CIVIL SERVICE ACCOUNTS, 1905-6. CLASS III. LAW AND JUSTICE. REPORTS of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS of the SUPPLY GRANTS included in the CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES, CLASS III., for the Year ended the 31st of March 1906; prepared and submitted for the Information of the House of Commons, in pursuance of the 22nd and 32nd Sections of the Act 29 & 30 Vict. c. 39. CLASS III. continued. VOTE 1. LAW CHARGES, ENGLAND. ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, to defray the Salaries of the LAW OFFICERS' DEPARTMENT; the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the SOLICITOR for the Affairs of His Majesty's TREASURY, KING'S PROCTOR, and DIRECTOR of PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS; the Costs of PROSECUTIONS, of other LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, and of PARLIAMENTARY AGENCY, in the Year ended 31st March 1906, showing the Surplus or Deficit upon each Sub-Head of the Vote. CLASS 111-continued VOTE 1.-LAW CHARGES, ENGLAND continued. EXPLANATION of the Causes of Variation between Expenditure and Grant. A.-Part Allowance for office Disbursements unclaimed. D. BREE The Services provided for under these Sub-Heads are liable to fluctuate considerably, and the B.- Estimates, therefore, are necessarily approximate only. Sanction was given by Treasury Letters 23,812/05, 29/06 and 5,851/05 to incur excesses on Sub-Heads "D," "F" and "JJ"; and covering sanction to meet the total of such excesses out of savings on other Sub-Heads was given by Treasury Letter 20,682/06. E. F. C. The preceding observation applies also to this Sub-Head, the payments during the year being mainly dependent upon the amount of, and the result of, litigation in which the various Departments represented by the Solicitor to the Treasury may be involved. The expenditure under this Sub-Head is distributable among the several Departments and Matters as follows: G.-Thero following payments were made with Treasury Sanction from this Sub-Head, viz. :— H.-The Surplus on this Sub-Head is mainly attributable to the non-engagement of two additional Clerks for whom a provision of 450l. was made under the item "Personal Allowance for Clerks"; to savings on "Establishment Copying"; and to an unclaimed moiety of the amount provided for the Admiralty and War Office Agent at Malta. CLASS III continued. VOTE 1-LAW CHARGES, ENGLAND-continued. EXPLANATION of the Causes of Variation between Expenditure and Grant--continued. J.--The Estimate for this service is fixed by the Treasury, and the following payment was made under Their Lordships' directions:- To Wyatt and Co. (21,049/05) re Crown Lands Bill 1905 £. S. d. 34 1 6 JJ.-The Expenditure under this Sub-Head was sanctioned by the Treasury on the 14th June 1905 (5851/05), and is in respect of the loss of two sums of public money, viz. : 37. 12s. 1d. and 37. 198. 11d. temporarily in the custody of Officers in the Department. K. The increase in the receipts is mainly attributable to the costs recovered in Crown's Nominee matters. The receipts are apportionable as follows:--- Under the Treasury Minute, dated 5th July, 1895, the under-mentioned Fees have been paid during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1906, to the Law Officers of the Crown, as shown hereunder, in respect of contentious business : : The Surplus of 9801. 11s. 7d., shown on the Account of the Vote "Law Charges, England," for the year ended 31st March, 1905, has been surrendered. W. Ravn, Clerk in charge of Accounts. Desart, Accounting Officer. I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct. Examined, H. J Bidwell. John A. Kempe, Comptroller and Auditor General. 27. QQ2 |