1. ESTIMATE of the Amount required in the Year ending 31 March 1928 to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of the LORD PRIVY SEAL.

Two Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Pounds.

II. SUBHEADS under which this Vote will be accounted for by the TREASURY.

Provision for office accommodation, messengers, telegrams, telephones, stationery, printing, &c., is included with the Vote for Treasury &c., Class I., 4.

1. ESTIMATE of the Amount required in the Year ending 31 March 1928 to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the CHARITY COMMISSION for England and Wales (16 & 17 Vict. c. 137; 18 & 19 Vict. c. 124; 23 & 24 Vict. c. 136; 32 & 33 Vict. c. 110; 50 & 51 Vict. c. 49; 54 Vict. c. 17; 57 & 58 Vict. c. 35; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 56; and 15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 27).

Forty-one Thousand and Ninety-seven Pounds.

II. SUBHEADS under which this Vote will be accounted for by the CHARITY COMMISSION.

The total expenditure in connection with this Service is estimated as follows:

Estimate above ..

43,597

42,939

Estimated amounts (net, except in the case of Publications)
included in other Estimates in connection with this
Service :-

The receipts in connection with this Service are estimated as follows:

Appropriations in Aid above

2,500

2,500

Receipts (arising from the sales of Orders and Schemes) paid
to Vote for Stationery and Printing, Class VII., 15

TOTAL RECEIPTS..

2,800

2,850

(a) The rates and scales of pay shown in brackets carry an addition in respect of Cost of Living bonus payable in accordance with the scheme set out in the Appendix on page 94.

The money provision for each item represents the total remuneration, including bonus where payable.

• One of these is at present acting as Draftsman.

His successor will hold the rank of First Class Clerk.

†The present Head Messenger receives 1901. per annum.

One Established Messenger will be replaced by an Unestablished Messenger on a vacancy.

§ One receives an allowance of 8s. a week for cleaning.

The Head Charwoman receives an extra 1s. a week.

(23530)

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B. TRAVELLING:

Travelling and Incidental Expenses of Assistant Com-
missioners and Subsistence Allowances while visiting the
Localities and inspecting Charities

C.-INCIDENTAL EXPENSES:

Inland Telegrams 51.; Telephones 701.; Messengers'
Uniforms, Advertising, Laundry, &c.

D.-APPROPRIATIONS IN AID:

Fees received in connection with the recording of deeds
under Section 29 of the Settled Land Act, 1925, &c. ..

I. ESTIMATE of the Amount required in the Year ending 31 March 1928 to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, s. 16 and s. 32; 22 Vict. c. 26, s. 17; 25 & 26 Vict. c. 106; 30 & 31 Vict. c. 129, s. 10; 40 & 41 Vict. c. 57, s. 73; 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37, s. 83 (9); 63 & 64 Vict. c. 18; 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 86, s. 5; 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 61; 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 87; 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 71; and 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 101).

Sixty-two Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-six Pounds.

II. SUBHEADS under which this Vote will be accounted for by the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

The total expenditure in connection with this Service is estimated as follows:

Estimate above ..

62,336

61,419

Estimated amounts (net, except in the case of Publica-
tions) included in other Estimates in connection with this
Service :-

The total receipts in connection with this Service are estimated as

follows:

Under the Regulations for Open Competitions and the General Regulations made under the Order in Council of 22 July, 1920, fees are levied (by means of stamps) on candidates who present themselves for examination. The fees in respect of the Open Competition for the Indian Civil Service, and those in respect of the Limited Competition for the Indian and Colonial Police Services, are also with the consent of the Secretary of State for India in Council as regards the Indian Services appropriated to the Imperial Exchequer, and for this purpose are levied by stamps. (23530)

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