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APPENDIX I.

COMPARISON OF AUDITED EXPENDITURE WITH EXCHEQUER ISSUES AND GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS, 1953-54:

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

Comparison of Audited Expenditure in the Year 1953-54, with Exchequer Issues of that Year.

			Exchequer Issues	Audited Expenditure (Net)	Audited Expenditure (Net)
			Exchequer Issues	Audited Expenditure (Net)	Less than Exchequer Issues	More than Exchequer Issues
			(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
			£	£	£	£
Central Fund Services			16,154,072	16,154,072	—	—
Supply Services		...	104,864,253	104,931,090	—	66,837
Total	...	...	121,018,325	121,085,162	—	66,837

The Savings on Votes and Appropriations-in-Aid realised in excess of the Estimates for the year 1953-54 amounting to £6,693,236 as shown in Column 7 of the succeeding statement, were dealt with as follows:—

Written off from the Exchequer Grants Account:—

				£
Out of Ways and Means of 1953-54	...	...	...	6,057,308
„„1954-55	...	...	...	635,121
Paid into Exchequer by Paymaster-General		...	...	807
				£6,693,236

An Roinn Airgeadais,

Eanáir, 1957.

1953—54.

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.

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

No. of Vote	SERVICE						Grants and Estimated Receipts 1953-54			Expenditure, 1953-54									Difference Between Exchequer Grants (Col. 3) AND Net Expenditure (Col. 6).
							Estimated Expenditure (Gross)	Estimated Appropriations in Aid	Net Supply Grant	Actual Expenditure (Gross)			Appropriations in aid Realised			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				..	..	6,910	—	6,910	6,513	11	10	—			6,513	11	10	396	8	2	—
2	Houses of the Oireachtas				..	..	220,610	—	220,610	217,992	11	10	—			217,992	11	10	2,617	8	2	—
3	Department of the Taoiseach				..	..	26,600	—	26,600	25,408	12	7	—			25,408	12	7	1,191	7	5
4	Central Statistics Office			..	..	..	108,760	150	108,610	107,822	13	8	711	14	6	107,110	19	2	1,499	0	10	—
5	Comptroller and Auditor General					..	40,455	5,535	34,920	35,606	3	11	5,767	5	0	29,838	18	11	5,081	1	1	—
6	Office of the Minister for Finance					..	169,915	1,505	168,410	153,066	3	11	1,651	10	9	151,414	13	2	16,995	6	10	—
7	Office of the Revenue Commissioners						1,775,240	68,870	1,706,370	1,732,511	7	8	71,389	19	9	1,661,121	7	11	45,248	12	1	—
8	Office of Public Works			..	..	..	387,700	97,900	289,800	360,469	5	7	87,026	0	5	273,443	5	2	16,356	14	10	—
9	Public Works and Buildings				..	..	3,137,607	128,257	3,009,350	2,883,022	5	10	114,103	3	3	2,768,919	2	7	240,430	17	5	—
10	Employment and Emergency Schemes					..	710,700	25,500	685,200	702,793	18	6	39,633	16	11	663,160	1	7	22,039	18	5	—
11	Management of Government Stocks					..	30,500	—	30,500	30,486	10	0	—			30,486	10	0	13	10	0	—
12	State Laboratory		..	..	..	..	20,050	—	20,050	16,230	5	4	—			16,230	5	4	3,819	14	8
13	Civil Service Commission			..	..	..	52,690	14,720	37,970	47,388	6	5	14,849	12	5	32,538	14	0	5,431	6	0	—
14	An Chomhairle Ealaíon			..	..	..	20,000	—	20,000	11,400	0	0	—			11,400	0	0	8,600	0	0	—
15	Commissions and Special Inquiries					..	10,650	—	10,650	9,151	13	4	—			9,151	13	4	1,498	6	8	—
16	Superannuation and Retired Allowances						1,427,705	100,925	1,326,780	1,402,974	17	8	98,641	6	0	1,304,333	11	8	22,446	8	4	—
