A Leap in the Dark eBook

A. V. Dicey
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 233 pages of information about A Leap in the Dark.

A Leap in the Dark eBook

A. V. Dicey
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 233 pages of information about A Leap in the Dark.

(2) In the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Dublin, one member shall be returned by each of the existing parliamentary divisions of those boroughs, and the law relating to the divisions of boroughs shall apply accordingly.

(3) The county of Cork shall be divided into two divisions, consisting of the East Riding and the West Riding, and three members shall be elected by the East Riding, and two members shall be elected by the West Riding; and the law relating to divisions of counties shall apply to those divisions.

THIRD SCHEDULE

FINANCE

IMPERIAL LIABILITIES, EXPENDITURE, AND MISCELLANEOUS
REVENUE

Liabilities

For the purposes of this Act ‘Imperial liabilities’ consist of:—­

(1) The funded and unfunded debt of the United Kingdom, inclusive of terminable annuities paid out of the permanent annual charge for the National Debt, and inclusive of the cost of the management of the said funded and unfunded debt, but exclusive of the Local Loans stock and Guaranteed Land stock and the cost of the management thereof; and

     (2) All other charges on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom
     for the repayment of borrowed money, or to fulfil a guarantee.

Expenditure

For the purpose of this Act Imperial expenditure consists of expenditure for the following services:—­

I. Naval and military expenditure (including Greenwich Hospital). 
II.  Civil expenditure, that is to say—­

(a) Civil list and Royal family.
(b) Salaries, pensions, allowances, and incidental expenses of—­

(i) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland;
(ii) Exchequer judges in Ireland.

(c) Building, works, salaries, pensions, printing, stationery,
allowances, and incidental expenses of—­

(i) Parliament;
(ii) National Debt Commissioners;
(iii) Foreign Office and diplomatic and consular service,
including secret service, special services, and telegraph
subsidies;
(iv) Colonial Office, including special services and telegraph
subsidies;
(v) Privy Council;
(vi) Board of Trade, including the Mercantile Marine Fund, Patent
Office, Railway Commission, and Wreck Commission, but
excluding Bankruptcy; (vii) Mint; (viii) Meteorological Society;
(ix) Slave trade service.

(d) Foreign mails and telegraphic communication with places
outside the United Kingdom.

Revenue

For the purposes of this Act the public revenue to a portion of which Ireland may claim to be entitled consists of revenue from the following sources:—­

1.  Suez Canal shares or payments on account thereof.

    2.  Loans and advances to foreign countries.

    3.  Annual payments by British possessions.

    4.  Fees, stamps, and extra receipts received by departments, the
    expenses of which are part of the Imperial expenditure.

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