The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-19 00:00:00

These PPtirnntes are di vi,led info 6re Chime the natil"
of which, and the amount rcquired for each, will be re Ni
front the following *untinary :
No. 1. Pollic Works and Buildings £815,829
No. 2. Sal tries and Expenses of Public DT/at-
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L Eic':tei't:i?oBn, .rustiCo
No. Sei,n3co. and A.
No. 5. Colonial, Consular, and other Foreign
Service

1,051,786
1,478,851
7?2,812

Total £4,443,718

The totals for the years ending 31st of March, lius2,
and 31st of March, 1353, having been 3,787,9131. and
4,171.9841., there is an increase of 657,8201. on those of
.the former year, and of 273,754/. on those of the latter.
I. PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.
Under this bead twelve votes are cemprised, the most
important of which are the following :
(1.) Public Buildings and Royal Palaces.—The total
amount, is 135.8631., ex.eeding by 22,3571. the vote of
1852, and by 12,5431. that of 1853. The largest item is
22.3561. for repairs, &e., to he effected at palaces, &c.,
in the personal occupation of her Majesty ; and the next
in amount is 18.379/ for St. James's and Kensington
Palace, Hampton-court, and other royal palaces not ao
personally occupied. For the repair of royal, public,
arid ecclesiastical buildings in Scotland, the 8111:11 of
12,3871. is required.
(2 and 3.) l3uckingham Palace, and the Royal Parks,
Pleasure Grounds, &c.—The total of the first vote is
19,4371., and of the second, 60,5851. The former sum
is required to meet the balance due for the erection and
completion of the buildings facing Pimlico, including the
material finishings and the external enclosures. Of the
sum 91,4321., which is the total t.t.iitrated expense of the
alterations, her Majesty` has centributed 48.552/., tin
purchase money of the Pavilion at Brighton, and
20.0001. of the remainder was voted in the last session.
The estimate for the maintenance of royal parks, &c., is
limited to such expenses as are requisite to preserve
them in proper co dition fur the public use ; and a
report from Sir W. J. Hooker, appended to the estimate,
shows the extent to which the public avail themselves of
the privilege. It appears that the number of visitors to
Kew Gardens has increased, in the last ten years, from
16,114, the number in 1844, to 331,210, which was the
number in 1853, and the largest ever recoroed.
(4 ) New Houses of Parliament,—The vote proposed
is 141,2941., being an increase of 20,0451. on that of
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works and ordienry finishings of the buildings, include
ing warming and ventilating works ;" and the principal
portions of the buildings to which this sum is applicable
are she western trout which overlo ks Oid Palace yard,
the Victoria Tower, and the buildings in the Star Chain-
ber Court.
(7) Holyhead Harbour, &c.—The amount proposed
is 155.4861 , being an increase of 66,09 C/. on the vote
of 1852, and of 64,2971 on that of 1853. The original
estimate for the new refuge harbour, the packet pier,
and the purchase of the land required, was 808,0631.; of
which 455,0001. has already been voted, and as 35,000/.
has bees advanced tune Civil Contingencies, that sum
has to be added to 12.0001., the amount required dnr.ng
the current year. By this means the total of 155,0001.
is arrived at.
(8 ) Harbours of Refute.—The vote to be asked is
237,0001., and the excess over that of 18;72 is 67,000/.
The total is to be divided between works at the Channel
Islands, Portland, Dover, and Harwich ; the two former
exhausting by far the 1 ir;est pr oportions. Further par-
ticulars are to appear in a separate paper, which will
firm a continuation of retarnaalre4dy printed.
(10 and 11.) Public Buildings in Ireland, and Kings-
town Harbour.—The totals are 26,118/. and 13,370/.
On the former there is a decrease, on the latter an in-
crease, when compared with the votes of the two last
years.
11. SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS.
The aggregate of the twenty-four votes is 1,094,786/. ;
that of 1852 having been 1,032,2331, and that of 1853
1.033,4151. The large increase is, in a great measure,
due to two particular heads—the vote tur the " Mint,
including coin ige," having risen from 36,439/ to 49,531/.,
and being now fixed at 82,504/. ; while that for printing
and stationery has advanced train 216,5091. to 255.5601.
—the amount to be a-ked for the current year. If these
large items were abstracted there would be a decrease of
ab•iut 10,000/. in the estimates fir the present year,
although there are, as it was natural to expect, some
augmentations in the amounts required for the principal
departmeilt,. It is right to notice the reductions in the
salaries of officers connected with the two Houses of Par-
liainent from 95,8001.—the amount voted in 1852—t0
83,076/., the total required for the current year. The
case is one in which reduction was imperatively called
for.