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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a sum, not exceeding £401,855 13s. 9d., be granted to His Majesty, to make good Excesses on certain Grants for Civil and Revenue Departments for the year ended 31st day of March, 1929:
| Amount to be Voted. | |||
| Class VIII. | £ | s. | d. |
| Vote 3. Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc. | 3,181 | 6 | 8 |
| Revenue Departments. | |||
| Vote 2. Inland Revenue | 398,674 | 7 | 1 |
| £401,855 | 13 | 9 |
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEI should explain that this belongs to the year 1928, but there was failure to bring before the House the necessary Supplementary Estimate for that period. The first item for the Royal Irish Constabulary pensions is precisely similar to the item which the Committee have just given me for the year 1929. This calculation was not realised until after the end of the financial year, and it was treated as an excess Vote. The sum of £398,674 arose through a curious thing. In the old days the salaries were paid on the first of the month. In the course of last year a change was effected of paying them on the last day of the month, and the result of that was that in the year ending on the 31st March, 1929, there were thirteen months' salaries paid instead of 12. There is no real substantial difference to the Exchequer.
§ Resolutions to be reported upon Thursday next; Committee to sit again Tomorrow.