17	Rates on Government Property					..	318,200	12,400	305,800	291,681	8	10	5,573	16	4	286,107	12	6	19,692	7	6	—
18	Secret Service		..	..	..	..	7,500	—	7,500	5,436	15	7	—			5,436	15	7	2,063	4	5	—
19	Expenses under the Electoral Act and
	the Juries Act		..	..	..	..	19,000	—	19,000	18,192	13	1	—			18,192	13	1	807	6	11	—
20	Supplementary Agricultural Grants					..	4,420,000	—	4,420,000	4,339,544	7	1	—			4,339,544	7	1	80,455	12	11	—
21	Law Charges		..	..	..	..	113,280	4,050	109,230	104,532	4	1	3,543	19	0	100,988	5	1	8,241	14	11	—
22	Universities and Colleges				..	..	791,384	—	791,384	790,361	10	0	—			790,361	10	0	1,022	10	0	—
23	Miscellaneous Expenses			..	..	..	24,200	—	24,200	23,085	9	7	—			23,085	9	7	1,114	10	5	—
24	Stationery Office		..	..	..	..	625,720	96,760	528,960	593,038	6	1	114,507	8	4	478,530	17	9	50,429	2	3	—
25	Valuation and Boundary Survey					..	69,025	7,495	61,530	68,015	18	0	7,999	16	10	60,016	1	2	1,513	18	10	—
26	Ordnance Survey		..	..	..	..	69,145	7,505	61,640	65,879	15	0	7,595	7	10	58,284	7	2	3,355	12	10	—
27	Agriculture		..	..	..	..	6,380,713	855,393	5,525,320	5,331,109	2	10	707,152	0	5	4,623,957	2	5	901,362	17	7	—
28	Fisheries	..	..	..	..	..	149,630	37,430	112,200	116,521	18	5	37,137	1	8	79,384	16	9	32,815	3	3	—
29	Office of the Minister for Justice					..	79,200	—	79,200	76,761	10	0	—			76,761	10	0	2,438	10	0	—
30	Gárda Síochána		..	..	..	..	3,576,222	96,842	3,479,380	3,521,811	10	8	96,699	5	7	3,425,112	5	1	54,267	14	11	—
31	Prisons	..	..	..	..	..	212,220	23,170	189,050	202,155	1	7	25,659	1	9	176,495	19	10	12,554	0	2	—
32	District Court			..	..	..	82,870	—	82,870	78,130	0	3	—			78,130	0	3	4,739	19	9	—
33	Circuit Court		..	..	..	..	144,065	30,015	114,050	140,222	11	3	30,193	3	9	110,029	7	6	4,020	12	6	—
34	Supreme Court and High Court of
	Justice	..	..	..	..	..	89,810	910	88,900	85,964	16	10	1,890	2	2	84,074	14	8	4,825	5	4	—
35	Land Registry and Registry of Deeds						89,480	—	89,480	84,461	11	1	—			84,461	11	1	5,018	8	11	—
36	Public Record Office			..	..	..	8,760	—	8,760	8,573	8	5	—			8,573	8	5	186	11	7	—
37	Charitable Donations and Bequests					..	4,538	38	4,500	4,481	17	2	37	2	6	4,444	14	8	55	5	4	—
38	Local Government		..	..	..	..	4,624,460	47,700	4,576,760	4,318,956	16	7	49,530	13	2	4,269,426	3	5	307,333	16	7	—
39	Office of the Minister for Education						335,762	82	335,680	322,216	10	4	117	16	9	322,098	13	7	13,581	6	5	—
40	Primary Education		..	..	..	..	7,776,700	99,100	7,677,600	7,763,994	2	2	110,177	11	9	7,653,816	10	5	23,783	9	7	—
41	Secondary Education			..	..	..	1,342,170	44,770	1,297,400	1,338,375	6	11	44,950	0	1	1,293,425	6	10	3,974	13	2	—
42	Technical Instruction			..	..	..	953,175	35,985	917,190	946,166	7	3	36,613	15	6	909,552	11	9	7,637	8	3	—
43	Science and Art		..	..	..	..	184,190	7,660	176,530	179,141	2	8	9,655	6	5	169,485	16	3	7,044	3	9	—
44	Reformatory and Industrial Schools						240,100	7,750	232,350	227,716	4	8	7,878	5	3	219,837	19	5	12,512	0	7	—
45	Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies						67,410	—	67,410	62,810	0	0	—			62,810	0	0	4,600	0	0	—
46	National Gallery		..	..	..	..	11,000	—	11,000	10,620	16	0	—			10,620	16	0	379	4	0
47	Lands	..	..	..	..	..	2,064,020	145,090	1,918,930	1,951,204	11	7	153,932	17	8	1,797,271	13	11	121,656	6	1	—
48	Forestry	..	..	..	..	..	1,391,050	170,250	1,220,800	1,337,325	15	11	166,090	18	6	1,171,234	17	5	49,565	2	7	—
49	Gaeltacht Services			..	..	..	454,143	250,403	203,740	439,405	2	7	250,403	0	0	189,002	2	7	14,737	17	5	—
50	Industry and Commerce			..	..	..	8,486,585	113,325	8,373,260	8,349,295	6	5	127,053	11	10	8,222,241	14	7	151,018	5	5	—
51	Transport and Marine Services				..	..	2,670,960	5,420	2,665,540	1,983,879	5	1	5,980	19	3	1,977,898	5	10	687,641	14	2	—
52	Aviation and Meteorological Services						703,020	234,190	468,830	608,698	4	6	296,912	17	2	311,785	7	4	157,044	12	8	—
53	Industrial and Commercial Property
	Registration Office			..	..	..	23,120	—	23,120	21,569	0	5	—			21,569	0	5	1,550	19	7	—
54	Posts and Telegraphs			..	..	..	7,405,985	400,685	7,005,300	7,390,399	16	6	420,393	7	4	6,970,006	9	2	35,293	10	10	—
55	Wireless Broadcasting			..	..	..	577,000	70,000	507,000	408,770	19	11	92,156	5	11	316,614	14	0	190,385	6	0	—
56	Defence	..	..	..	..	..	8,044,920	160,000	7,884,920	7,985,092	7	0	177,516	10	11	7,807,575	16	1	77,344	3	11	—
57	Army Pensions		..	..	..	..	1,480,145	—	1,480,145	1,399,141	10	0	—			1,399,141	10	0	81,003	10	0	—
58	External Affairs		..	..	..	..	419,700	11,300	408,400	379,744	10	11	7,427	4	11	372,317	6	0	36,082	14	0	—
59	International Co-operation				..	..	39,800	—	39,800	36,348	18	1	—			36,348	18	1	3,451	1	11	—
60	Office of the Minister for Social
	Welfare	..	..	..	..	..	1,238,853	651,283	587,570	1,196,632	18	11	657,398	3	4	539,234	15	7	48,335	4	5	—
61	Social Insurance		..	..	..	..	3,551,482	—	3,551,482	3,551,349	9	10	—			3,551,349	9	10	132	10	2	—
62	Social Assistance		..	..	..	..	18,201,000	270,000	17,931,000	17,623,483	8	4	280,488	4	9	17,342,995	3	7	588,004	16	5	—
63	Health	..	..	..	..	..	10,738,800	328,890	10,410,000	8,558,584	5	8	330,300	5	10	8,228,283	19	10	2,181,716	0	2	—
64	Oifig an Ard-Chláraitheora				...	...	28,360	7,710	20,650	26,134	2	0	9,291	8	9	16,842	13	3	3,807	6	9	—
65	Dundrum Asylum		..	..	..	..	41,520	1,590	39,930	41,005	8	0	1,562	0	9	39,443	7	3	486	12	9	—
66	Oifig na Gaeltachta agus na gCeantar
	gCúng	..	..	..	..	..	7,480	—	7,480	6,302	13	7	—			6,302	13	7	1,177	6	5	—
67	Tourism	..	..	..	..	..	375,000	—	375,000	361,250	0	0	—			361,250	0	0	13,750	0	0	—
68	Local Loans Fund		...	...	...	...	2,838	—	2,838	2,837	16	6	—			2,837	16	6		3	6
69	Increases in Remuneration				...	...	2,400,000	—	2,400,000	2,116,443	16	6	—			2,116,443	16	6	283,556	3	6	—
70	National Development Fund				...	...	5,000,000	—	5,000,000	5,000,000	0	0	—			5,000,000	0	0	—			—
71	Repayments to Contingency Fund					..	987	—	987	986	10	6	—			986	10	6		9	6	—
	Total				..	..£	116,302,879	4,678,553	111,624,326	109,638,683	9	3	4,707,594	1	0	104,931,089	8	3				—
	Total Amount to be Surrendered																£		6,693,236	11	9

									Estimated Expenditure	Actual Expenditure	Less than Estimated	More than Estimated
									£	£	£	£
Central Fund:—
Service of Public Debt			...	...	...	...	...	...	10,351,000	10,148,335	202,665	—
Road Fund	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	4,350,000	4,402,000	—	52,000
Payments to Local Taxation Account					...	...	...	...	1,162,551	1,163,039	—	488
Other Central Fund Services			...	...	...	...	...	...	166,449	440,698	—	274,249
Total of Central Fund Services						...	...	...	16,030,000	16,154,072	202,665	326,737