Appropriation Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. 85 |
Appropriation Act, 1868
(31 & 32 Vict.) C A P. LXXXV.
An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
[31st July 1868]
Most Gracious Sovereign,
W E, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sums herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 There may be applied for the Service of the Year ending 31st March 1869 the Sum of 22,083,532l 9s 5d out of the Consolidated Fund.
1. There may be issued and applied, for or towards making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the Year ending on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the Sum of Twenty-two million eighty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two Pounds Nine Shillings and Fivepence out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the Time being are hereby empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly.
2 Bank of England may advance 22,083,532l 9s 5d on the Credit of this Act.
2. The Governor and Company of the Bank ofEngland may make Advances to Her Majesty, upon the Credit of the Sum granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to an Amount not exceeding in the whole the Sum of Twenty-two million eighty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-two Pounds Nine Shillings and Fivepence; and such Advances shall be made on the Application of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time, in such Sums as may be required for the Public Service, and shall be placed to the Credit of the Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank ofEngland , and be available to satisfy the Orders for Credits granted or to be granted on the said Account, under the Provisions of the ‘Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866,’ in respect of any Services voted by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament.
3 Interest on Advances.
3. The Advances made by the Bank ofEngland from Time to Time under the Authority of this Act, shall bear Interest not exceeding the Rate of Threepence Halfpenny per Centum per Diem , and the Principal and Interest of all such Advances shall be paid out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund at any Period not later than the next succeeding Quarter to that in which the said Advances shall have been made.
4 Treasury may apply for the Service of the Year ending 31st Mar. 1869, 537,217l 10s 7d Surplus of Ways and Means.
4. There may be issued and applied, for or towards making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the Sum of Five hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings and Sevenpence, being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for the Service of preceding Years, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may issue and apply the same accordingly.
5 Schedule \(A.) \(Part I.)
5. All the Moneys coming into the Exchequer of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland by the Acts set forth in Part I. of the Schedule (A.)to this Act, amounting in the aggregate to the Sum of Forty-seven million nine hundred and eighty-three thousand one hundred and forty-eight Pounds Nineteen Shillings and Ninepence, are hereby appropriated and may be issued and applied for or towards the several Purposes expressed in Part II. of the said Schedule, and herein-after more particularly set forth.
6 Navy Services, Deficiency, 1866-7, 90,619l 13s 9d
6. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Ninety thousand six hundred and nineteen Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Ninepence to make good Deficiencies on certain Grants for Navy Services for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
7 Army Services, Deficiency, 1866-7, 48,479l 8s 8d
7. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Forty-eight thousand four hundred and seventy-nine Pounds Eight Shillings and Eightpence to make good Deficiencies on certain Grants for Army Services for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
8 Civil Services, Deficiencies, 1866-7, 79,829l 2s 7d Schedule \(B.)
8. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Seventy-nine thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine Pounds Two Shillings and Sevenpence to make good Deficiencies on certain Grants for Civil Services for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven mentioned in the Schedule (B.) to this Act.
9 Inland Revenue, Deficiency, 1866-7, 8,381l 1s 1d
9. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Eight thousand three hundred and eighty-one Pounds One Shilling and One Penny to make good the Deficiency on the Grant for the Inland Revenue Department for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
10 Packet Service, Deficiency, 1866-7, 1,089l 13s 8d
10. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding One thousand and eighty-nine Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Eightpence to make good the Deficiency on the Grant for the Post Office Packet Service for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
11 Supplementary Grants for Civil Services to 31st March 1868, 134,000l Schedule \(C.)
11. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding One hundred and thirty-four thousand Pounds to defray the Charge for certain Supplementary Grants for civil Services for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight mentioned in the Schedule (C.) to this Act.
12 Expedition to Abyssinia, 2,000,000l 1867-8; 3,000,000l 1868-9.
12. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Two million Pounds to defray the Expenses of the Expedition toAbyssinia beyond the ordinary Grants for the Year ended on the Thirty-first Day of March One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Three million Pounds to defray the Expenses of the said Expedition beyond the ordinary Grants for the Year ending on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
13 Navy Services, 11,157,290l Schedule \(D.)
13. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Eleven million one hundred and fifty-seven thousand two hundred and ninety Pounds for or towards the Navy Services more particularly mentioned in the Schedule (D.) to this Act, to defray the Charges for the several Services specified in the said Schedule which will come in course of Payment during the Year ending on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
14 Army Services, 15,455,400l Schedule \(E.)
14. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Fifteen million four hundred and fifty-five thousand and four hundred Pounds for or towards the Army Services more particularly mentioned in the Schedule (E.) to this Act, to defray the Charges for the several Services specified in the said Schedule, which will come in course of Payment during the Year ending on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
15 Exchequer Bonds, 600,000l
15. Out of all or any the Aids or Supplies aforesaid there shall and may be issued and applied any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding Six hundred thousand Pounds to pay off and discharge Exchequer Bonds which will become payable during the Year ending on the Thirty-first Day ofMarch One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
16 Civil Services. Class 1.
16. Out of all or any the...
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