The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-02 00:00:00

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

Any hope that may have been entertained that
the excess in the expenditure for the naval and
military services of the ensuing year would be
counterbalanced by a decrease in the estimates
for the civil service, will be disappointed
this morning by the publication of the
voluminous document bearing the signature
of Mr. George Ward Hunt. The sum
required to be voted on account of the civil services
for the year 1868-9 is no less than 15,230,4791., the
votes for the previous year being 14,190,353/ ; but
there are certain deductions to be taken into
account, so that the actual increase as compared
with 1867-8 is 418,1121.
There is a considerable increase in the depart-
ment of public works and buildings, the vote on
account of embassy houses showing an advance
on the previous vote of nearly 26,0001. ; and
on account of harbours of refuge there is
an excess of 18,2741. The commissioners
of works in England will require au ad-
vance on last year's vote of 14,110/. for the main-
tenance and repair of royal palaces, although the
extra receipts, payable to the Exchequer, amount
to 5,0451. The other principal items of increase
are for public buildings, 8,3521. • royal parks and
' pleasure gardens, 12,198/. • public record repository,
20,580/. ; enlargement of the National Gallery,
18,000/. • Burlington House, 40,0001. The govern-
ment 41;o require anew vote of 10,000/. for a natural
history museum, 10,000/. for the new Home and
Colonial offices, and 20,000/. for the Glasgow
University. There is also an increase of 32,9631
•
in the estimated coat for the year of public build-
ings in Ireland.
Under the head of salaries and expenses of
public department. there appears to be a consider-
able falling off, for while there is an increase on
the several items amounting to 58,9691., there is •
decrease of no less than 181,8871., while the extrs
receipts payable to the Exchequer amount
to 105,682/. It is, however, important to
observe that the falling off is more
apparent than real, for whereas 167,3501. for
of public departments, and 10,9001. for
postage
Lords' offices were placed to this account
in 1867-8, no vote is presented this year, although
in the framing of the general abstract the postal
expenses, based on the estimate of last year, are
taken into account, so that the actual increase on
the whole estimates remains at the figure already
stated.

The increase under the beading of law and
justice is 5b4,9701., and the decrease 15,304/. ; but
the extra receipts payable to the Exchequer are

488,9001. . -
Under the heading of Education, Science, and
Art, there is an excess of 138,6071., with extra
receipts amounting to 24,1091., the chief items of the
account being for public education in Great Britain
and Ireland, the vote for the former being 842,5641.,
showing an increase of 136,6891., and for the latter
360,1951., which is an advance of 19,3631., although
in the case of Ireland there are extra receipts
payable to the Exchequer amounting to 13,5001.
In the votes for colonial, consular, and
other foreign services; and for the super-
annuation and retired allowances, and gra-
tuities for charitable and other purposes, there
is also an increase ; while under the head of
miscellaneous, special, and temporary objects there
I appears to be a demean, ; but then the vole for the
i entertainment of foreign potentates, amounting
last year to 25,0001., and one or two smaller votes,
are provided for in supplementary estimates.
With respect to the comparison of the votes in
I these dune it is to be observed that they do not
' include the sum of 402,0001. granted in user-8,
to amble the Tremor, to make advances for pro-
viding now Courts of Justice, these advances being
repayable out of the surplus interest fund of the
new Court of Chancery.