1. ESTIMATE of the Amount required in the Year ending 31 March 1927 as a Contribution to the cost of the IMPROVEMENT OF THE APPROACH TO THE MALL (4 and 5 Geo. 5. c. 28).

Ten Pounds.

II. HEAD under which this Vote will be accounted for by the OFFICE OF WORKS.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST OF IMPROVEMENT OF
THE APPROACH TO THE MALL

10

9,000

DECREASE

£8,990

III.

DETAILS of the foregoing.

The works are being carried out by the London County Council under the provisions of the Mall Approach (Improvement) Act, 1914. It is provided in the Act that the Commissioners of Works shall contribute one-third of the net cost of the work, or 38,3331., whichever is the less; and that this contribution shall be defrayed partly out of moneys provided by Parliament, and partly out of other moneys at the disposal of the Commissioners.

Advances already made on account of the Contribution are as follows:

The Commissioners of Works are therefore liable for the payment of a further sum not exceeding 14,049. It is, however, quite uncertain to what extent this liability will mature during the year 1926, and in these circumstances the Estimate has been limited to a Token provision only.

1. ESTIMATE of the Amount required in the Year ending 31 March 1927 to defray the Expenses of the SURVEY of GREAT BRITAIN and of minor Services connected therewith (33 & 34 Vict. c. 13; 52 & 53 Vict. c. 30; and 12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 50).

One Hundred and Fifty-seven Thousand Three Hundred and Forty-five

Pounds.

II. SUBHEADS under which this Vote will be accounted for by the DIRECTOR OF THE SURVEY.

Ordnance Survey publications are presented to Libraries under the Copyright Acts, 1842 and 1911, and supplied gratuitously to Public Departments, &c. The value of the works so distributed in 1925 by the Survey Department was 5,3971. This amount excludes issues to the War Office, Admiralty, and Air Ministry which are supplied on Repayment Terms (see Subhead H. Appropriations in Aid).

The total expenditure in connection with this Service is estimated as follows:

Gross Estimate above

Estimated amounts (net, except in the case of Publica-
tions) included in other Estimates in connection with
this Service :-

Stationery and Printing, Class II., 31:

Publications, Parliamentary and Non-Parliamentary

The receipts in connection with this Service are estimated as

B.-PAY AND ALLOWANCES TO WARRANT OFFICERS,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND SAPPERS:

(a) The rates and scales of pay shown in brackets (except where shown as inclusive) carry an addition in respect of Cost of Living bonus payable in accordance with the scheme set out in the Appendix on page 101.

The money provision for each item represents the total remuneration, including bonus where payable.

The Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Sappers are below strength pending the occurrence of vacancies in the establishment by retirements, &c., in the Civil Staff.

C.-PAY, &c., OF CIVIL ASSISTANTS, LABOURERS, &c. :(a)

(a) The rates and scales of pay shown in brackets (except where shown as inclusive) carry an addition in respect of Cost of Living bonus payable in accordance with the scheme set out in the Appendix on page 101.

The money provision for each item represents the total remuneration, including bonus where payable.

The maximum rate for two Chief Superintendents is 4001, per annum.

The following is a statement of the approximate numbers and rates of pay of these Officers for 1926:

Approximate
Numbers.

61

18

215

174

16

11

10

1

35

75

616

Among the Civil Assistants and Labourers there are a number of Army and Naval Pensioners, and men belonging to the Reserve and Territorial Force, who are paid their Pensions and Military Allowances in addition to the Pay here provided. 3501. transferred to Class I, 10.

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Contingencies, including Compensations under the Ord-
nance Survey Act, 1841

In addition, it is estimated that the following amounts will be paid over to H.M. Stationery Office, and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research respectively:

H.M. Stationery Office-Sale of Map Catalogues and Geological Memoirs
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research-Sale of Geological Maps

300

::

800

APPENDIX.

PARTICULARS of SERVICES for which provision is made in the foregoing Estimate.

Nature of Service and Approximate Amount required for the Year 1926:-
Maintenance, revision and publication of the maps of Great Britain on the
1-inch and smaller scales, in outline and with hills ..
Maintenance, revision and publication of the 6-inch and 25-inch maps of

£

50,700

For further information, see Annual Report of the Director on the Progress of the Survey.