VOTE 8.-SHIPBUILDING, REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, &C.-contd. STATEMENT showing the DESIGNATION, NUMBERS and SALARIES and Provision for Full Pay Leave to Naval Officers and for Overlapping Appointments.. 475 70 VOTE 8.-SHIPBUILDING, REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, &C.-contd. STATEMENT showing the DESIGNATION, NUMBERS and SALARIES and ALLOWANCES of OFFICERS and CLERICAL STAFF at each NAVAL YARD ABROAD-contd. Overtime every Provision for Full Pay Leave to Naval Officers and for Overlapping Appointments.. SALARY (a). Mini- Incre- £ 52 180 10 71s. 3s. 86s. 4723 54 29,576 2,679 786 Allowances to Officers of H.M. Ships for performing the Local Audit (501.) and Stocktaking (101.) (c) The bonus referred to in Appendix No. 7 is not payable to these grades. A local bonus of 19s, a week is payable to the Clerks and an increase of 25 per cent., plus 19s. a week, to the Timekeepers. (d) For extra remuneration paid out of other Votes, see Appendix No. 6. (e) Pay provided in Vote 1." The bonus referred to in Appendix No 7 is not payable to these grades. A local bonus of 30 per cent. of pay is payable. (g) Rate for married Officers. (h) Rate for unmarried Officers. (1) A further sum of 751. is provided under Vote 8, Section II, Subhead K (3). (20491) Σ [Vote 9.] NAVY ESTIMATES 1926. Vote 9. NAVAL ARMAMENTS. I. ESTIMATE of the Sum which will be required in the Year ending 31 March 1927 to defray the Expense of NAVAL ARMAMENTS. Three Million Four Hundred and Thirty-six Thousand Four Hundred Pounds. II. SUBHEADS under which this Vote will be accounted for. As revised by Supplementary Estimate, 27 July 1925 (Parliamentary Paper, No. 150). (a) This figure includes 37,000l. Labour charges on repayment services. NOTE.-Provision has been made for New Construction in Vote 9 to the extent of £971,350. This Vote provides for the cost of maintaining the Naval Armament, Torpedo and Mining Depots at Home and Abroad, the Cordite Factory at Holton Heath, the Torpedo Factory at Greenock, and the Torpedo Experimental Station, for expenditure on Naval Armaments Matériel and Stores and the requisite inspection and proof thereof, and for the Admiralty share of the cost of the Ordnance Committee, the War Office Research Department and other joint services. Provision for Works and Buildings at the Depots and Factories is included in Vote 10, "Works, Buildings, &c.," for Machinery in Vote 8, III., H., and for the Staff of the Armament Supply Department at the Admiralty in Vote 12, "Admiralty Office." Non-effective charges are provided for in Vote 15. The Vote is readily divisible into two portions. The first, comprising Subheads A. to E., with a total of 1,331,010., relates to the cost of administration and maintenance of Establishments and the Labour Staff required for maintenance, repair, and upkeep of Armament Stores, and, in the case of the staff at Greenock and Holton Heath Factories, for the manufacture of Torpedoes and Cordite respectively. The second, consisting of Subheads F. to L., with a total of 2,523,2001., relates to the provision required for the purchase and repair of Armament Matériel and Stores, for the cost of materials and stores for use at the Greenock and Holton Heath Factories, for work at Woolwich Arsenal, and for Inspection, Proof, Experiments, &c. Explanations are given on pages 1446 to 152a in regard to the services provided for under the respective Subheads and details are furnished of the causes of variation in Estimates as compared with the Vote for the previous year. [Vote 9.] MEMORANDA. NAVY ESTIMATES, 1926. EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCE. A. SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES. Provision for the Salaries of the Head Quarters Staff is made in Vote 12. The rates of salaries and allowances are laid down on the authority of the Treasury, and no change can be made in them without the sanction of that Department. Civil Service Bonus is paid at the rates and subject to the conditions detailed in Appendix 7. The Salaries of Officers employed in connection with the erection, repair, and maintenance of Naval Armament Supply Buildings are provided under Vote 10, "Works, Buildings, &c." Provision for Chemists mainly engaged in Research work is now made in Vote 6, Subhead N. |