(f) Including payments into Sinking Funds. (g) Prior to 1914-15 the cost of maintenance of Pauper Lunatics is included under Poor Relief. Thereafter, under the provisions of the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913, half cost of such maintenance was borne by the Lunacy Authority (District Boards of Control), and it therefore appears as Lunacy, the other half being shown as Poor Relief. (h) In addition 2,328,8907. of Contingent, &c., Fund, was applied in reduction of Debt. (The sum of 2,328,8907.-part of the accumulated amount of the Glasgow Tramways Depreciation Fund-which had been expended in past years on extension of the Tramways, and hitherto treated in the accounts as an Investment of the Fund and part of the Capital Debt of the Tramways Undertaking, was, in this year, written off the Debt.) 55348 E 2 LOCAL AUTHORITIES: PAYMENTS. No. 21.-AMOUNTS EXPENDED by the LOCAL AUTHORITIES in eaca DIVISION of the [Compiled from the Annual Local Taration Returns (Ireland) and (a) The amounts expended on account of "loan charges" are not allocated to the various Services as such allocation can only be made in respect of a few Services. (b) The expenditure for Education and Police is almost entirely provided for out of the Imperial Taxes. 59,381 15,887 17,960 138,573 36,451 55,794 8,119 68,531 67,329 41,350 14,548 56,666 69,004 69,415 566,411 ,595,599 490,054 959,756 8,134,351 8,598,435 | 8,647,392 8,525,148 8,868,075 8,565,229 8,954,792 | 8,834,651 LOCAL AUTHORITIES: PAYMENTS. UNITED KINGDOM, in each of the YEARS 1908-9 to 1922-3--Continued. from the Annual Local Taxation Returns (Northern Ireland).] *p[q[!BAY 20T SIG[m)!!.ukd Particulars not available. Loan Charges: (a) (i) For repayment of Principal. (iii) For Interest and Dividends. Elementary (including Industrial Schools and Technical. University. Electric Lighting (other than Public Lighting). Harbours, Docks, Piers, Canals, and Quays. Hospitals (other than Poor Law Infirmaries), Lighting (Public). Lunatics and Lunatic Asylums. Police and Police Stations. (b) Poor Relief (excluding cost of maintenance of pauper lunatics in County and Borough Asylums). (c) Improvement of towns by building, demolition Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. Tramways and Light Railways. Other Works and Purposes. Total Expenditure of Local Authorities de frayed otherwise than out of Loans. Loan Charges: (a) (1) For repayment of Principal. (iii) For Interest and Dividends. Education: (b) Elementary (including Industrial Schools and Technical. University. Electric Lighting (other than Public Lighting). Harbours, Docks, Piers, Canals, and Quays. Hospitals (other than Poor Law Infirmaries), Housing of the Working Classes, &c. Lunatics and Lunatic Asylums. Police and Police Stations. (b) Poor Relief (excluding cost of maintenance of pauper lunatics in County and Borough Asylums). (c) Improvement of towns by building, demolition Sewerage and Sewage Disposal. Other Works and Purposes. Total Expenditure of Local Authorities defrayed out of Loans. TOTAL EXPENDITURE. (c) Exclusive of expenses under Medical Charities, Vaccination, and Dispensary Houses Acts, which are included under "Hospitals." (d) Inclusive of Loans in respect of Criminal Inquiry Decrees. (e) Northern Ireland only. LOANS FOR LOCAL WORKS, &c. No. 22.-STATEMENT of LOANS for LOCAL WORKS, &c., showing for 31st March of each Year from 1911, the TOTAL SUMS ADVANCED, REPAID and REMITTED from 1792 to the close of each of such Years, and the TOTAL SUMS OUTSTANDING at the close of the same Years. [Compiled from the Accounts of the Local Loans Fund.] No. 23.-STATEMENT of LIGHT DUES, &c. collected, and of EXPENDITURE incurred for the LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE in the UNITED KINGDOM in each of the Years ended 31st March, 1910 to 1924. [Compiled from the Accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund.] LIGHTHOUSES, 1909-10. 1910-1. 1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9. 1919-20. 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3. 1923-4. (d) 116,241 111,210 113,865 112,770 118,800 118,844 124,434 130,597 143,452 167,946 216,122 89,236 87,167 92,004 92,874 101,959 94,702 85,694 94,280 107,657 147,721 161,923 5,742 4,143 2,906 4,297 3,452 7.281 5,496 9,027 12,692 8,214 6,136 Maintenance of Buoys and 10,889 19,273 10.311 10,581 11,990 94,714 4,779 15,199 8,344 11,108 93,554 90,575 103,699 116,128 Maintenance of District Store 13,305 15,126 38,431 14,151 14,929 15,855 39,345 39,197 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 33,816 35,577 38,518 28,663 37,386 37,275 41,027 106,061 57,861 85,038 86,155 58,616 67,312 36,669 15,018 17,893 20,889 13,556 21,206 17,237 14,110 32,239 28,985 509,581 477,423 513,203 525,315 506,854 509,174 481,815 489,075 14,200 15,358 28,102 20,797 32,995 (b)1,609 147.764 181,479 259,070 22,075 35,781 34,323 32,760 29,300 40,657 | 50,811 70,863 68,127 63,624 61.811 (a) Including an advance of 199,5007. obtained from the Board of Trade with the sanction of Treasury to meet deficiency on the Fund. (b) Credit. Amount chargeable to Admiralty in excess of Maintenance. (c) Including repayment of Treasury Loan amounting to 100,000l. in 1920-1, 35.0007. in 1921-2 and 64,5007, in 1922–3. (d) Figures for the year 1921-2 are not properly comparable with those for previous years as a "Revenue and Expenditure" system of Accounting was introduced for the General Lighthouse Fund from the 1st April, 1921, and consequently there is a certain overlapping as between 1920-1 and 1921-2 accounts, |