, 1881-09-10
diture have occurred on the Budget for
the said financial year, viz:

Officers MRder the Administration.
The amount for Office expenses for
the Bookkeepel's Office has been
exceeded with So cts. and the amount
for office expenses for the Treasurer's
Office exceeded with SLIGO, making
altogether an excess of S2.l3, which
is owing to the impossibility of know
ing accurately what the expenditure
for stationery ordered from Gopenha.
gen amounts to. and then fixing the
expenditure here accordingly,
1t must be observed that under this
item there is a saving of $l.37 in the
amount allowed for salary for the
Clerk in the Bookkeeper's Office.
CustOmhouSe Department.
The expense for Nightguards. hiring
extra labourerS, inventory and various
other uncertain expenses is entered
with a sum Of $1,000 but the actual
outlay has been 51,315.97 or 1857 in
excess Of the grant; this excess is
owing to the fact of the item having,
by an oversight, been entered on the
grant with a sum below what was
required and below what was enume-
rated in the remarks to the grant.
Under this item "Customhouse De-
partment' there is a saving of 1929.
Pilot and Harbour Department:
For articles of inventory etc. in
Guiding lighting materials fol- the light
at the Point Battery at the entrance
to C~hristiansted's Harbour, al amount
of $3.50 was granted, but the amount
used is s5I096 or an excess Of S $50, 96.
OF the sum used under this head for
inventory, viz. $42l,S0, there was
S211.55 expended for extraordinary
repairs of boats etc. under the Pilot
and Harbour Department, besides the
ordinary outlay; this expense as
well as the outlay for purchasing
some few extra articles that were
necessary at the Pilot-Station a clock
and a spy glass etc. have caused the
excess under this item.
Military Expenses:
a. For equipment for nOncommis-
stoned oT pfA@tcS there was
allowed all. Ihe fixed Expenses for
the Military Department an amount
of SO, 440, and by the grant for expen-
ses not fixed there was allowed 3lO56,
making a total for this item of $4,000;
but the actual outlay has been
S5,95440 or an excess Of 5 I,454.40.
This is chiefly owing to the general
rise which of late years has occurred,
here as we'll as elsewhere. in the
prices of such articles as are required
for military use, and which are
furnished here On the spot according
to contract after previous public
competition but the excess is also
owing to the circumstance, that the
average sun of previous outlay from
the Colonial Treasury under this head
and which formed the basis for the
calculations in the Grant for this
financial year, did not comprise out
lay for procuring equipment for
mounted men to the extent to which
this is required now. The equipment
for the Military is regulated by Royal
enactmentS.
b. For Wages there was allowed in
the Budget an amount of S7,150lO
and by the Grant furthermore
So. OLA. so, or S9,232.60 altogether; the
actual expenditure has been S9,5l7.95
or S 50 in excess Of the sum stated
in the calculations for this item has
nlUner(O nOG OCen lucluueu wages oI CHo
military Tailor; those wages are how
ever betrayed under this item, and
from lst April to 3Oth June 1880 he
was in receipt of 1914 monthly, from
LIST July 1850 to 31st March 1881 S25
monthly, altogether S266.22 p. a.,
which sum has been betrayed under
the item here treated of. But besides
that, the number Of men that received
pay has averaged 1909 monthly,
instead of 100; this gives an addition
al expense of s1S.25. The excess Of
expenditure is accounted for in that
way.