Appropriation Act, 1949

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Number 26 of 1949.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1949.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Section

1.

Issue of £2,522 1s. 6d. out of the Central Fund for the year 1947-48.

2.

Issue of £45,057,710 out of the Central Fund for the year 1949-50.

3.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £45,060,232 1s.6d.

Appropriation of Grants.

4.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £69,703,288 1s. 6d.

5.

Short title.

Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A)

Schedule (B)


Acts Referred to

Electoral Act, 1923

No. 12 of 1923

Juries Act, 1927

No. 23 of 1927

Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946

No. 22 of 1946

Foreshore Act, 1933

No. 12 of 1933

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Number 26 of 1949.


APPROPRIATION ACT, 1949.


AN ACT TO APPLY CERTAIN SUMS OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDED ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, AND THE YEAR ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES THE SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND ACT, 1949, AND THIS ACT, AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO BORROWING. [3rd August, 1949.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Grants out of the Central Fund.

Issue of £2,522 1s. 6d. out of the Central Fund for the year 1947-48.

1.—The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Central Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted for the service of the year ended on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-eight, the sum of two thousand, five hundred and twenty-two pounds, one shilling and sixpence.

Issue of £45,057,710 out of the Central Fund for the year 1949-50.

2.—The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Central Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted for the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, the sum of forty-five million, and fifty-seven thousand, seven hundred and ten pounds.

Power of the Minister for Finance to borrow up to £45,060,232 1s. 6d.

3.—(1) The Minister for Finance may borrow from any person and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Minister for Finance any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole forty-five million, and sixty thousand, two hundred and thirty-two pounds, one shilling and sixpence, and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister for Finance may create and issue any securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption or otherwise as he thinks fit.

(2) The principal and interest of any securities issued under this Act and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.

(3) Any moneys raised by securities issued under this Act shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer and shall form part of the Central Fund and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.

Appropriation of Grants.

Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., £69,703,288 1s. 6d.

4.—(1) All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in Schedule (A) annexed to this Act out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting, as appears by the said Schedule, in the aggregate to the sum of sixty-nine million, seven hundred and three thousand, two hundred and eighty-eight pounds, one shilling and sixpence, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Acts mentioned in the said Schedule (A) for the services and purposes expressed in Schedule (B) annexed thereto. The abstract of schedules and schedules annexed thereto, with the note (if any) to such schedules shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing subsection of this section, there may be applied out of any money directed under section 2 of the Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891, to be applied as appropriations-in-aid of the grants for the services and purposes specified in Schedule (B) annexed hereto, the sums respectively set forth in the last column of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby in the aggregate to the sum of three million, seven hundred and ninety-six thousand, eight hundred and seventy-nine pounds, eighteen shillings.

Short title.

5.—This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 1949.

Abstract of Schedules (A) and (B) to which this Act Refers.

Schedule (A).

GRANTS.

Grants out of the Central Fund

£69,703,288   1   6

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Year

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

1947–48 (Excess Vote)

2,522

1

6

*432

2

0

1948–49 (Supplementary)

1,705,226

0

0

185,712

0

0

1949–50

67,995,540

0

0

3,611,600

0

0

Total

69,703,288

1

6

3,796,879

18

0

*Deficit.

Schedule (A).

GRANTS OUT OF CENTRAL FUND.

£

s.

d.

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1948: Under this Act

2,522

1

6

For the Service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1949: Under Act No. 5 of 1949

1,705,226

0

0

For the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1950:

Under Act No. 5 of 1949

22,937,830

0

0

Under this Act

45,057,710

0

0

Total

£69,703,288

1

6

Schedule (B).

APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.

Part I.

Excess for Year 1947–48.

Year

Sums not exceeding

Supply Grant

Appropriations-in-Aid

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Sum granted to make good an excess on the grant for Forestry for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1948

2,522

1

6

*432

2

0

*Deficit.

Part II.

