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APPENDIX I.

1948-49.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

(After audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and review by the Committee of Public Accounts.)

Comfarison of Audited Exfenditure in the Year 1948-49 with Exchequer Issues of that Year.

								Audited Expenditure (Net)
		Exchequer Issues			Audited Expenditure (Net)			Less than Exchequer Issues			More than Exchequer Issues
		(1)			(2)			(3)			(4)
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Central Fund
Services	..	7,305,337	5	10	7,305,337	5	10	—			—
Supply Services		64,638,093	15	11	64,701,876	19	1	—			63,783	3	2
Total	£	71,943,431	1	9	72,007,214	4	11	—			63,783	3	2

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1948-49 amounting to £7,074,421 0s. 11d. as shown in Column 8 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows.

Written off from the Exchequer Grants Accounts:—				£	s.	d.
Out of Ways and Means of 1948/49	..	..	..	6,600,297	9	3
„ „ „ 1949/50	..	..	..	389,269	16	2
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General		..	..	84,853	15	6
				£7,074,421	0	11

An Roinn Airgeadais.

11 Eanáir, 1952.

1948-49.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

(After audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General and Review by the Committee of Public Accounts.)

							Grants and estimated receipts, 1948-49			Expenditure, 1948-49												Difference between Exc equer Grants And Net Expenditure (Cols. 3 and 6).
No. of Vote	Service						Estimated Gross Expenditure	Estimated Receipts in Aid of Grants	Exchequer Grants	Gross Expenditure			Actual Receipts in Aid			Net Expenditure			Amount Allocated from Vote for Civil Service Remuneration			Surpluses			Deficits
							(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)			(5)			(6)			(7)			(8)			(9)
							£	£	£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£
1	President’s Establishment				...	...	5,140	—	5,140	5,018	0	3	—			5,018	0	3	—			121	19	9	—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas			...	...	...	178,200	—	178,200	174,980	4	2	—			174,980	4	2	—			3,219	15	10	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach				...	...	21,010	—	21,010	21,430	10	8	—			21,430	10	8	420	10	8	—			—
4	Comptroller and Auditor-General					...	32,955	4,405	28,550	30,901	15	5	5,048	0	0	25,853	15	5	—			2,696	4	7	—
5	Office of the Minister for Finance					...	117,485	1,755	115,730	121,002	3	10	5,914	4	0	115,087	19	10	3,517	3	10	4,159	4	0	—
6	Office of the Revenue Commissioners					...	1,302,300	57,520	1,244,780	1,335,703	11	7	71,249	9	7	1,264,454	2	0	33,03	11	7	13,729	9	7	—
7	Old Age Pensions		...	...	...	...	5,627,910	2,010	5,625,900	5,596,947	0	6	1,997	11	6	5,594,949	9	0	—			30,950	11	0	—
8	Management of Government Stocks					...	22,250	—	22,250	22,175	7	1	—			22,175	7	1	—			74	12	11	—
9	Office of Public Works			...	...	...	223,574	32,504	191,070	211,800	17	11	42,557	18	11	169,242	19	0	—			21,827	1	0	—
10	Public Works and Buildings				...	...	1,543,007	191,507	1,351,500	1,530,777	18	0	197,480	9	9	1,333,297	8	3	—			18,202	11	9	—
11	Employment and Emergency Schemes					...	1,250,000	—	1,250,000	1,234,715	9	5	—			1,234,715	9	5	—			15,284	10	7	—
12	State Laboratory		...	...	...	...	12,490	—	12,490	11,926	18	6	—			11,926	18	6	—			563	1	6	—
13	Civil Service Commission			...	...	...	43,065	10,005	33,060	38,277	11	0	9,929	3	5	28,348	7	7	—			4,711	12	5	—
14	Irish Tourist Board			...	...	...	40,000	—	40,000	30,000	0	0	—			30,000	0	0	—			10,000	0	0	—
15	Commissions and Special Inquiries					...	12,720	—	12,720	8,642	12	6	—			8,642	12	6	—			4,077	7	6	—
16	Superannuation and Retired Allowances					...	871,005	25,525	845,480	824,100	15	11	23,272	4	9	800,828	11	2	—			44,651	8	10	—
17	Rates on Government Property				...	...	212,370	870	211,500	210,521	6	6	873	7	10	209,647	18	8	—			1,852	1	4	—
18	Secret Service		...	...	...	...	15,000	—	15,000	4,360	15	8	—			4,360	15	8	—			10,639	4	4	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act and the
