BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 11

BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE.

INCREASE IN ESTIMATES. SOME OF THE ITEMS, onimp- . TILBOEAPH—COPYBIOHT.) (Received March Bth, 5,5 p.m.) • LONDON, March 7. The Civil -gefvicg Estimates total 43817,811,000, an increase of £8,402,000. Tlie Revenue Department -Estimates amount to £60,800,000, a decrease of £8,688,000. The net increase is £5,803,000. Among the . increases are the following J'- £ Ministry of Labour ... 7,775,000 Old-age pensions ... 1,348,000 Widows' pensions 1,000,000 Empire Marketing Board ... 46,000 There ig an interesting decrease in the Government Hospitality Fund, being I§,OOP instead of £47,000. The' beet sugar subsidy is £2,150,000 instead of £§,000,000. Tho cost of Dominions' services is estimated at £99,000, an increase of £17,000. Ainong"»the decreases are: Passages o£ ( 'Governors, £10,000; Nauru and Ocean islands, £30,000. Anjpug the increases are: Representation in the Dominions, £13,000. The Imperial Economic Conference <!pst £IO,OOO. ARMY MJ) AIR FORCE. ESTIMATES REDUCED. SAVINGS BY FA 1,1, IN PRICES. (BRUTISH wij««:SS.} (Received March Bth, 5.5 p.m.) \ RUGBY, March 6. Estimates for the Army and the Air Fprce for 1931 show important under individual heeds. In the Amy, the principal savings ar§ op suppli§s, transport, pay, and clothing, jnade possible largely by the fall in prices and the cost qf living. The net estimate for civil aviation is £470,000. Jt is stated thpt the Government attaches great importance tp the extension of the Indian service to Australia, and is ready to contribute t to itp cost. , STRENGTH OF BRITISH ARMY. AIR FORCE FINANCE- f * LONDON, March 6.

The 4-rniy Eiptiinateg total £39,930,000, a net decreasp of £570,00 Q. A memorandum points out that the Amy, exclusive of British troops in India, will 10,000 below the establishment. The RoyaJ Air Ff^rce-estimates total £18,100,000 ; an Jnmmse of for which increased pay *» principally responsible. ■ . , The ohief reduction ifi £30.000, on . civil aviation , Air- Minister, Lord Amulre?, in a memorandum. "By§ that these 'highly .satisfactory estimates remain sonstantially lswer than in despite the increase in the Air Force gtreagih. JThifi rwult haa t for afowipg, pending a deomon on axr- , , O&teQoverflmstit, baying regard to ( -tlio faßt that Great Botiin is stall tho vwld'fl fifth *i*%J?QWOr, and to the , growth w jeofflt of, air ; jMpooditure abroad, fyw approved a f further Tnodeat inptphnent for the Jraft'deffM*, Scheme, . d&fa 4w«lpee pontes that the f earnestly hopes tnat tha ■Spmppwt Oonferecop . wUI produce r<jdßpt»(m in aur armawenw ,(tW4mis aoT«ppßirat of Which the Govopment prqfound dwquiet) fhtja ro- , nwffHUE'tbp hprioas djspsritv between ' jfolgffgr A ir Forog and foreign a ir