DETAILS of MISCELLANEOUS ADVANCES repayable from the

Vote for “ Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund” in Class VI. of the Civil Service Estimates (Head No. 5 on page 2):

£ S. d.

£
Amounts remitted in respect of Stamp Duties
payable as follows :-
On Royal Warrant, Letters Patent

and Docket conferring Baronetcy
on General Sir Charles Carmichael
Monro ; Sir W. H. Cowan, K.C.B.
and Sir Cecil Burney

301 16 On Royal Warrant, Letters Patent and

Docket conferring Viscounty, on
Lord Chelmsford and Rt. Hon.
James William Lowther

401 4 On Royal Warrant empowering H.R.H.

Prince Arthur of Connaught to
confer honour of Knight Bachelor
on Mr. C. W. Whiteside

10 On Royal Warrants empowering Viceroy

of India to confer honour of
Knight Bacbelor

1 10 On Royal Warrant authorising H.R.H.

Duke of Connaught to invest
Insignia of K.C.V.Ö. on Mr. J.L.
Maffey, C.S.I.

- 10 On Royal Warrant amending a Statute of the Order of St. Patrick

- 10 On Warrants, Letters Patent and

Docket conferring Knighthood on
18 persons resident abroad, or other.
wise unable to attend Investitures

550 6 On Warrants granting leave of

absence to the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland and appointing Lords
Justices and handing over Sword of
State

2 On Warrant and Docket presenting

Rev. C. M. Wilson to Vicarage of
Sutherton

- 12 On Letters Patent and Docket relative to Colonial Governments

2 8 On 4 Warrants appointing Royal Commissions and Commissioners

2
On Articles of Clerkships ; Admissions

to Inns of Court, etc., and on
Certificates of Solicitors and Law
Agents, in case of men killed on
Active Service

1,613 11 11 On Faculty conferring degrees on Two

Clergymen resident abroad (one-
third of Stamp Duty)

20
On Admission of Members of H.M.

Forces to the Honorary Freedom
of Boroughs and Burgbs

1,382 5 On Armenian Government Treasury

Bills, deposited in respect of certain
Stores, etc.

414 17
On Deeds and other Instruments for
Public Departments...

5,147 7 2

...

...

...

...

...

4,781 - 6

as

500

1,000

...

...

2,653 18 3

2,000

293 2 4

Brought forward
Amounts paid to Superintending Regis-

trars and Diocesan Registrars in
respect of Stamp Duty on Soldiers'

and Sailors' Marriage Licences Equipage Allowance to His Excellency

Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent on
appointment as Lord Lieutenant of

Ireland
Equipage Allowance to Sir John Ross,

Bt., on appointment Lord

Chancellor of Ireland
Outfit Allowance to Rt. Hon. J. H.

Whitley, M.P., as Speaker of the

House of Commons...
Amount paid in 1921–22 in respect of

delayed claims under the scheme for
Coastwise Transport Subsidy, pro-
vided for in 192021, in Unclassified

Services. Vote 12
British Government Contribution to-

wards the initial expenses of the
International Corporation for the
re-establishment of better economic

conditions in Europe
Amount paid to Metropolitan Police

Fund to make good deficit of Fees,
etc, on tbe Chatham and Sheerness
Police Courts for the year to

31 March, 1921
Proportion of Fees to Public Vaccinators

that could not be paid in 1920/21
owing to the deficiency in the
Exchequer Contribution Account:-

East Ham Borough Council
Middlesex County Council

London County Council
Expenditure incurred by the Admiralty

in connection with the conveyance
to New York of the remains of
American Officers lost in the wreck

of Airship R. 38
Claim for Customs drawback admitted

in respect of the removal of certain

duty paid watches to the Isle of Man Government share of Expense in con

nection with the extension of time
for the Mall Approach Improvement
Scheme, provided for in 1915/16 in

Class I, No. 18
Income Tax, etc., remitted upon Salaries

of Dominion High Commissioners
or Trade Commissioners and their
personal staffs, certified to be
normally resident in tbe Dominions
and resident in the United Kingdom
solely by reason of their official

duties ...
British share of the balance due in

respect of Advances to the German
Government under the

Coal
Deliveries Agreement (remanet)

II, AN ACCOUNT showing the DISTRIBUTION of the CAPITAL of

the Fund at the commencement and close of the Year ended 31 March, 1922,

Note: The sum of £23,050,000 was written off the Assets of the Civil Contingencies Fund and the Capital of the Fund was permanently increased from £300,000 to £1,500,000, under Sect. 52 of the Finance Act, 1921 (11 and 12 Geo. V. c. 32.)

0. E. NIEMEYER,

Accounting Officer.

Treasury,

30 September, 1922.

TREASURY CHAMBERS,

17th October, 1922.

SIR,

I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to transmit herewith the Annual Account of the Civil Contingencies Fund for the year 1921–22 and to request that it may be examined in the usual manner.

I am,

Sir,
Your obedient Servant,

B. P. BLACKETT.

(Sgd.) The Comptroller and Auditor-General.

EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT,

Victoria Embankment, E.C.4.

6th March, 1923. SIR,

I Am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor-General to return the Account of the Civil Contingencies Fund for the year 1921-22, which was transmitted with Sir B. P. Blackett's letter of 17th October, 1922 (F. 2039), and, I am to state, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, that it has been examined as requested and found correct.

I am,

Sir,
Your obedient Servant,

(Sgd.) T. B. PEARSON.

The Secretary,
H.M. Treasury,

Whitehall, S.W.

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