—T CLASS III.-continued. VOTE 21. REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, IRELAND. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL. 1. ExPENDITURE in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Heads B., C., Excess. and D. 2. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 1287 l. 13s. 6d. Surplus Appropriations in Aid realised in excess of the - John A. Kempe, CLASS III.-continued. VOTE 22. ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, to pay the Expenses of the MAINTENANCE of CRIMINAL LUNATICs in the DUNDRUM CRIMINAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, IRELAND, in the Year ended 31st March 1906, showing the Surplus or Deficit upon each Sub-Head of the Vote. Expenditure, compared with Grant. SERVICE. GRANT. ExPENDITURE. H| Less More than Granted. than Granted. £. s. d £. s. d * . . . . . A.—Salaries and Wages - - - - 3,850 – — 3,928 5 7 - 78 5 7 B.—Victualling Patients and Rations for Attendants - - - - -(Net) 2,449 – – 2,384 18 10 64 1 2 C.—Clothing for Patients and Uniform Clothing - - - - - - 439 – — 393 5 — 45 15 - D.--Medicines and Surgical Instruments, &c. 45 – — 41 3 7 3 16 5 E.—Escort and Conveyance of Patients - - 40 – – 33 8 2 || 6 11 to F.—Allowances to Patients - - - - 50 – — 31 11 5 18 8 7 G ––Incidental Expenses - - - - 120 – — 119 5 2 – 14 10 -6,993 – – 6,931 17 9 139 7 10 || 78 5 7 Farm and Garden : £. s. d. Receipts - - - 486 1 7 Expenditure - 285 19 9 Excess of Receipts over Expenditure - £. 200 1 10 Deduct— AddLess : — \ - – 1 10 – 1 10 Applied in reduction of charge against Sub-Head B, as per Estimate - - - £. 200 — — 6,993 – – 6,391 15 11 139 9 8 78 5 7 l)educt Deficit - - - - - - - - 78 5 7 Net Surplus to be Surrendered - - - £. 61 4 1 £, s. d. Estimated Amount of Extra Receipts payable to Exchequer - - - - - - 13 — — Amount of Extra Receipts realised in the Year 1905–1906, and paid over to Exchequer - 16 — 4 Number of Criminal Lunatics Estimated for - - - - - - - - 170 Daily average number of Criminal Lunatics maintained - - - - - - 160 EXPLANATION of the CAUSEs of VARIATION between ExPENDITURE and GRANT. A-Excess due to the employment of a “Locum Tenens” during the absence on sick leave of the Assistant Physician, payment of a Marriage Gratuity to a Female Attendant, and the usual annual increments; part of which extra Expenditure was met by savings effected through vacancies in the staff. B.-Saving due to the average number of patients maintained being less than estimated. C.-Saving due to the average number of patients maintained being less than estimated, and also to the absence of destruction of clothing by patients. D.—Amount unexpended. The Surplus of ll. 2s. 6d., shown on the Account of the Vote “Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Ireland,” for the year ended 31st March 1905, has been surrendered. John G. Squires, G. Revington, M.D., Accounting Officer. I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct. Examined, H. J. Bidwell, John A. Kempe, Comptroller and Auditor General. VOTE 22. REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL. 1. ExPENDITURE in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Head A. Excess. 2. The usual Statements relating to the Farm and Garden Accounts have been for- §. and warded, and their accuracy has been tested, as far as possible, by the aid of documents" furnished with the Monthly Cash Accounts, and by an examination applied locally. 3. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 61.4s. 1d. Surplus. £. s. d. Grant (Gross) - - - - - - - - 6,993 – – Expenditure (Gross) - - - - - - - 6,931 17 9 o Net Surplus - - - £. 61 2 3 Add;— Net Surplus on Farm and Garden Account- - — 1 10 \ 4. The Accounts of the receipt and issue of provisions and miscellaneous stores, and of Stores. the manufacture and repair of articles for use in the asylum, have been subjected to a local test examination, with satisfactory results. John A. Kempe, The subjoined Summary compares the Gross Expenditure for the Services in Class III, with the Gross Grants for the Year 1905–6; and also shows the variation Law Charges, England Miscellaneous Legal Expenses Supreme Court of Judicature County Courts - - Prisons, England and the Colonies Britain Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum Expenditure A - - - - - - Other Extra Receipts Law Charges and Courts of Law, Seotland 128,841 124,641 6 10 4,299 13 2 622 l 2 - 4,921 14 4 -- - |