Schedule of Supplementary sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges for the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned, for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1949.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; No. 38 of 1938; and No. 24 of 1947)

1,250

7

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1948); for Supplements and for Allowances in Kind (No. 22 of 1946); and for certain Grants

496,900

*1,000

10

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works

53,000

139,000

17

For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments

4,300

21

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

11,200

9,370

28

For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940)

10

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, and of certain Services administered by that Office, including sundry Grants-in-Aid

10

37

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, No. 48 of 1936, and No. 25 of 1945)

10

270

38

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20)

2,800

43

For the Expenses of the Maintenance, etc., of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945)

1,350

272

48

For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1947, and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

5,250

53

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

65,345

10,000

57

For Children's Allowances (No. 2 of 1944 and No. 8 of 1946)

50,000

59

For Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and the cost of Supplements), Unemployment Assistance (including the cost of Supplements and Allowances), the Special Register of Agricultural and Turf Workers, and the provision of Labour for Harvest Work (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; No. 38 of 1935; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945; Nos. 22 and 37 of 1946; No. 39 of 1947; and No. 17 of 1948)

26,913

27,800

61

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 & 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; No. 14 of 1940 (secs. 30 and 31); No. 14 of 1942 (sec. 23); etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

104,780

64

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943 and No. 3 of 1946); Military Service Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944 and Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945); Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936 and No. 9 of 1948); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.; and for an Extra-Statutory Grant

30,900

67

For sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

10

68

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health, and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid and certain charges connected with Hospitals

324,225

72

For the Alleviation of Distress in Europe due to War, including Grants to International and other Organisations in respect of relief activities; and for relief supplies for refugees in Palestine.

10

74

For Increases in Remuneration of Civil Servants

500,000

75

For the repayment to the Contingency Fund of certain Miscellaneous Advances

7,463

76

For contributions towards the expenses of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

19,500

Total of Part II

£1,705,226

£185,712

*Deficit.

Schedule (B).

Part III.

Schedule of sums granted, and of sums which may be applied as Appropriations-in-Aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges for the several Public Services herein particularly mentioned which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1950.

Sums not exceeding

Vote No.

Title

Supply Grants

Appropriations-in-Aid

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

£

£

1

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Secretary to the President, and for certain other Expenses of the President's Establishment (No. 24 of 1938)

5,430

2

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including certain Grants-in-Aid

183,630

3

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach (No. 16 of 1924; No. 40 of 1937; No. 38 of 1938; and No. 24 of 1947)

21,650

4

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (No. 1 of 1923), including the National Insurance Audit Office

29,830

6,100

5

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Finance, including the Paymaster-General's Office

144,450

3,005

6

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including certain other Services administered by that Office

1,355,690

70,200

7

For Old Age Pensions and Pensions to Blind Persons (Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1948): for Supplements (No. 22 of 1946); and for certain Grants

6,953,000

2,000

8

For Remuneration for the Management of Government Stocks

22,100

9

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of Public Works (1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33 secs. 5 and 6; 5 & 6 Vict., c. 89, secs. 1 and 2; 9 & 10 Vict., c. 86, secs. 2, 7 and 9; etc.)

201,100

38,297

10

For Expenditure in respect of Public Buildings; for the Maintenance of certain Parks and Public Works; and for the Execution and Maintenance of Drainage and other Engineering Works

1,601,370

67,317

11

For Employment and Emergency Schemes (including Relief of Distress)

1,250,000

12

For the Salaries and Expenses of the State Laboratory

13,320

13

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Civil Service Commission (No. 5 of 1924 and No. 41 of 1926) and of the Local Appointments Commission (No. 39 of 1926, No. 15 of 1940 and No. 9 of 1946)

34,700

10,655

14

For a Grant-in-Aid of the Irish Tourist Board (No. 24 of 1939)

30,000

15

For the Salaries and Expenses of Commissions, Committees and Special Inquiries

7,000

16

For Pensions, Superannuation, Compensation (including Workmen's Compensation), and Additional and other Allowances and Gratuities under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1947, and sundry other Statutes; Extra-Statutory Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities awarded by the Minister for Finance; increases in certain Pensions and Allowances; fees to Medical Referees and occasional fees to Doctors; etc.

