SERVICES-continued.

Towards defraying the Expense of the
Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st
March, 1854.

Towards defraying the Expense of Dr.
Stevens' Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st
March, 1854 .

Towards defraying the Expense of the
House of Recovery and Fever Hospital,
Cork Street, Dublin, to the 31st March,
1854

Towards defraying the Expense of the
Hospital for Incurables, Dublin, to the
31st March, 1854.

To defray the Expense of Non-conforming,
Seceding, and Protestant Dissenting
Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st March,
1854

To pay, to the 31st March, 1854, Charitable
Allowances charged on the Concordatum
Fund in Ireland, and other Allowances
and Bounties formerly defrayed from
Grants for the Lord Lieutenant's House-
hold, Civil Contingencies, &c.

To defray, in the year 1853, the Expense of erecting and maintaining certain Lighthouses Abroad

To defray, in the year 1853, the Expense of Works for improving the Navigation of the Menai Straits

Towards defraying the Cost of executing
certain Works of Navigation in Ireland
connected with Drainage, to the 31st
March, 1854.

To defray the Charge of Works, Repairs,
Furniture, &c., in the British Ambas-
sador's House at Paris, to the 31st
March, 1854.

To defray the Expenses of the Shipping
Offices and Local Marine Boards under
the Mercantile Marine Act, and the Ex-
penses under the Steam Navigation Act,
to the 31st March, 1854
To defray the Charge for Pensions to Mas-
ters and Seamen of the Merchant Ser-
vice, and to their Widows and Children,

SERVICES-continued.

SUMS
Voted or Granted.

SUMS
Paid.

under the Merchant Seamen's Fund Act, and for Compensation to the late Officers of the Trustees of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, to the 31st March, 1854 For payment of Rewards for certain Services in Suppression of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa. To defray the Expense of the Commission appointed to superintend the Publication of the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Ireland, to the 31st March, 1854 . To defray the Expenses of Commissions appointed to inquire into Corrupt Practices at Elections, under the Corrupt Practices at Elections Act To discharge the Claim of Dr. Reid to Compensation, in consequence of the Discontinuance of his Services in superintending the Ventilation, &c., of the New Houses of Parliament, including the Expenses incurred in the Settlement of the Claim by Arbitration.

To defray the Expense of Works at the
New Houses of Parliament, to the 31st
March, 1854 .

For the Extension and Completion of the
Fire Mains at Windsor Castle

Towards defraying the Expense of con-
structing an Embankment and Public
Roadway between Battersea and Vaux-
hall Bridges, and an Approach from
Sloane Street to Chelsea Bridge.
For the Purchase of the Right of the Pa-
tentee of the Invention of a Machine
for the Perforation of Postage Labels, &c.
To enable Her Majesty to make Compen-
sation to Sir W. Snow Harris for his
Expenditure of Time and Money in
perfecting a Mode of applying Electric
Conductors on board Ships
To defray, to the 31st March, 1854, the
Expense of laying down an independent
Line of Wires from London to the Con-
tinent, and thus to enable Her Majesty's
Government to join a Convention_re-
cently concluded between France, Bel-

5,500 0 0

These sums were voted in December, 1852, but the Appropriation Act for 1852-3 having previously received the Royal Assent, they were included in the Act for the appropriation of the Supplies granted for the Service of the year 1853–4.

PAYMENTS FOR OTHER SERVICES,

NOT BEING PART OF THE SUPPLIES GRANTED FOR THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR.

IV. PUBLIC

of GREAT Berary and IRELAND, and the Change thereupon, at the 5th January Money, or Coramutation into other Stocka, under the operation of the Act 15 Viet e. * of a. N.B.-The effect, which will take place on Sun April, 1354, under that An, on the luth October, 3 shown a 11.

*The result of the commutation of
the following Capitals (the in-
terest on which will not cease
until 5th April, 1854) is not
shown in the above Account;
but on 5th April, 1854, the
Sum of £2,759.778 98. 10d., Old)
South Sea Annuities, will
cease, £2,020,545 8. 7d. will
be paid off, and cancelled, and
£739,233 18. 3d, will be cancelled
and converted into
The above stated Sum of
£116,067,768 178. 5d. Reduced
3 per Cents. will, on 5th
April, 1854, be reduced to
£115,633,972 38. 10d., and the
balance of £433,796 138. 7d. will
be cancelled and converted into.)

.

Total

The Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, which came into operation at the 5th July, 1829, enacts, "That the Sum thenceforth annually applicable to the Reduction of the National Debt of the United Kingdom, shall be the Sum which shall appear to be the Amount of the whole actual annual surplus Revenue, beyond the Expenditure of the said United Kingdom;" and the following sums Fave been accordingly received by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, including Sums on account of Donations and Bequests, viz.: