Appropriation Act 1869
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1869 c. 93 |
| Year | 1869 |
Appropriation Act, 1869
(32 & 33 Vict.) CHAP. 93.
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 of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.
[11th August 1869]
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We , Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great 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 1870 the sum of 21,746,684l 2s 3d 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 of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the sum of twenty-one million seven hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred and eighty-four pounds two shillings and threepence 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 Treasury may borrow 21,746,684l 2s 3d on the credit of this Act.
2. The Commissioners of the Treasury may borrow upon the credit of the sum granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of twenty-one million seven hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred and eighty-four pounds two shillings and threepence; and such amount may be borrowed by the said Commissioners, 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 of England, 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 monies borrowed.
3. The sums borrowed 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 sums 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 sums shall have been borrowed.
4 Treasury may apply, for the service of the year ending 31st Mar. 1870, 798,132l 17s 9d 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 of March one thou.sand eight hundred and seventy, the sum of seven hundred and ninety-eight thousand one hundred and thirty-two pounds seventeen shillings and ninepence, 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.) 48,051,089l 13s 4d
5. All the monies coming into the Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great 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-eight million fifty-one thousand and eighty-nine pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence, 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, 1867-8, 366,545l 5s 6d
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 three hundred and sixty-six thousand five hundred and forty-five pounds five shillings and sixpence to make good deficiencies on certain grants for navy services for the year ended on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
7 Civil services, deficiencies, 1867-8, 400,894l 7s 4d Schedule\(B.)
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 four hundred thousand eight hundred and ninety-four pounds seven shillings and fourpence to make good deficiencies on certain grants for civil services for the year ended on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight mentioned in the schedule (B.) to this Act.
8 Packet service, deficiency, 1867-8, 6,989l 0s 6d
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 six thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine pounds and sixpence to make good the deficiency on the grant for the Post Office Packet service for the year ended on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
9 Supplementary grants for civil services to 31st March 1869, 131,844l Schedule \(C.)
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 one hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-four pounds to defray the charge for certain supplementary grants for civil services for the year ended on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine mentioned in the schedule (C.) to this Act.
10 Expedition to Abyssinia, 3,600,000l, 1868-9.
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 three million and six hundred thousand pounds to defray the expenses of the expedition to Abyssinia beyond the ordinary grants of Parliament for army and navy services.
11 Navy services, 9,996,641l Schedule \(D.)
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 nine million nine hundred and ninety-six thousand six hundred and forty-one 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 of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
12 Army services, 14,230,400l Schedule \(E.)
12. Out of all or any the aids or supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any sum or sum of money not exceeding fourteen million two hundred and thirty 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 of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
13 Exchequer bonds, 3,300,000
13. 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 three million three hundred thousand pounds to pay off and discharge exchequer bonds which will become payable during the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
14 Civil Services. Class 1. 1,210,754l Schedule \(F.)
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 the sums respectively mentioned in the schedule (F.) to this Act, to defray the charges of the several civil services (Class I.) specified in the said schedule, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
15 Civil Services. Class 2. 1,733,681l Schedule \(G.)
15. Out of all or any the aids or supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums respectively mentioned in the schedule (G.) to this Act, to defray the charges of the several civil services (Class II.) specified in the said schedule, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
16 Civil Services. Class 3. 3,860,426l Schedule \(H.)
16. Out of all or any the aids or supplies aforesaid there may be issued and applied any sum or sums of money not exceeding the sums respectively mentioned in the schedule (H.) to this Act, to defray the...
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