CLASS III.-continued. VOTE 16.-IRISH LAND COMMISSION-continued. EXPLANATION of the Causes of Variation between Expenditure and Grant. Caused by the payment of Salaries to additional Staff. Actual cost of Travelling was less than estimated. Caused by increased cost of advertising. Caused by the payment of taxed costs incurred by the Public Trustee in the matter of Blacker-Douglass Trusts. E.-Saving 1167. 48. 7d. during the year. F.-Saving 5801. 1s. 10d. Due to changes in the Solicitors' Staff and economies resulting therefrom It is not possible to make a close estimate of this Expenditure. Caused by the amount available for the payment of interest and sinking fund on Guaranteed 23 per cent. Stock, issued on account of the Land Purchase Aid F'und, being insufficient to the extent of the excess. Loss on Unoccupied Holdings.-The loss in the year (681. 18s. 5d.) has been charged to the Vote 1905-6, under sanction of Treasury Letter of 20 July 1906 (12,937/06). H.-Excess of Receipts 1717. 178. 1d. The costs recovered were greater than had been anticipated. Claims for costs against defaulting tenant purchasers, amounting to 4l. 1s. 11d., were abandoned with Treasury sanction. Stamps-over-estimate. EXTRA RECEIPTS. EXTRA REMUNERATION. Mr. C. Litton Falkiner, Legal Assistant Commissioner, received 691. 12s. for services as an Inspector under the Historical MSS. Commission. Mr. B. J. O'Donnell, Staff Officer, received 361. from the County Court Officers (Ireland) Vote for services as Registrar to a Revising Barrister. The Surplus of 1921. 13s. 10d., shown on the Account of the Vote "Irish Land Commission," for the year ended 31st March 1905, has been surrendered. R. Lewis, J. H. Franks, Accountant. 22 November 1906. 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. zz 2 CLASS III. continued. VOTE 16. IRISH LAND COMMISSION Excess. Special Sub- REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL. 1. Expenditure in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Heads A, C, D and G. 2. A special Sub-Head has been introduced, under Treasury sanction, to record irrecoverable expenditure amounting to 68l. 188. 5d. on " Unoccupied Holdings," in respect "Unoccupied of which the Accounts had been closed during the year. Holdings." Surplus. 3. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account. 1,1407. 78. 8d. CLASS III. continued. VOTE 17. COUNTY COURT OFFICERS, &c., IRELAND. ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, to defray the Salaries, Allowances, and Expenses of various COUNTY COURT OFFICERS, and of MAGISTRATES in IRELAND, and the Expenses of REVISION, in the Year ended 31st March 1906, showing the Surplus or Deficit upon each Sub-Head of the Vote. CLASS III. continued. VOTE 17-COUNTY COURT OFFICERS, &c., IRELAND-continued. EXPLANATION of the Causes of Variation between Expenditure and Grant. and Peace, Local Registering Authority, and Local Registrar in Savings under Heads which can only be estimated for approximately : £. 297 2 11 B.-Excess Expenditure due to appointment of Clerk of Crown and Peace, Co. Leitrim C.-Casual saving. D.-Saving owing to abatement of 10 per cent. from the salaries of two of the Resident Saving owing to the full number of Magistrates estimated for not having drawn pay E. Provision was made for 66 Magistrates, but the full number did not draw allowances during the whole year. F.-Approximate Estimate. G.-The Revision occupied somewhat less time than was anticipated. H. -Increased receipts from Fees for préparation of Jurors' Lists owing to the union of the offices of Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the Peace for the Counties of Antrim and Leitrim, and also from Fees taken in the local Courts of Bankruptcy, which fluctuate greatly and cannot be closely estimated. EXTRA REMUNERATION. The sum of 381. was paid to Mr. Joseph Wilson, Registrar to the Recorder of Belfast, for acting as Deputy Clerk of the Peace at the annual Revision Sessions. The Surplus of 2,6861. 1s. 2d. shown on the Account of the Vote "County Court Officers, &c., Ireland, for the year ended 31st March 1905, has been surrendered. Anthony Ormsby, Clerk in Charge of the Account. Dublin Castle, 29 November 1906. R. W. A. Holmes, Accounting Officer. I certify that this Account has been examined under any directions, and is correct. Examined, H. J. Bidwell, John A. Kempe, Comptroller and Auditor General. CLASS III. continued. VOTE 17. COUNTY COURT OFFICERS, &c., IRELAND. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL. £. 8. d. 1 Expenditure in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Head B. 2. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 1,362l. 118. 11d. Excess. Surplus. Stamps. 3. It appears from a statement furnished to me by the Inland Revenue Department Fee, &c., that 21,1057. 148. 8d. was received in that Department during the year for Fee, &c., Stamps, in connection with this Vote. |