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APPENDIX I.

1950-51.

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.)

Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the year 1950-51 with Exchequer Issues of that Year.

								Audited Expenditure (Net)
		Exchequer			Audited
		Issues			Expenditure			Less than			More than
					(Net)			Exchequer			Exchequer
								Issues			Issues
		(1)			(2)			(3)			(4)
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Central Fund
Services	..	9,703,004	10	8	9,703,004	10	8	—			—
Supply Services		75,641,624	15	11	75,427,886	13	6	213,738	2	5	—
Total		85,344,629	6	7	85,130,891	4	2	213,738	2	5	—

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1950-51, amounting to £4,611,277 6s. 6d. as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:

Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—										£	s.	d.
Out	of	Ways	and	Means	of	1950-51	..	..	..	3,996,015	3	11
„	„	„	„	„	„	1951-52	..	..	..	614,970	0	1
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General								..	..	292	2	6
										£4,611,277	6	6

An Roinn Airgeadais.

2 Samhain, 1953.

1950-51.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

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

																			Difference Between
							Grants and Estimated Receipts,												Exchequer Grants
							1950-51			Expenditure, 1950-51									(Col. 3)
No. of Vote	Service																		and Net Expenditure (Col. 6)
							Estimated Expenditure (Gross)	Estimated Appropriations in Aid	Net Supply Grant	Actual Expenditure (Gross)			Appropriations In Aid Realized			Net Expenditure			Surplus			Deficit
							(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)			(5)			(6)			(7)			(8)
							£	£	£	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
1	President’s Establishment				..	..	6,700	—	6,700	6,466	9	4	—			6,466	9	4	233	10	8	—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas				..	..	188,500	—	188,500	185,781	10	6	—			185,781	10	6	2,718	9	6	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach					..	21,970	—	21,970	21,424	13	10	—			21,424	13	10	545	6	2	—
4	Central Statistics Office				..	..	94,000	150	93,850	83,344	8	11	305	7	4	83,039	1	7	10,810	18	5	—
5	Comptroller and Auditor General					..	35,930	5,600	30,330	31,139	11	7	5,893	10	0	25,246	1	7	5,083	18	5	—
6	Office of the Minister for Finance					..	155,935	1,505	154,430	144,803	10	5	2,226	10	0	142,577	0	5	11,852	19	7	—
7	Office of the Revenue Commissioners						1,448,270	47,000	1,401,270	1,429,669	18	4	58,228	18	9	1,371,440	19	7	29,829	0	5	—
8	Office of Public Works			..	..	..	267,890	42,250	225,640	245,666	11	8	42,467	14	2	203,198	17	6	22,441	2	6	—
9	Public Works and Buildings				..	..	2,719,350	70,000	2,649,350	1,990,813	5	7	84,609	1	8	1,906,204	3	11	743,145	16	1	—
10	Employment and Emergency Schemes						954,500	—	954,500	765,509	7	7	—			765,509	7	7	188,990	12	5	—
11	Management of Government Stocks					..	25,750	—	25,750	25,611	14	2	—			25,611	14	2	138	5	10	—
12	State Laboratory			..	..	..	14,470	—	14,470	13,777	10	3	—			13,777	10	3	692	9	9	—
13	Civil Service Commission				..	..	44,355	12,455	31,900	40,597	1	3	11,708	7	3	28,888	14	0	3,011	6	0	—
14	Irish Tourist Board			..	..	..	45,000	—	45,000	44,890	0	0	—			44,890	0	0	110	0	0	—
15	Commissions and Special Inquiries					..	7,400	—	7,400	5,912	13	7	—			5,912	13	7	1,487	6	5	—
16	Superannuation and Retired
	Allowances	..	..	..	..	..	965,025	21,375	943,650	916,336	12	7	20,609	7	5	895,727	5	2	47,922	14	10	—