	Juries Act		...	...	...	...	18,000	—	18,000	17,229	19	6	—			17,229	19	6	—			770	0	6	—
20	Miscellaneous Expenses			...	...	...	15,830	—	15,830	15,163	0	0	—			15,163	0	3	—			666	19	9	—
21	Stationery and Printing			...	...	...	377,275	58,745	318,530	378,513	18	2	63,467	14	10	315,046	3	4	1,238	18	2	4,722	14	10	—
22	Valuation and Boundary Survey					...	50,535	7,095	43,440	51,777	1	2	7,605	16	10	44,171	4	4	1,242	1	2	510	16	10	—
23	Ordnance Survey		...	...	...	...	49,390	4,880	44,510	48,603	5	9	7,614	0	8	40,989	5	1	—			3,520	14	11	—
24	Supplementary Agricultural Grants					...	3,120,989	—	3,120,989	3,025,024	0	6	—			3,025,024	0	6	—			95,964	19	6	—
25	Law Charges		...	...	...	...	101,460	4,460	97,000	90,607	10	9	5,923	10	7	84,684	0	2	—			12,315	19		—
26	Universities and Colleges			...	...	...	337,574	—	337,574	323,916	15	9	—			323,916	15	9	—			13,657	4	3	—
27	Widows’ and Orphans Pensions				...	...	510,010	—	510,010	309,398	5	11	—			309,398	5	11	—			200,611	14	1	—
28	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies					...	52,750	—	52,750	52,545	0	0	—			52,545	0	0	—			205	0	0	—
29	Agriculture		...	...	...	...	2,804,559	420,679	2,383,880	1,783,243	8	0	364,958	10	3	1,418,284	17	9	—			965,595	2	3	—
30	Agricultural Produce Subsidies				...	...	2,375,000	—	2,375,000	2,294,506	0	9	—			2,294,506	0	9	—			80,493	19	3	—
31	Fisheries	...	...	...	...	...	166,081	25,911	140,170	79,490	2	11	24,909	16	2	54,580	6	9	—			85,589	13	3	—
32	Office of the Minister for Justice				...	...	66,380	—	66,380	65,259	18	6	—			65,259	18	6	—			1,120	1	6	—
33	Gárda Síochána		...	...	...	...	2,938,569	47,379	2,891,190	2,935,044	0	2	52,736	6	7	2,882,307	14		—			8,882	6	5	—
34	Prisons	...	...	...	...	...	189,277	21,307	167,970	186,943	16	0	17,707	7	2	169,236	8	10	1,266	8	10	—			—
35	District Court		...	...	...	...	65,950	—	65,950	65,031	12	1	—			65,031	12	1	—			918	7	11	—
36	Circuit Court	...	...	...	...	...	111,889	27,179	84,710	111,698	17	5	27,226	19	9	84,471	17	8	—			238	2	4	—
37	Supreme Court and High Court of Justice						71,340	530	70,810	73,277	6	2	683	4	1	72,594	2	1	1,937	6	2	153	4	1	—
38	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds					...	67,080	—	67,080	70,014	11	10	—			70,014	11	10	2,934	11	10	—			—
39	Public Record Office			...	...	...	7,040	—	7,040	6,928	19	7	—			6,928	19	7	—			111	0	5	—
40	Charitable Donations and Bequests					...	4,088	48	4,040	3,576	12	1	47	14	8	3,528	17	5	—			511	2	7	—
41	Local Government		...	...	...	...	1,172,434	32,484	1,139,950	1,143,305	0	7	35,579	4	2	1,107,725	16	5	—			32,224	3	7	—
42	General Register Office			...	...	...	26,950	11,000	15,950	27,008	0	1	11,098	10 20	0	15,909	10	1	58	0	1	19			—
43	Dundrum Asylum		...	...	...	...	27,916	1,806	26,110	28,994	2	6	1,792	16	7	27,201	5	11	1,091	5	11	—			—
44	National Health Insurance				...	...	789,000	—	789,000	626,499	14	3	—			626,499	14	3	—			162,500	5	9	—
45	Office of the Minister for Education					...	265,022	72	264,950	253,765	7	5	111	14	8	253,653	12	9	—			11,296	7	3	—
46	Primary Education		...	...	...	...	5,317,588	97,588	5,220,000	5,273,059	11	6	98,681	12	9	5,174,377	18	9	—			45,622	1	3	—
47	Secondary Education			...	...	...	911,295	39,645	871,650	907,288	19	9	41,270	16	2	866,018	3	7	—			5,631	16	5	—
48	Technical Instruction			...	...	...	637,401	32,691	604,710	628,928	17	11	33,873	6	6	595,055	11	5	—			9,654	8	7	—
49	Science and Art		...	...	...	...	112,006	5,956	106,050	101,413	18	10	5,372	16	1	96,041	2	9	—			10,008	17	3	—
50	Reformatory and Industrial Schools					...	196,778	9,198	187,580	180,304	18	11	12,059	12	8	168,245	6	3	—			19,334	13	9	—
51	National Gallery		...	...	...	...	8,000	—	8,000	8,282	4	0	—			8,282	4	0	282	4	0	—			—
52	Lands	...	...	...	...	...	1,535,230	135,660	1,399,570	1,528,356	2	6	142,349	11	3	1,386,006	11	3	—			13,563	8	9	—
53	Forestry	...	...	...	...	...	514,413	91,638	422,775	496,760	18	4	103,724	15	6	393,036	2	10	—			29,738	17	2	—
54	Gaeltacht Services		...	...	...	...	396,435	268,465	127,970	258,771	4	5	153,746	7	3	105,024	17	2	—			22,945	2	10	—
