The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-17 00:00:00

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mentary paper No. 101 of the last session. You are
not to believe, however, that there has been a sav-
ing of three hundred thousand pounds in ten
f
yree
aaurso.tioTu l.aerTehheasopbpearenenvterdyeohrotastlee, iLisaneys ,
fraoemtuaal
transference of the charges of one
the department to
another department. For instance, Admiralty
now bears the expenses of the Coast Guard, which
ten years ago were borne by the Customs while
the Customs superannuations formerly paid by t•l?.t
department
vontatered nboywpianrcllivadmeeduti.n tAhedaCitvihelsSe
ervsu
to the Customs accouni, and there l
will apptr not
1--,al reduction ; but the revenue ul"'-. i.
imces
E te
_ -
am- - having increased 20 per cent., there has
10 years
•Imparative saving. It Las, in fact,
been a large t;,. :1-ot the greater than the less re-
cost no more to co-L: --,:iist be attributed in some
venue. That it has not, •---- ini;nistration.
degree, to a healthy internal et.— -- oce) and one
There appears, indeed, on the stir.. 'f the
must believe that there does exist in some :.
Government departments, a desire that the working
expenses should be retrenched. I have been espe-
cially struck with this on reading through the cur-
rency report of the Gommissioners of Customs. They
increased their establishment during the last year
by 124 officers at an annual charge of £22,831. At
the same time, by order of the Treasury, they have
abolished the office of controller in 23 outports, and
sexed £5,000 by the abolition. The pages of ex-
pianaiffln and apology with which the net increase
of expense I.°
accompanied were, one would think,
written and preset
tcd to the Lords of the Treasury
with bated breath an ou bonded knee, so the.
roughly ashamed do the bonCArable commissioners
appear of having added a penny to the national ex-
penditure. There may be, as there 6f.ten is, con-
, seious guilt in such demeanour ; but on the v,4 hole,
as they no doubt take it for granted that their sys-
tem cannot be improved, there appears to be a de-
sire to conduct affairs with, as officials express it,
" a due regard to economy." •
There are thirty-four ordinary departments of
the State in addition to the four above specified, the
salaries and ordinary minor expenses of which
amounted last year to £924,108. These are the
only n o practi-
cal
b y
Treasury, Foreign-office, National Debt-office, and
eaters, to enumerate
ad Yantage, and
d would which
perhapswould be of
irritate
provoking the question whether they are actually
indispensable tp good government. I will, how.
ever, take three a four of the principal depart-
ments, and, lifting the 1:jl from these, so that you
may literally see the way ill which the public
money is spent, enable you to judge or the character
and the contents of the remainder. I cannoi do bet-
, ter than begin with the Treasury, the direct office
patronage of which is worth £54,000, but the indi-
rect and ex-official patronage almost any reason-
able sum within the total of the national revenue.
The following are the particulars of this establish-
ment :

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.TREASURY OFFICE.
Officers. Office. Salaries.
1858.
1 First:Lord £5,000
1 Chancellor of the Elohequer
3 Lords Commissioners £l,OOO each 3,000
2 Secretaries, £2,000 each 4,000

£17,000
1 Assistant Secretary
1 Auditor of Civil List and of Accounts ren-
dered to the Treasury
1 Principal clerk for colonial business
1 Principal clerk for revenue business
1 Principal clerk for financial business
1 Principal clerk for legal and criminal business 1,100
9 First class clerks, £7OO to £9OO (one special, at
£1,000)
16 Second class clerks, at £350 to £6OO
7 Third class clerks, £lOO to £250
1 Accountant, £7OO to £9OO 725
1 Assistant to ditto, £350 to £450
21 Other clerks, £l2O to £5OO
Additional- allowances, to certain clerks on the
establishment :

Two private secretaries to First Lord, £3OO
each 6OO
One ditto to Chancellor of the
Exchequer
Two ditto to secretaries, £l5O
each 3OO
Official director of electric telegraph companies 200
1 Office and housekeeper
1 Superintendent of messengers to the First Lord 200
24 Messengers, £B5 to £l5O

51,132
94 Contingent expenses and messengers' bills ... 2,388

Total for the Treasury 53,520
Salaries of three messengers in the offices of
the Lord Advocate, &o. (at 1 and 5, New-
street, Spring-gardens), under the super-
intendence of the Treasury (formerly at
Gwydir-houso)

Contingent expenses at ditto lBO

£54,000

Let us now look at the Foreign-office, or
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S EATRONA.GB.

Officers.
1858. Offices. Salaries.
1 Secretary of State £5,000 0 0
1 Under Secretary of State
1 Ditto ditt0..
1 Chief Clerk
8 Senior clerks, £7OO to £l,000
9 Assistant -clerks, £550 to £650 6,130 0 0
10 First-class junior clerks, £350 to £545 3,785 0 0
9 Second-class ditto £l5O to £3OO 1,500 0 0
6 Third-class ditto £lOO to £l5O 660 0 0
1 Librarian and keeper of the papers,
£6OO to £BOO
1 Sub-librarian, £350 to £545
5 Clerks, librarian's department, £lOO to
£351
1 Superintendent of the Treaty depart-
ment, £6OO to £800....
1 Assistant, £2OO to £5OO
3 Clarks, chief clerk's department, one at
- -- £545, and two at £lOO to £2OO
1 Translator
Private Secretary and precis writer,
£3OO each

610 0 0
356 0 0

930 0 0

(These situations are at present held
by two clerks on the establishment )
1 Printer
4 Office-keepers, one at £2OO, one at £l5O,
ono at £125, and one at £lOO .
2 Office-porters, one at £230, and one at
£l2O
2 Doorkeepers, •ne at £lOO, and one at

£BO _ _