||||||||||
Number of Vote. | Army Services, 1904–1905. 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, &c., of Army (General Staff, Regiments, Reserve, and Departments) | — | 166,856 | 6 | 11 | — | 7,751 | 1 | 11 | ||||
2 | Medical Establishments: Pay, &c. | — | 223 | 19 | 2 | — | 5,037 | 6 | 7 | ||||
3 | Militia: Pay, Bounty, &c. | — | 58,279 | 1 | 9 | 2,527 | 15 | 9 | — | ||||
4 | Imperial Yeomanry: Pay and Allowances | — | 46,175 | 10 | 3 | — | 770 | 11 | 2 | ||||
5 | Volunteer Corps: Pay and Allowances | 12,562 | 16 | 5 | — | — | 567 | 5 | 8 | ||||
6 | Transport and Remounts | — | 2,777 | 12 | 6 | — | 269,809 | 12 | 1 | ||||
7 | Provisions, Forage, and other Supplies | 115,062 | 16 | 11 | — | — | 15,128 | 14 | 8 | ||||
8 | Clothing Establishments, and Services | — | 22,939 | 19 | 10 | — | 1,968 | 3 | 8 | ||||
9 | Warlike and other Stores: Supply and Repair | 10,285 | 12 | 6 | — | — | 31,117 | 2 | 3 | ||||
10 | Works, Buildings, and Repairs: Cost, including Staff for Engineer Services | — | 33,771 | 18 | 3 | — | 22,350 | 11 | 8 | ||||
11 | Establishments for Military Education | 2,211 | 14 | 11 | — | 4,527 | 10 | 8 | — | ||||
12 | Miscellaneous Effective Services | 7,617 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 2,647 | 11 | 9 | ||||
13 | War Office: Salaries and Miscellaneous | 39,458 | 7 | 8 | — | 1,357 | 7 | 8 | — | ||||
14 | Non-effective Charges for Officers, &c. | — | 24,735 | 1 | 8 | — | 10,133 | 15 | 7 | ||||
15 | Non-effective Charges for Men, &c. | 35,675 | 15 | 9 | — | — | 16,361 | 19 | 2 | ||||
16 | Civil Superannuation, Compensation, and Compassionate Allowances | — | 4,814 | 15 | 2 | 62 | 13 | 9 | — | ||||
Balances irrecoverable | 33,492 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | |||||||
256,367 | 3 | 3 | 365,574 | 5 | 6 | 8,475 | 7 | 10 | 383,643 | 16 | 2 | ||
Net Surplus, £109,207 2 3 | Net Surplus, £375,168 8 4 |
Surplus surrendered to the Exchequer | … | £484,375 | 10s. | 7d. |
§ Resolutions read a second time.
§ [First Resolution agreed to.]
§ Second Resolution:
874§ tion 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.
§ 2. "That the application of such sums be sanctioned."
§ Motion made, and Question put, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 156; Noes, 11. (Division List No. 298.)
875AYES. | ||
Acland, Francis Dyke | Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight | Barran, Rowland Hirst |
Alden, Percy | Barlow, Percy (Bedford) | Beaumont, W. C. B. (Hexham) |
Armitage, R. | Barnard, E. B. | Beck, A. Cecil |
Benn,W.(T'W'r Hamlets,S.Geo. | Healy, Timothy Michael | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
Bertram, Julius | Hedges, A. Paget | Price, C.E.(Edinburgh,Central) |
Billson, Alfred | Helme, Norval Watson | Radford, G. H. |
Bottomley, Horatio | Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Rainy, A. Holland |
Roulton, A. C. F. (Ramsey) | Higham, John Sharp | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
Brace, William | Hobart, Sir Robert | Renton, Major Leslie |
Bryce, J.A.(Inverness Burghs) | Hope, W. Bateman(Somerset,N. | Richards,Thomas (W.Monm'th |
Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Horniman, Emslie John | Rickett, J. Compton |
Burnyeat, W. J. D. | Illingworth, Percy H. | Robertson, J. M. (Tyneside) |
Byles, William Pollard | Johnson, W. (Nuneaton) | Robinson, S. |
Cairns, Thomas | Jones,William (Carnarvonshire | Russell, T. W. |
Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Kekewich, Sir George | Samuel, Herbert L.(Cleveland) |
Clough, W. | King, Alfred John (Knutsford) | Scott,A.H.(Ashton under Lyne |
Coats,Sir T.Glen(Renfrew, W.) | Limb, Ernest H. (Rochester) | Seaverns, J. H. |
Cobbold, Felix Thornley | Lambert, George | Shackleton, David James |
Condon, Thomas Joseph | Lamont, Norman | Shaw, Rt. Hon. T.(Hawick B.) |
Corbett,C.H.(Sussex,E.Grinst'd | Leese,Sir Joseph F.(Accrington | Sheehy, David |
Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Lever,A.Levy (Essex,Harwich) | Shipman, Dr. John G. |
Cowan, W. H. | Levy, Maurice | Silcock, Thomas Ball |
Cox, Harold | Lewis, John Herbert | Simon, John Allsebrook |
Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) | Lough, Thomas | Smeaton, Donald Mackenzie |
Cullinan, J. | Lundon, W. | Smyth, Thomas F.(Leitrim, S.) |
Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Lupton, Arnold | Stanley,Hn. A. Lyulph (Chesh.) |
Duckworth, James | Lyell, Charles Henry | Strachey, Sir Edward |
Dunn, A. Edward (Camborne) | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon) |
Dunne,Major E.Martin(Walsall | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S. | Stuart, James (Sunderland) |
Edwards, Clement (Denbigh) | MacVeigh,Charles (Donegal,E.) | Sullivan, Donal |
Edwards, Frank (Radnor) | M'Kenna, Reginald | Sutherland, J. E. |
Elibank, Master of | M'Killop, W. | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
Everett, R. Lacey | Mansfield, H. Randall (Lincoln) | Thomas,Sir A.(Glamorgan, E.) |
Fenwick, Charles | Marks, G.Croydon (Launceston) | Thompson, J.W.H.(Somerset,E |
Ferens, T.R. | Menzies, Walter | Tomkinson, James |
Ferguson, R. C. Munro | Micklem, Nathaniel | Toulmin, George |
Fiennes, Hon. Eustace | Mond, A. | Verney, F. W. |
Findlay, Alexander | Montagu, E. S. | Walsh, Stephen |
Flavin, Michael Joseph | Montgomery, H. G. | Watt, H. Anderson |
Fuller, John Michael F. | Mooney, J. J. | White, George (Norfolk) |
Gill, A. H. | Morgan, G. Hay (Cornwall) | White, J. D. (Dumbartonshire) |
Gladstone,Rt.Hn. Herbert John | Morse, L. L. | Whitehead, Rowland |
Glendinning, R. G. | Murphy, John | Whitley, J. H. (Halifax) |
Glover, Thomas | Nicholls, George | Williams, J. (Glamorgan) |
Goddard, Daniel Ford | Nicholson,CharlesN.(Doncast'r | Williams,Llewelyn(Carmarth'n |
Griffith, Ellis J. | Nolan, Joseph | Wilson, Henry J. (York, W.R.) |
Gulland, John W. | Norman, Henry | Wilson, J.W.(Worcestersh, N.) |
Hardie,J.Keir(Merthyr Tydvil) | Norton, Capt. Cecil William | Winfrey, R. |
Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) | O'Brien,Kendal(Tipperary Mid | |
Haslam, Lewis (Monmouth) | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES—Mr. |
Haworth, Arthur A. | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | Whiteley and Mr. J. A. |
Hayden, John Patrick | O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) | Pease. |
Hazel, Dr. A. E. | O'Grady, J. | |
Hazleton, Richard | O'Mara, James | |
NOES. | ||
Arkwright, John Stanhope | Hill,Henry Staveley (Staff'sh.) | Thomson,W. Mitchell-(Lanark) |
Banbury;Sir Frederick George | Marks, H. H. (Kent) | |
Forster, Henry William | Pease,Herbert Pike(Darlington | TELLERS FOR THE NOES—Sir |
Gibbs, G. A. (Bristol, West) | Sloan, Thomas Henry | George Doughty and Mr. |
Gordon, J.(Londonderry,South | Starkey, John R. | Claude Hay. |
Bill read a second time, and committed for to-morrow.