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Resolutions reported:
I. Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1939, that the aggregate Expenditure on Army Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services and that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the net surplus of the Exchequer Grants for Army Services over the net Expenditure is £838,468 15s. 5d., namely:
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Total Surpluses | … | 3,588,962 | 14 | 7 |
| Total Deficits | … | 2,750,493 | 19 | 2 |
| Net Surplus | … | £838,468 | 15 | 5 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Army Services as is necessary to make good the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services."
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"That the application of such sums be sanctioned."
[For details of Schedule see OFFICIAL REPORT, 26th June, 1940; cols. 531–2, Vol. 362.]
II. Whereas it appears by the Air Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1939, that the aggregate Expenditure on Air Services has not exceeded the
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aggregate sums appropriated for those Services and that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the net surplus of the Exchequer Grants for Air Services over the net Expenditure is £72,181 10s. 1d., namely:
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Total Surpluses | … | 1,005,621 | 15 | 7 |
| Total Deficits | … | 933,440 | 5 | 6 |
| Net Surplus | … | £172,181 | 10 | 1 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Air Services as is necessary to make good the said total deficits on other Grants for Air Services."
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That the application of such sums be sanctioned.
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[For details of Schedule see OFFICIAL REPORT, 26th June, 1940; cols. 533–4; W. 362.]
§ Resolutions agreed to.
§ The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.