17	Rates on Government Property					..	243,550	950	242,600	226,037	11	0	910	7	4	225,127	3	8	17,472	16	4	—
18	Secret Service		..	..	..	..	5,000	—	5,000	1,664	16	3	—			1,664	16	3	3,335	3	9	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act and
	the Juries Act		..	..	..	..	18,000	—	18,000	17,220	10	11	—			17,220	10	11	779	9	1	—
20	Supplementary Agricultural Grants						3,550,989	—	3,550,989	3,335,410	10	11	—			3,335,410	10	11	215,578	9	1	—
21	Law Charges		..	..	..	..	103,200	4,000	99,200	89,691	9	10	7,740	4	1	81,951	5	9	17,248	14	3	—
22	Universities and Colleges				..	..	482,174	—	482,174	481,724	0	0	—			481,724	0	0	450	0	0	—
23	Miscellaneous Expenses				..	..	15,460	—	15,460	14,703	9	7	—			14,703	9	7	756	10	5	—
24	Stationery and Printing				..	..	465,491	67,061	398,430	438,844	11	10	68,305	1	6	370,539	10	4	27,890	9	8	—
25	Valuation and Boundary Survey					..	58,645	7,295	51,350	56,119	17	6	7,590	0	1	48,529	17	5	2,820	2	7	—
26	Ordnance Survey		..	..	..	..	51,240	5,000	46,240	49,943	19	5	5,893	13	0	44,050	6	5	2,189	13	7	—
27	Agriculture	..	..	..	..	..	15,759,627	662,577	15,097,050	14,231,781	10	8	610,725	1	2	13,621,056	9	6	1,475,993	10	6	—
28	Fisheries	..	..	..	..	..	228,217	29,057	199,160	159,808	16	10	30,421	14	9	129,387	2	1	69,772	17	11	—
29	Office of the Minister for Justice					..	68,570	—	68,570	66,332	9	5	—			66,332	9	5	2,237	10	7	—
30	Gárda Síochána		..	..	..	..	3,059,688	67,858	2,991,830	3,032,030	10	3	68,622	0	11	2,963,408	9	4	28,421	10	8	—
31	Prisons	..	..	..	..	..	192,980	19,350	173,630	184,404	19	7	15,388	0	11	169,016	18	8	4,613	1	4	—
32	District Court		..	..	..	..	73,200	—	73,200	68,381	13	0	—			68,381	13	0	4,818	7	0	—
33	Circuit Court		..	..	..	..	126,503	26,153	100,350	117,541	14	2	29,640	11	6	87,901	2	8	12,448	17	4	—
34	Supreme Court and High Court of
	Justice	..	..	..	..	..	77,490	460	77,030	75,250	0	2	1,070	11	1	74,179	9	1	2,850	10	11	—
35	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds						80,440	—	80,440	76,905	11	7	—			76,905	11	7	3,534	8	5	—
36	Public Record Office			..	..	..	7,540	—	7,540	7,310	0	11	—			7,310	0	11	229	19	1	—
37	Charitable Donations and Bequests						4,228	48	4,180	3,689	2	8	47	14	8	3,641	8	0	538	12	0	—
38	Local Government			..	..	..	4,420,595	38,435	4,382,160	4,337,281	18	3	34,560	9	5	4,302,721	8	10	79,438	11	2	—
39	Office of the Minister for Education						286,253	363	285,890	278,546	8	10	359	6	10	278,187	2	0	7,702	18	0	—
40	Primary Education			..	..	..	6,498,970	98,970	6,400,000	6,452,791	17	0	98,698	7	11	6,354,093	9	1	45,906	10	11	—
41	Secondary Education			..	..	..	1,090,650	41,320	1,049,330	1,082,974	8	3	41,826	5	2	1,041,148	3	1	8,181	16	11	—
42	Technical Instruction			..	..	..	738,563	33,833	704,730	730,700	9	2	34,482	4	4	696,218	4	10	8,511	15	2	—
43	Science and Art		..	..	..	..	127,910	5,360	122,550	122,189	12	6	6,672	14	4	115,516	18	2	7,033	1	10	—
44	Reformatory and Industrial Schools						170,910	15,700	155,210	164,056	1	3	12,054	4	9	152,001	16	6	3,208	3	6	—
45	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies						55,300	—	55,300	55,300	0	0	—			55,300	0	0	—			—
46	National Gallery			..	..	..	8,560	—	8,560	8,118	9	7	—			8,118	9	7	441	10	5	—
47	Lands	..	..	..	..	..	1,674,510	139,120	1,535,390	1,620,629	11	7	139,712	17	9	1,480,916	13	10	54,473	6	2	—
48	Forestry	..	..	..	..	..	838,435	120,775	717,660	800,741	6	5	126,433	19	7	674,307	6	10	43,352	13	2	—
49	Gaeltacht Services			..	..	..	398,104	221,354	176,750	390,701	10	6	238,973	18	7	151,727	11	11	25,022	8	1	—
50	Industry and Commerce				..	..	2,462,625	126,600	2,336,025	2,438,151	4	1	127,089	2	10	2,311,062	1	3	24,962	18	9	—
