PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS. 393 



bable income and expenditure of the year ending 5th January 

 1820. 



With respect to the Income, the preceding part of this Report 

 renders it unnecessary for your Committee to add any observation in 

 assuming it, for the ensuing year, at not less than 52,500,000/. 



In order to present a general view of the probable Expenditure* for 

 the year 1819, the detailed estimates of which could not be prepared 

 at the pi-esent time, with any satisfactory accuracy, by the several 

 departments, your Committee have endeavoured to obtain the best 

 information that could be afforded by the principal officers of those 

 departments, with respect to the probable increase or diminution of 

 expense, under the several heads into which the foregoing estimates 

 of your Committee have been divided ; having reference in particular, 

 to the charge which would be created by the reduction of a number 

 of troops, both on the army and ordnance establishments at home, 

 equal to those which now compose the army of occupation in France, 

 if that army should be withdrawn at the end of the present year. The 

 result of those inquiries is, 



1st. That, under the head of the consolidated fund, there will be 

 a diminution in the total charge, as compared with that of the pre- 

 sent year, by the amount which has been included in the estimate of 

 your Committee, for the charge (payable within the year) on ac- 

 count of the late funding ; viz. 961,488/., as your Committee under- 

 stand that the whole charge of that funding is, from the 5th January 

 next, to be defrayed by the cancelling of stock redeemed, and now 

 standing in the names of the commissioners for the redemption of the 

 national debt, conformably to the act 53 George 3rd, aided by im- 

 perial annuities to the amount of 230,000/*, which will expire in the 

 year 1819. This head of expenditure may therefore be estimated at 

 45,636,000/. 2nd. That the charge for interest and sinking fund of 

 Exchequer bills, being estimated upon the amount which will be 

 outstanding after the proposed diminution of the unfunded debt in 

 the present year, may be stated at 

 1,760,000/. 3d. That in the army Esdmate of 4th Report and £■ 



, J ^v .,, , 1 1 >•' Appendix 45,636,675 



and ordnance there will probably be 



an increase of exnensp under fhp Exchequer BiUs granted, 1818 . 60,000,000 

 «tii luciedbe oi expense, unuer uie x^ b^ JameHed 16,000,000 



above-mentioned contingency; viz. the 



return of the troops from France, by At 3 per Cent for interest, and f**'"^"'"'^ 

 necessary additions to the half-pay, 1 per cent for sinking Fond \ 1,760,000 



y~ii 1 *' • c 1 xc (together 4 per Cent) J 



Chelsea pensions, pay of general oft- Amount for the Army, Navy, 



cers, &c. &c. (after taking into consi- and Ordnance, for isis .... 16,672,000 



1 ■ 1 ^ Y . , Add probable addition to the 



aeration the average yearly saving by Army and ordnance 300,000 



casualties) to the extent of 300,000/., £.16,972,000 



making the total sum for the army, '■ — '—^ — 



navy, and ordnance 16,972,000/. 4. That the miscellaneous services 

 may be assumed at 1 ,700,000/. 



Supposing therefore no extraordinary charges to occur (and your 

 Committee do not learn that at present any such are florcseen ) the 



whole 