899,140

21,025

17

For Rates and Contributions in lieu of Rates, etc., in respect of Government Property, and for Contributions towards Rates on Premises occupied by Representatives of External Governments

225,900

885

18

For Secret Service

5,000

19

For Expenses under the Electoral Act, 1923 and the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1923 and No. 23 of 1927)

18,000

20

For certain Miscellaneous Expenses, including certain Grants-in-Aid and payments of Compensation for Death or Personal Injuries

15,340

21

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Stationery Office; for Stationery, Printing, Paper, Binding, and Printed Books for the Public Service; and for sundry Miscellaneous Services, including Reports of Oireachtas Debates

315,800

56,425

22

For the Salaries and Expenses of the General Valuation and Boundary Survey (15 & 16 Vict., c. 63; 17 Vict., c. 8 and c. 17; 20 & 21 Vict., c. 45; 22 & 23 Vict., c. 8; 23 Vict., c. 4; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 52; 37 & 38 Vict., c. 70; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 37; No. 19 of 1923; No. 3 of 1927; No. 27 of 1930; Nos. 27, 47 and 55 of 1931; No. 19 of 1932; No. 28 of 1937; No. 21 of 1939; and No. 8 of 1940; Local Government (Application and Adaptation of Enactments) Order, 1925); including Estate Duty Valuation (10 Edw. 7, c. 8), etc.

47,930

7,295

23

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Ordnance Survey and of Minor Services including the Facsimile Reproduction of Ancient Manuscripts

47,890

6,770

24

For the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; No. 28 of 1948)

3,312,989

25

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Attorney-General, etc., and for the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges, including a Grant in Relief of certain Expenses payable by Statute out of Local Rates

97,600

4,000

26

For Grants to Universities and Colleges (8 Edw. 7, c. 38; No. 42 of 1923; No. 32 of 1926; No. 35 of 1929; and No. 27 of 1934), including certain Grants-in-Aid

322,274

27

For payment to the Pensions Investment Account (No. 29 of 1935), and to the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund (No. 22 of 1946)

1,058,000

28

For Grants to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (No. 13 of 1940)

54,870

29

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Agriculture, including certain Services administered by that Office, and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

9,839,630

371,567

30

For Agricultural Produce Subsidies, etc.

2,300,000

31

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Sea and Inland Fisheries, including a Grant-in-Aid

227,850

26,456

32

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Justice

69,470

33

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Garda Síochána (No. 7 of 1925, No. 10 of 1926, No. 5 of 1937, No. 19 of 1941, Nos. 1 and 17 of 1945) and for payments of compensation and other expenses arising out of service in the Local Security Force (No. 19 of 1946)

2,838,270

53,967

34

For the Expenses of Prisons, St. Patrick's, and the Maintenance of Criminal Lunatics confined in District Mental Hospitals (17 & 18 Vict., c. 76; 34 & 35 Vict., c. 112, sec. 6; 40 & 41 Vict., c. 49; 47 & 48 Vict., c. 36; 61 & 62 Vict., c. 60; 1 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; 8 Edw. 7, c. 59; and 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58)

180,830

21,302

35

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7, c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; No. 4 of 1946, secs. 35 and 36; and No. 21 of 1946) and for a Capitation Grant

70,570

36

For the Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Circuit Court Officers, Deputy Circuit Judges, Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs; the Travelling Expenses of Circuit Judges; and the Expenses of Revision of Voters and Jurors Lists (No. 27 of 1926, etc.)

