CLASS III.-continued.

VOTE 21.

REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, IRELAND.

REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL.

1. EXPENDITURE in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Heads B., C., Excess. and D.

2. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 12877. 13s. 6d.

Surplus

CLASS III.-continued.

VOTE 22.

DUNDRUM CRIMINAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, IRELAND.

ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, to pay the Expenses of the MAINTENANCE of CRIMINAL LUNATICS in the DUNDRUM CRIMINAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, IRELAND, in the Year ended 31st March 1906, showing the Surplus or Deficit upon each Sub-Head of the Vote.

Estimated Amount of Extra Receipts payable to Exchequer

Amount of Extra Receipts realised in the Year 1905-1906, and paid over to Exchequer

Number of Criminal Lunatics Estimated for

Daily average number of Criminal Lunatics maintained

CLASS III continued.

VOTE 22.-DUNDRUM CRIMINAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, IRELAND-continued.

EXPLANATION of the CAUSES of VARIATION between EXPENDITURE and GRANT. A.-Excess due to the employment of a "Locum Tenens" during the absence on sick leave of the Assistant Physician, payment of a Marriage Gratuity to a Female Attendant, and the usual annual increments; part of which extra Expenditure was met by savings effected through vacancies in the staff.

B.-Saving due to the average number of patients maintained being less than estimated.

C.-Saving due to the average number of patients maintained being less than estimated, and also to the absence of destruction of clothing by patients.

D.-Amount unexpended.
E-Amount unexpended.

F. Amount unexpended.
G.-Amount unexpended.

The Surplus of 11. 2s. 6d., shown on the Account of the Vote "Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Ireland," for the year ended 31st March 1905, has been surrendered.

John G. Squires,

Sub-Accounting Officer.

G. Revington, M.D.,
Accounting Officer.

30th October, 1906.

Examined,

I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct.

1. EXPENDITURE in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Head A. Excess. 2. The usual Statements relating to the Farm and Garden Accounts have been for- Farin and warded, and their accuracy has been tested, as far as possible, by the aid of documents furnished with the Monthly Cash Accounts, and by an examination applied locally.

3. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 61l. 4s. 1d.

Garden.

Surplus.

4. The Accounts of the receipt and issue of provisions and miscellaneous stores, and of Stores. the manufacture and repair of articles for use in the asylum, have been subjected to a local test examination, with satisfactory results.

John A. Kempe,
Comptroller and Auditor General.

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