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in aid of certain universities, colleges, medical schools, 

 etc., to meet loss of income arising from circumstances 

 of war. It may be remembered that the Estimates for 

 1915-16 included a similar grant of 145,000^. for the 

 same purpose. The grant for the National Physical 

 Laboratory has been transferred from the head of the 

 Royal Society, under which it formerly appeared, to 

 that of the Department of Scientific and Industrial 

 Research. It amounts to 89,750^., being an increase of 

 64,475/. upon the grant for 1917-18. The State re- 

 ceives, however, for testing fees and other services ren- 

 dered by the laboratory the sum of 11,250/., and 3000/. 

 as contributions from co-operating bodies. The new 

 Fuel Research Station has a grant of 7000/., of which 

 4000/. is required for salaries and wages, and 3000Z. 

 for apparatus, materials, etc. The grants made by the 

 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 

 amount to 56,500/., in comparison with 30,000/. in 

 1917-18. The salaries, wages, and allowances of the 

 Department are estimated at 8900/. ; and we notice that 

 this estimate includes 500/. as fees to expert consul- 

 tants. 



The estimated grants for technical schools, etc., are 

 634,500/., being an increase of 103,000/. on those of 

 1917-18, made up chiefly of 5000/. to technical schools, 

 7000/. to junior technical schools, 40,000/. to other 

 schools and classes, and 50,000/. in supplementary 

 grants. The grants to university institutions in 

 respect of technological work are increased 

 from 60,000/. to 65,000/. Most of the other 

 grants remain the same as last year; the total of the 

 whole Estimates under Education, Science, and Art is 

 25,529,228/., which is a decrease of 690,803/. on the 

 Estimates for 19 17-18. 



United Kingdom and England. 



Board of Education. 



Administration 



'Inspection and examination 



Grants in respect of public elementary 

 schools, etc 



Grants for training of teachers 



Grants towards expenditure on secondary 

 schools and pupil teachers and bursars, 

 etc 



Grants towards expenditure on other aided 

 institutions, schools, and classes, and on 

 assistance in choice of employment 



•Imperial College of Science and Techno- 

 logy and Chelsea Physic Garden (grants 

 in aid) , 



•Royal College of Art 



The Victoria and Albert Museum 



Science Museum 



Geological Museum ... 



Geological Survey of Great Britain 



Bethnal Green Museum 



216,103 

 218,560 



'5.924,138 

 422,200 



,568,570 



724,035 



32,150 

 7,512 



62,153 



13,435 

 3,336 



15,006 

 2,382 



Gross total 



Deduct — 

 Appropriations in aid ' 



Net total 

 Net increase ' 



190,925 



' In addition, receipts from sale of catalogues and other publications 

 supplied by the Stationery Office, estimated at 400/., will be paid to the Vole 

 for Stationery and Printins. 



2 Total original Net Estimates. 1917-18 ... ■ jC'5, '59780 



/4<A/ Supplementary Estimate 3,856,000 



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Hritisu Museum. 



British Museum' 

 Natural Histors- Museum 



Gross total 



Deduct— 

 Appropriations in aid 



Net total 



Net decrease 



Imperial War Museum. 

 Salaries, expenses, purchases of exhibits, 



etc. 



(grant in aid) 



Net decrease 



Scientific Investigation,* etc. 



Royal Society 



Meteorological Office 



Royal Geographical Society 



Marine Biological Association of the United 



Kingdom 



Royal Society of Edinburgh 



Scottish Meteorological Society 



Royal Irish Academy 



Royal Irish Academy of Music 



Royal Zoological Society of Ireland 



Royal Hibernian Academy 



British School of Athens^ 



British School at Rome 



Royal Scottish Geographical Society 



National Library of Wales 



National Museum of Wales ... 

 Solar Physics Observatory ... 



School of Oriental Studies 



North Sea Fisheries Investigation^ 

 Roval College of Surgeons in Ireland 

 Edinburgh Observatory 



Total ... 



Net decrease 



Scientific and Industrial Research. 



Salaries, wages, and allowances 



Travelling and incidental expenses 



Grants for investigation and research ® 



Fuel Research Station 



Scientific and industrial research (grant in 



aid) 



National Physical Laboratory 



90,022 

 44,045 



134,067 

 7,925 



126,142 



2,453 



19,000 



2,000 



£ 



6,000 



22,500 



1,250 



500 

 600 

 100 

 1,600 

 300 

 500 

 300 



500 

 200 

 3,200 

 7,500 

 3,000 

 4,000 



500 

 1,691 



54,241 



20,490 



£ 



8,900 



1,200 



56,500 



7,000 



89,750 



Deduct— 

 Appropriations in aid 



Gross total 



Net decrease 



163,350 

 15,000 



914,975 



3 The British Museum (Bloomsbury) (except the reading-room, etc.) and 

 part of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, are closed during 

 the war. 



* The expenditure out of these grants in aid, with the exception of that 

 for the Meteorological Offire, will not be accounted for to the Comptroller 

 and Auditor-General, nor will any unexpended balances of the sums is.sued 

 he surrendered by the pavees at the close of the fmancial vea'. In the case 

 of the Meteorological Office the expenditure, thouch not liable to surrender 

 of balance, will be sijbject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor-General. 



' These grants are suspended owing to the war. 



•* These grants will be distributed by a Committee of the Privy Council, 

 on the recommendation of an Advisory Council, to promote the develop- 

 ment of scientific and industrial re.'iearch in the Unite<l Kingdom, and will 

 be subject to such conditions .-\s the coinmittee may think necessary. 