55	Industry and Commerce			...	...	...	16,855,685	3,300	16,852,385	14,625,479	19	2	6,782	2	11	14,618,697	16	3	—			2,233,687	3	9	—
56	Aviation and Meteorological Services					...	1,910,555	232,265	1,678,290	715,143	16	2	169,952	10	0	545,191	6	2	—			1,133,098	13	10	—
57	Children’s Allowances			...	...	...	2,200,000	—	2,200,000	2,172,343	11	3	—			2,172,343	11	3	—			27,656	8	9	—
58	Transport and Marine Services				...	...	232,228	15,568	216,660	195,062	16	0	13,455	16	3	181,606	19	9	—			35,053	0	3	—
59	Unemployment Insurance and
	Unemployment Assistance		...	...	...	...	1,999,848	793,555	1,206,293	1,960,854	5	9	843,479	14	0	1,117,374	11	9	—			88,918	8	3	—
60	Industrial and Commercial Property
	Registration Office		...	...	...	...	17,260	—	17,260	16,727	2	4	—			16,727	2	4	—			532	17	8	—
61	Posts and Telegraphs			...	...	...	4,875,078	245,458	4,629,620	5,108,755	9	10	243,996	10	2	4,864,758	19	8	235,138	19	8	—			—
62	Wireless Broadcasting			...	...	...	245,550	—	245,550	200,505	5	10	—			200,505	5	10	—			45,044	14	2	—
63	Defence	...	...	...	...	...	4,712,053	179,593	4,532,460	3,822,066	9	2	165,314	9	7	3,656,751	19	7	—			875,708	0	5	—
64	Army Pensions		...	...	...	...	809,000	—	809,000	806,166	18	4	—			806,166	18	4	—			2,833	1	8	—
65	External Affairs		...	...	...	...	180,445	—	180,445	179,103	9	8	—			179,103	9	8	—			1,341	10	4	—
66	Office of the Minister for Social Welfare					...	731,156	90,281	640,875	741,897	10	6	92,994	10	7	648,902	19	11	10,741	10	6	2,713	10	7	—
67	Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services					...	371,510	—	371,510	258,341	8	5	—			258,341	8	5	—			113,168	11	7	—
68	Health	...	...	...	...	...	1,998,627	312,812	1,685,815	1,981,528	17	3	312,429	10	5	1,669,099	6	10	—			16,715	13	2	—
69	Damage to Property (Neutrality)
	Compensation	...	...	...	...	...	11,050	—	11,050	4,436	5	0	—			4,436	5	0	—			6,613	15	0	—
70	Personal Injuries (Civilians) Compensation						2,400	—	2,400	1,857	15	3	—			1,857	15	3	—			542	4	9	—
71	Athletics*	...	...	...	...	...	—	—	—	—			—			—			—			—			—
72	Alleviation of Distress			...	...	...	575,010	—	575,010	316,883	12	1	—			246,882	12	1	—			258,126	7	11	—
73	Repayment of Trade Loans Advances					...	123,214	—	123,214	123,213	17	4	—			123,213	17	4	—				2	8	—
74	Civil Service Remuneration				...	...	500,000	—	500,000	293,272	12	5	—			293,272	12	5	—			206,727	7	7
75	Repayments to Contingency Fund					...	7,463	—	7,463	7,462	18	6	—			7,462	18	6	—				1	6	—
76	Organisation for European Economic
	Co-Operation		...	...	...	...	19,500	—	19,500	19,499	6	11	—			19,499	6	11	—				13	1	—
	Total				...	...	75,319,647	3,543,349	71,776,298	68,414,419	10	4	3,419,269	18	10	64,995,149	11	6	293,272	12	5				—
										†293,272	12	5				†293,272	12	5
										68,121,146	17	11				64,701,876	19	1
	Total amount to be surrendered ... ...																					£7,074,421	0	11

										Estimated Exfenditure			Actual Exfenditure			Less than Estimated			More than Estimated
										£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Central fund:—
Service of Public Debt			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,495,000	0	0	3,539,139	11	11	—			44,139	11	11
Road Fund	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,000,000	0	0	2,389,000	0	0	—			389,000	0	0
Payments to Local Taxation Account						..	..	..	..	1,149,558	0	0	1,206,765	3	5	—			57,207	3	5
Other Central Fund Services				..	..	..	..	..	..	163,965	0	0	170,432	10	6	—			6,467	10	6
Total of Central Fund Services						..	..	..	..	6,808,523	0	0	7,305,337	5	10	—			496,814	5	10
Grand Total of Expenditure							..	..	..	..	..	..	£72,007,214	4	11

* Estimate not moved.

†The sum of £293,272 12s. 5d. has been included under both the Civil Service Remuneration Vote and in the expenditure of the Departments as shown in Column “Amount allocated from Vote for Civil Service Remuneration.” The actual expenditure (gross) is therefore £68,121,146 17s. 11d. and the net expenditure £64,701 876 19s. 1d.