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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1854.

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Business
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

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the naval expenditure beyond the amount voted by
Parliament for the year 1854-55, consequent upon
war being declared with Russia, and for the balance
of pay due to the representatives of the officers and
crews of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror,
employed as discovery ships in the Arctic regions,"
arranged under the proper heads of the annual
estimates. The total sum now to be provided
amounts to 4,553,7311., and is distributed among
the following votes :
Vote I.—WAGES TO SEAMEN AND MARINES.—The
total under this head is 461,7001., of which sum 110,000/.
will be required to defray the charge of wages for 5,000
additional seamen during the last sit months of the cur-
rent year, provision for the first half having Leen made
in the estimates already voted. For the additional pay
beyond seamen's pay to coast guardsmen and seamen
riggers employed in the fleet, the amount to be voted is
51,7001. ; and 220,0001. is asked for to defray for an en-
tire year the charge cf wages for a furtiv addition of
5,000 seamen. These items together amount to
381,7001., and 80,0001. more being added as the balance
of pay due to the representatives of the officers and
crews belonging to the discovery ships above mentioned,
the total of 461,700/. is attained.
Vote ll.—The cost of provisions, victualling stores,
&c., for the first additional 5,000 during six months, is
estimated at 50,0001., and that required for the second
additional 5,000 in the whole year, at 100,000/. ; which,
with 50,0001. "for additional victualling stores required,
and for freight of provisions, and for an increase in the
prices of several species of stores and provisions," amount
altogether to the sum of 200,0001., the total asked for
under this bead.

Vote 111. and Vote VI. provide for additional ex-
penses, which the increase of business occasioned by the
war will render necessary in domestic establishments.
For those at Whitehall and Somerset-house 5,0001. is
required; and for salaries in naval, victualling, and
medical establishments, dockyards, &c,, at home, 2,0001.
in addition to the former estimates.

Vote VIII. and Vote IX. provide for additional
outlay in wages to artificers, &c., employed in her Ma-
jesty's establishments at home and abroad. Under the
former head 47,0001., and under the latter 1,0001. are
required.
Vote X. NAVAL STORES, &C., FOR THE BUILDING
AND REPAIR OF SHIPS.—The total supplementary vote
asked for is 697,3311., of which 160,0001. is the esti-
mated cost of coals and other fuel for steam vessels ;
40,0001., that of stores required to replace those issued
to the fleet ; 252,6741., that of the purchase and repair
of the steam machinery; and 244,6571., that of the pur-
chase of steam-vessels gun-boats, &c.
Vote XI. provides for new works, improvements,
and repairs in the yards, &c. The total under this head
is 7,0001., to be entirely expended in additions to the
hospital buildings and store rooms at Haslar.
Vote XII.—An additional grant of 30,0001. is asked
for, under the head of medicines and medical stores ;
5,0001. being required for the 10,000 additional men to
be provided for during half or the whole of the year;
and the remaining 25,0001. for extra stores, &c., neces-
sary in hospital ships, and for the several naval medical
establishments, including that required at Therapia.

Vote XIII. —Under the head entitled Miscellaneous
Services, 6,0001. is asked to provide for additional
charges of pilotage, the expenses of raising volunteers,
and other minor charges.

Vote XVII.—By 'far the largest proportion of the
whole sum required is comprised under the head, "Army
and Ordnance Departments." The expenses incurred or
to be incurred in transporting troops and horses are
classed under twelve heads, of which the following are
the molt important : "Freight of transports on monthly
pay, including steam vessels, or for the purchase of the
the same," 2,610,2001. "Freight of ships hired for con-
veyance of troops, &c., including rations," 108,0001.
" Coals for steam transports and freight ships," 160,0001.
" Fitting transports and freight ships," " bedding, blan-
kets, and other stores for troops," and " forage and
stores for horses," each 50,0001. The total asked under
thin v6te is the very considerable sum of 3,096,7001.
Recapitulating these different votes, we shall arrive at
the following result :
War £1,377,031.
Naval Service, Effective {Arctic dis-
covery 80,000 _

----- £1,457,031
Army and Ordnance Departments

Total £4,553,731
11,--ARMY.

The Supplementary Estimate is concise, and not of
very great amount. It comprises " the charge which
will probably be incurred for the pay, clothing, and
incidental expenses of a further augmentation of 14,264
of all ranks." The additional numbers to be voted are

14,799 of all ranks, and the sum required is 300,0001.
Comparing the numbers for 1854.5 with those for 1853-4,
we find the total of officers raised from 4,543 to 4,985 ;
that of non-commissioned officers from 7,259 to 10,200,
and that of rank and file from 90,481 to 127,491. It
thus appears that the increase is 442 in the first class,
2,941 in the second, and 37,110 in the third, making a
total of 40,493 ; hut 25,694 having been already voted,
14,799 only remain to be provided by the supplemental
estimate. A comparison of the charges for the two
years shows an increase of 1,132,4701., being the difference
between 7,157,4861., the amount for the current year,
and 6,025,0161., which was that of last year ; but as
832,4701. was provided in the original estimates of this
session, 300,000/. is the additional sum now required.