Aug. 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 Navy Services, of the whole of the sums

received in excess of the estimated Appropriations-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 is

necessary to cover the said total deficits on other Grants for Navy Services.

1. Resolved, That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

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Surpluses

of Actual as

compared with

Estimated

Receipts.

4.

Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year

ended the 31st day of March, 1902, 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 £4,796,909 14s. 11d., 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 £2,923,978 7s. 2d., as shown in Column No. 2 of the said appended

Schedule; so that the gross actual expenditure for the whole of the

Army Services exceeded the gross estimated expenditure by the net.

sum of £1,872,931 7s. 9d.; (b.) That the receipts in aid of certain

Army Services fell short of the estimate of such receipts by a total

sum of £235,231 13s. 6d., as shown in Column No. 3 of the said

appended Schedule; while the receipts in aid of other Army Services

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Number of Vote.

exceeded the estimate of such receipts by a total sum of £2,362,289

3s. 8d., 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 £2,127,057

10s. 2d.; (c.) That the resulting differences between the Exchequer

Grants for Army Services and the net expenditure are as follows,

viz. :-

Total Surpluses

Total Deficits

£ S. d.

3,773,058 9 4

3,518,932 6 11

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And whereas by a Vote of Parliament during the present Session (House

of Commons Paper, No. 255, of 1903) a further sum of £100 has been

granted for the expenditure of the year 1901-2, and the appropriation

of additional receipts in aid of such expenditure has been sanctioned

to the amount of £1,872,831 7s. 9d.

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 cover

the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services.

2. Resolved, That the application of such sums be sanctioned.

£ S. d.

689,068 5 6

99,267 3 7

£ 8. d.

£ 8. d.

227,385 3 1

8. d.

2,770 9 3

2,285,301 19 3

1,506,875 16 0

..

Supply and

1,168,151 11

79,147 18 4

378,456 18 6

33,895 11

066

1,275 12 7

168,046 2 7

0

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Aug. 7.]

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Military Works Bill.-Read the third time, and passed

...

Public Buildings Expenses Bill.-Read a second time, and committed for

Monday next

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SUPPLY [3RD AUGUST, EVENING SITTING].

Resolutions reported.

ARMY ESTIMATES, 1903-4.

1. "That a sum, not exceeding £530,000, be granted to His Majesty,

to defray the charge for the pay, etc., of the medical establishment,

and for Medicines, etc., which will come in course of payment during

the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1904."

2. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,838,000, be granted to His Majesty,

to defray the charge for transport and remounts, which will come in

course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,

1904."

3. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,822,000, be granted to His Majesty, to

defray the charge for clothing establishments and services, which will

come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of

March, 1904."

CIVIL SERVICES AND REVENUE DEPARTMENTS (SUPPLEMENTARY) ESTIMATES,

1903-4.-CLASS VII.

4. "That a sum, not exceeding £8,000, be granted to His Majesty, to

defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the

year ending on the 31st day of March, 1904, for a grant in aid of the

expenses incurred in connection with the visit of the President of the

French Republic in England, in July, 1903."

5. "That a sum, not exceeding £123,334, be granted to His Majesty, to

defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the

year ending on the 31st day of March, 1904, for the Ireland Develop

ment Grant (Grant-in-Aid).

ARMY (EXCESSES), 1901-2.

6. "That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to make

good excesses of Army expenditure beyond the grants, for the year

ending on the 31st day of March, 1902.'

Resolutions read a second time.

First two Resolutions agreed to.

Third Resolution postponed.

Subsequent Resolutions agreed to.

Postponed Resolution to be considered upon Monday next...

Public Works Loans Bill.-Read the third time, and passed...

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Bill [LORDS].-Considered in Com-

mittee, and reported, without Amendment; to be read the third time upon

Monday next

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527

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Isle of Man (Customs) Bill.-Considered in Committee, and reported,

without Amendment; to be read the third time upon Monday next

Sheep Scab Bill.-As amended (by the Standing Committee), considered;

to be read the third time upon Monday next

Burgh Police (Scotland) Bill.--As amended (by the Standing Committee),

considered; Bill read the third time, and passed

Town Councils (Scotland) Bill.-As amended (by the Standing Committee),

considered; Bill read the third time, and passed

....

