CLASS V. continued, VOTE 5. TREASURY CHEST FUND. ACCOUNT of the Sun Expended, compared with the Sum Granted in the year ended 31st March 1906, to make good the Net Loss on Transactions connected with the raising of Money for the various TREASURY CHESTS Abroad in the year 1904-5 (40 and 41 Vict., c. 45, s. 5). EXPLANATION of the Cause of Variation between Expenditure and Grant. It was not possible to make a closer Estimate of the Expenditure, as some of the Accounts for the year 1904-5 had not been received when the Estimate was framed. The Surplus of 2,4121. 8s. 6d. shown on the Account of the Vote "Treasury Chest Fund," for the year ended 31st March 1905, has been surrendered. 26 October 1906. Treasury 06.} W. Blain, Accounting Officer. I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct. John A. Kempe, Comptroller and Auditor General. Examined, W. M. Martin. VOTE 5. Nature of Surplus REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL. 1. THIS Grant was taken on a Supplementary Estimate to make good to the Treasury Chest Fund the Net Loss on the transactions of the year 1904-5, which, as stated upon the Estimate, arose principally in connection with the raising of funds in China, 2. The Surplus to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 552l. 10s. 4d, CLASS V-continued. VOTE 6. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES INDEMNITY. ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, in payment to the FRENCH I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct. John A. Kempe, Examined, W. M. Martin. VOTE 6. Comptroller and Auditor General. Nature of REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL 1. THIS Grant, for which provision was made in the Supplementary Estimate of 19th February, 1906, was required to pay to the French Government the amount awarded by the Arbitral Tribunal in pursuance of Article 3 of the Anglo-French Convention of 8th April, 1904, under the Act 4 Edw. 7, c. 33. The Award represents the indemnity held to be due to French citizens and fishermen on the Treaty Shore of Newfoundland, who were obliged either to abandon their establishments or to give up their occupation in consequence of the Convention. Surplus. 2. The Surplus to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 38. 3d. CLASS V-continued. VOTE 7. SAMOA ARBITRATION CLAIMS. ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, in Settlement of the SAMOA ARBITRATION CLAIMS, in the Year ended 31st March 1906. EXPLANATION of the Cause of Variation between Expenditure and Grant. Certain claims did not come in course of payment until after the close of the financial year. Treasury, 27 November 1906. J W. Blain, Accounting Officer.. I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct. Examined, VOTE 7. John A. Kempe, Comptroller and Auditor General. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL. Grant. 1. This Grant, for which provision was made in the Supplementary Estimate of Nature of 19 February 1906, was required in settlement of claims arising out of the military action of Great Britain and the United States of America in Samoa in 1899. 2. The Surplus to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 1087. 9s. 10d. Surplus. THE subjoined Summary compares the Gross Expenditure for the Services in Class V. with the Gross Grants for the Year 1905-6; and also shows the variation between the Sums Estimated and Realised as Appropriations in Aid, together with other Extra Receipts, payable to the Exchequer. CIVIL SERVICE ACCOUNTS, 1905-6. CLASS VI. NON-EFFECTIVE AND CHARITABLE SERVICES. REPORTS of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS of the SUPPLY GRANTS included in the CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES, CLASS VI., 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. |