92,860

27,143

37

For such of the Salaries and Expenses of the Supreme Court and High Court of Justice as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, No. 48 of 1936, and No. 25 of 1945)

75,770

460

38

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Land Registry (40 & 41 Vict., c. 57; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 66; No. 10 of 1924, sec. 102; and No. 26 of 1942, sec. 22); and of the Registry of Deeds (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 87; 27 & 28 Vict., c. 76; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 5; and 46 & 47 Vict., c. 20)

76,360

39

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Public Record Office, and of the Keeper of State Papers, Dublin (30 & 31 Vict., c. 70; 38 & 39 Vict., c. 59; and 39 & 40 Vict., c. 58), and for the purchase of Historical Documents, etc.

7,550

40

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Office (7 & 8 Vict., c. 97, secs. 7 & 8; 30 & 31 Vict., c. 54, sec. 24; and 34 & 35 Vict., c. 102)

4,180

48

41

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Local Government, including Grants to Local Authorities, Grants and other Expenses in connection with Housing and Miscellaneous Grants

2,707,100

35,212

42

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Registrar General of Births, etc. (7 & 8 Vict., c. 81, sec. 54; 26 Vict., c. 11, sec. 9, and c. 27; 26 & 27 Vict., c. 52, sec. 11, and c. 90, sec. 20; 42 & 43 Vict., c. 70; and 43 & 44 Vict., c. 13)

17,730

10,015

43

For the Expenses of the Maintenance, etc. of Criminal Lunatics in the Dundrum Asylum (8 & 9 Vict., c. 107; and No. 19 of 1945)

28,650

1,702

44

For certain Grants-in-Aid of the National Health Insurance Fund and for other payments under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1948, and the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946)

430,700

45

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education

276,540

78

46

For Primary Education, including National School Teachers' Superannuation and a Grant-in-Aid, etc.

5,330,150

97,550

47

For Secondary Education, including the Teachers' Salaries Grant, Capitation Grant, Incremental Salary to Secondary Schools Teachers, and Grant to the Secondary Teachers' Pension Fund

896,300

40,720

48

For Payments under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1947, and for other purposes connected with Technical Instruction and Continuation Education

660,380

33,791

49

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Institutions of Science and Art, for certain Miscellaneous, Educational and Cultural Services, the Centenary Commemoration of Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland Movement, and sundry Grants-in-Aid

106,800

4,520

50

For Expenses in connection with Reformatory and Industrial Schools, including Places of Detention (8 Edw. 7, c. 67; No. 17 of 1926; No. 12 of 1941, etc.)

174,850

12,057

51

For the Salaries and Expenses of the National Gallery, including a Grant-in-Aid

8,500

52

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices of the Minister for Lands and of the Irish Land Commission (44 & 45 Vict., c. 49, sec. 46, and c. 71, sec. 4; 48 & 49 Vict., c. 73, secs. 17, 18 and 20; 54 & 55 Vict., c. 48; 3 Edw. 7, c. 37; 7 Edw. 7, c. 38, and c. 56; 9 Edw. 7, c. 42; Nos. 27 and 42 of 1923; No. 25 of 1925; No. 11 of 1926; No. 19 of 1927; No. 31 of 1929; No. 11 of 1931; Nos. 33 and 38 of 1933; No. 11 of 1934; No. 41 of 1936; No. 26 of 1939; and No. 12 of 1946)

1,530,050

139,970

53

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Forestry (No. 13 of 1946), including a Grant-in-Aid for Acquisition of Land

454,370

84,133

54

For Salaries and Expenses in connection with Gaeltacht Services, including Housing Grants and the purchase and sale of Homespuns

126,007

195,161

55

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, including certain Services administered by that Office and for payment of certain Subsidies and sundry Grants-in-Aid

3,411,400

361,636

56

For Aviation and Meteorological Services

1,142,310

150,144

57

For Children's Allowances (No. 2 of 1944 and No. 8 of 1946)