51	Transport and Marine Services					..	1,175,901	5,861	1,170,040	1,125,759	0	3	5,771	5	1	1,119,987	15	2	50,052	4	10	—
52	Aviation and Meteorological Services						859,360	156,750	702,610	601,112	8	1	212,557	6	9	388,555	1	4	314,054	18	8	—
53	Industrial and Commercial Property
	Registration Office			..	..	..	19,350	—	19,350	19,087	15	7	—			19,087	15	7	262	4	5	—
54	Posts and Telegraphs			..	..	..	5,822,090	314,220	5,507,870	5,764,979	4	2	302,599	8	2	5,462,379	16	0	45,490	4	0	—
55	Wireless Broadcasting			..	..	..	247,180	—	247,180	220,544	18	0	—			220,544	18	0	26,635	2	0	—
56	Defence	..	..	..	..	..	4,384,145	154,812	4,229,333	4,359,928	14	0	130,946	18	3	4,228,981	15	9	351	4	3	—
57	Army Pensions		..	..	..	..	869,330	—	869,330	842,753	6	8	—			842,753	6	8	26,576	13	4	—
58	External Affairs		..	..	..	..	359,360	—	359,360	335,570	6	7	—			335,570	6	7	23,789	13	5	—
59	European Co-operation			..	..	..	34,850	—	34,850	29,673	17	0	—			29,673	17	0	5,176	3	0	—
60	Office of the Minister for Social
	Welfare	..	..	..	..	..	944,583	565,963	378,620	881,381	7	5	575,543	9	6	305,837	17	11	72,782	2	1	—
61	Old Age Pensions			..	..	..	7,150,500	2,000	7,148,500	7,023,932	6	5	2,803	15	0	7,021,128	11	5	127,371	8	7	—
62	Children’s Allowances			..	..	..	2,230,000	—	2,230,000	2,210,042	5	0	—			2,210,042	5	0	19,957	15	0	—
63	Unemployment Insurance and
	Unemployment Assistance			..	..	..	1,902,190	540,990	1,361,200	1,699,670	9	11	548,699	4	3	1,150,971	5	8	210,228	14	4	—
64	Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions					..	1,012,100	—	1,012,100	1,012,019	4	7	—			1,012,019	4	7	80	15	5	—
65	National Health Insurance				..	..	514,900	—	514,900	506,808	4	0	—			506,808	4	0	8,091	16	0	—
66	Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services						221,200	—	221,200	220,305	9	10	—			220,305	9	10	894	10	2	—
67	Health	..	..	..	..	..	3,616,090	327,080	3,289,010	3,580,692	8	2	332,166	16	1	3,248,525	12	1	40,484	7	11	—
68	General Register Office				..	..	27,505	8,365	19,140	27,217	7	5	8,281	18	0	18,935	9	5	204	10	7	—
69	Dundrum Asylum		..	..	..	..	32,698	1,728	30,970	31,632	7	3	1,449	11	7	30,182	15	8	787	4	4	—
70	Damage to Property (Neutrality)
	Compensation	..	..	..	..	..	8,300	—	8,300	6,707	17	6	—			6,707	17	6	1,592	2	6	—
71	Transition Development Fund				..	..	2,000,000	—	2,000,000	1,635,344	3	4	—			1,635,344	3	4	364,655	16	8	—
72	Technical Assistance			..	..	..	150,000	—	150,000	150,000	0	0	—			150,000	0	0	—			—
73	Alleviation of Distress				..	..	25,000	—	25,000	24,473	5	5	—			24,473	5	5	526	14	7	—
74	Repayments to Contingency Fund					..	3,613	—	3,613	3,612	5	2	—			3,612	5	2		14	10	—
	Total					..	84,048,907	4,009,743	80,039,164	79,481,973	15	3	4,054,087	1	9	75,427,886	13	6
										Total Amount to be Surrendered							..	..£	4,611,277	6	6

									Estimated			Actual			Less than			More than
									Expenditure			Expenditure			Estimated			Estimated
									£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Central Fund:—
Service of Public Debt		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5,128,700	0	0	5,358,675	15	3	—			229,975	15	3
Road Fund	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,600,000	0	0	2,814,000	0	0	—			214,000	0	0
Payments to Local Taxation Account					..	..	..	..	1,180,041	0	0	1,192,278	8	3	—			12,237	8	3
Other Central Fund Services			..	..	..	..	..	..	154,259	0	0	338,050	7	2	—			183,791	7	2
Total of Central Fund Services					..	..	..	..	9,063,000	0	0	9,703,004	10	8	—			640,004	10	8
Grand Total of Expenditure						..	..	..	..	..	..	£85,130,891		4		2