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[April 26, 191 7 



2,500 



[The original estimate of 15,159,780/. for the Board 



■of Education has since been increased to 19,015,780!. 



by a Supplementary Estimate of 3,856,000/., made up 



as follows : — ■ 



Miscellaneous Inquiries, etc. 



Fees, travelling and other expenses in con- 

 nection with the introduction of a scheme 

 of pensions for secondary, technical, etc., 

 teachers 



Supplementary Grants to Local Education Authori- 

 ties FOR Elementary Education. 



These grants will be paid to local education 

 authorities under regulations approved by 

 the Treasury 3,420,000 



Grants for Secondary Schools and Pupil Teachers 



AND Bursars, etc. 

 Increased grants to secondary schools under 



regulations approved by the Treasury ... 433oOO 



Total 



British Museum. 



British Museum^ 



Natural Historv Museum 



Gross total 



Deduct — 

 Appropriations in aid 



3,856,000] 



91,056 

 44,464 



135.520 



6,925 

 128,595 



etc. 



£ 



5,000 



1,000 

 7,000 



18,275 

 31.275 



22,500 



1,250 

 500 



600 



TOO 

 1,600 

 300 

 500 

 300 



500 



200 



4,200 



10,500 



3,000 



4,000 



Royal College of Surg<>ons in Ireland 



Edinburgh Observatory 



ImjMjrial Transatlantic Expedition, 1914-15, 

 Relief E.xpeditions .. 



Total 



Ne.- total 



Net decrease ... 

 Scientific Investig.-xtion/ 

 Royal Society — 



(i) (a) Scientific investigations under- 

 taken with the sanction of a com- 

 mittee appointed for the purpose 

 (4,oooZ.) and (b) scientific pub- 

 lications (1,000/.) 



(ii) Magnetic Observatory at Eskdale- 



muJr 



(iii) National Physical Laboratory' 

 (iv) Aeronautical Section of the National 

 Physical Laboratory 



Tota'i for 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 ... 



P-oyal Scottish Geographical Society 

 National Library of Wales ... 

 National Museum of Wales ... 



Solar Physics Observatory ..'. 



School of Oriental Studies ... 

 North Sea Fisheries Investigation* 



2 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 Office, will not be accounted for to the Comptroller 

 and Auditor-General, nor will any unexpended balances of the sums issued 

 be surrendered by the payees at the cla<e of the financial year. In the case 

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

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

 J;^* These grants are suspended owing to the war. 



Net decrease 



Scientific and Industrial Research. 



Salaries, wages, and allowances 



Travelling and incidental expenses ... ... 



Grants for investigations carried out by 

 learned and scientific societies, etc.* ... 



Grants to students and other persons en- 

 gaged in research^ 



Scientific and industrial research* (grant 

 in aid) 



Total 1,038,050 



£ 



2,000 

 1,681 



15,000 



100,006 



1,665 



£ 



7.250 

 800 



24,000 



6,000 



1,000,000 



Net increase 998,050 



Universities and Colleges. 



Universities and Colleges, Great Britain 



University of London 



Victoria University of Manchester 



University of Birmingham 



University of Wales 



University of Liverpool 



Leeds University 



Sheffield University 



Bristol University 



Durham University 



Scottish Universities 



Colleges, Great Britain 



University Colleges, Wales 



Welsh University and Colleges : Additional 

 grant .' 



Total for Universities and Colleges... 



Intermediate Education, Wales. 

 Examination and inspection, grant in aid... 

 Schools 



£ 



8,000 



2,000 



2,000 



4,000 



2,000 



2,000 



2,000 



2,000 



2,000 



84,000 



150,000 



12,000 



20,500 



292,500 



£ 



1,200 

 27,500 



Total for Intermediate Education, Wales 28,700 



NO. 2478, VOL. 99] 



Grand total 321,200 



Scotland. 



Public Education. £ 



Administration 28,384 



Inspection 43,044 



Elementary schools ... ... ... ... 2,071,230 



Continuation classes and secondary schools 228,500 



Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh ... 9,849 



Training of teachers 131,245 



Examination of accounts ... ... ... 1,513 



\ 



Total 2,513.765 



Net decrease " 30,977 



s 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 research in the United Kingdom, and will 

 be subject to such conditions as the committee may think accessary. 



6 This grant in aid will be paid to the account of the Imperial Trust for 

 the Encouragement of Scientific and Industrial Research. The expenditure 

 of the Trust will be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General, but 

 any balance remaining on the account will not be surrendered at the close of 

 the financial year. Grants will be made by the directions of a Committee of 

 the Pnvy Council over an agreed period to approved trade associations for 

 research, to supplement the funds of the associations, and payments in 

 respect of such grants will not be liable to surrender by the grantees at the 

 end of the financial year. 