2,200,000

58

For certain Transport Services; for Grants for Harbours; for the Salaries and Expenses of the Marine Service [Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1939, and the Foreshore Act, 1933 (No. 12 of 1933)]; for certain payments in respect of Compensation, including the cost of medical treatment (No. 19 of 1946); for expenses in connection with the issue of Medals and Certificates; and for the Coast Life Saving Service

262,600

5,956

59

For Expenses in connection with Unemployment Insurance (including Contributions to the Unemployment Fund and the cost of Supplements), Unemployment Assistance (including the cost of supplements and allowances), and the provision of Labour for Harvest Work (9 Edw. 7, c. 7; 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 30; 11 Geo. 5, c. 1; 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 15; 12 Geo. 5, c. 7; No. 17 of 1923; Nos. 26 and 59 of 1924; No. 21 of 1926; No. 33 of 1930; Nos. 44 and 46 of 1933; No. 38 of 1935; No. 2 of 1938; No. 4 of 1940; No. 3 of 1941; No. 20 of 1943; No. 23 of 1945; No. 37 of 1946; No. 39 of 1947 and No. 17 of 1948)

1,353,000

536,150

60

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (No. 16 of 1927, No. 13 of 1929 and No. 45 of 1947)

18,570

61

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (45 and 46 Vict., c. 74; 8 Edw. 7, c. 48; 1 and 2 Geo. 5, c. 26; The Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1928; No. 14 of 1940, secs. 30 and 31; No. 14 of 1942, sec. 23; etc.), and of certain other Services administered by that Office

5,117,810

241,652

62

For Salaries and other Expenses in connection with Wireless Broadcasting (No. 45 of 1926) including Public Concerts

204,980

63

For the Defence Forces (including certain Grants-in-Aid) under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, and for certain administrative Expenses in connection therewith; for certain Expenses under the Offences against the State Acts, 1939 and 1940 (No. 13 of 1939 and No. 2 of 1940) and the Air-raid Precautions Acts, 1939 and 1946 (No. 21 of 1939 and No. 28 of 1946); for Expenses in connection with the issue of Medals, etc.; and for Expenses of the Bureau of Military History

3,705,880

142,776

64

For Wound and Disability Pensions, Further Pensions and Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923, No. 12 of 1927, No. 24 of 1932, No. 15 of 1937, No. 2 of 1941, No. 14 of 1943 and No. 3 of 1946); Military Service Pensions Allowances and Gratuities (No. 48 of 1924, No. 26 of 1932, No. 43 of 1934, No. 33 of 1938, No. 5 of 1944 and Nos. 11 and 34 of 1945); increases in certain Pensions and Allowances; Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 37 of 1936 and No. 9 of 1948); Payments in respect of Compensation for Members of the Local Defence Force (No. 19 of 1946); and for sundry Contributions and Expenses in respect thereof, etc.

848,560

65

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for External Affairs, and of certain Services administered by that Office (No. 16 of 1924), including a Grant-in-Aid

261,560

66

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Social Welfare

376,970

396,275

67

For sundry Miscellaneous Social Welfare Services, including Grants

225,700

68

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain Services administered by that Office, including Grants to Local Authorities, Miscellaneous Grants and a Grant-in-Aid and certain charges connected with Hospitals

2,020,420

327,065

69

For Compensation and other Payments in connection with Injuries to Property caused by the dropping of bombs from foreign aircraft and by kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 24 of 1941)

9,500

70

For Compensation and other Payments in respect of Personal Injuries sustained by persons, not as members of State Services, as a result of the dropping of bombs by foreign aircraft and of kindred incidents while the State is not engaged in war (No. 19 of 1946)

2,680

72

For the Salaries and Expenses of the Central Statistics Office

4,000

120

73

For contributions towards the expenses of the Council of Europe and of the Organisation for European Economic Co-Operation and for other expenses in connection therewith

24,130

Total of Part III.                    £

67,995,540

3,611,600

Total of Schedule (B)            £

69,703,288    1    6

3,796,879    18    0