Marriages Legalisation Bill.-As amended, considered; Bill read the third

time, and passed

...

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Greenwich Hospital.-Resolved, That the Statement of the estimated ex-

penditure of Greenwich Hospital and of Travers' Foundation for the year

1903-4 be approved.-(Mr. Pretyman.)

ADJOURNMENT.-Resolved, That this House, at the rising of the House this

day, do adjourn till Monday next.-(Sir A. Acland-Hood.)

Whereupon, in pursuance of the Order of the House of the 28th day of

July, Mr. SPEAKER adjourned the House without Question put.

next.

Adjourned at ten minutes before Three o'clock a.m. till Monday

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HOUSE OF LORDS: MONDAY, 10TH AUGUST, 1903.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

Croydon and District Electric Tramways Bill.-Read 3, with the Amend-

ments, and passed, and returned to the Commons

Bradford Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Bury and District Joint Water Board

Bill [H.L.); Preston, Chorley, and Horwich Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Salford

Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Shropshire and Worcestershire Electric Power Bill

[H-Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments

PETITIONS.

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... 529

ARMY. Petition against putting any part of the cost of troops in South Africa

on the Indian Revenue; of Indians resident in London, etc.; read, and

ordered to lie on the Table

HIS HIGHNESS MAHENDRA MAHARAZA MADHAVA SINGH.-Petition for redress

of grievances; of His Highness Mahendra Maharaza Madhava Singh, de jure

Ruling Chief of Panna, in Central India; read, and ordered to lie on the

Table

...

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529

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

TRADE REPORTS,

ANNUAL SERIES-No. 3056. France (Lyons, St. Etienne, and

Grenoble); No. 3057. Portugal (Madeira)

MISCELLANEOUS SERIES.-No. 595. Report on the German Veterinary

High Schools

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Aug. 10.]

SECONDARY EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).-Report for the year 1903, by Sir Henry

Craik, K.C.B.

...

COLONIAL CONFERENCE, 1902.-Correspondence relating to the proposed publi-

cation of the Report of the proceedings of the Colonial Conference in

London in 1902...

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... 529

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.-Statistics of proceedings under the Workmen's

Compensation Acts, 1897 and 1900, and the Employers' Liability Act, 1880,

during the year 1902 ...

COAL SUPPLIES (ROYAL COMMISSION).-First Report of the Commissioners

appointed to inquire into the subject of the coal resources of the United

Kingdom---

STATISTICS.-Statistical abstract for the United Kingdom in each of the last

fifteen years from 1888 to 1902. Fiftieth number.

Statistical abstract for the Colonial and other Possessions of the

United Kingdom in each of the last fifteen years from 1888 to 1902.

Fortieth number.

Statistical tables relating to the Colonial and other Possessions of the

United Kingdom. Part XXVI., for the year 1901

IRISH LAND COMMISSION (PROCEEDINGS).-Return for the month of March,

1903; Return for the month of April, 1903. Presented (by Coramand), and

ordered to lie on the Table

...

...

PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS (CONDITIONAL LICENCE).-Licence granted to Michael

Connell, a convict, to which are annexed conditions other than those

contained in Schedule A of the Penal Servitude Act, 1864

PUBLIC HEALTH (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1897.-Order of the Local Government Board

for Scotland constituting the local authority for the burgh of Glasgow, the

Port Local Authority of the Port of Glasgow,

...

Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table

Railways (Electrical Power) Bill.-Read 1a; to be printed; and to be read

2a to morrow. (The Lord Wolverton.) (No. 202.)

South African Loan and War Contribution Bill.-Read 1a; to be printed;
and to be read 2 to-morrow.-(The Duke of Marlborough.) (No. 203.)
Military Works Bill.-Read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a to-morrow.
-(The Earl of Hardwicke.) (No. 204.)

...

...

Public Works Loans Bill.-Read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a to-

morrow. (The Lord President)-(D. Devonshire). (No. 205.)

Burgh Police (Scotland) Bill (No. 206); Town COUNCILS (SCOTLAND) Bill

(No. 207). Read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a to-morrow.-(The

Lord Balfour.)

Marriages Legalisation Bill.-Read 1; to be printed; and to be read 2a to-

morrow. The Lord Belper.) (No. 208.)

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