Civil Service Cut of/£200 Millions A reduction of over £200,000,000 is shown in the estimates for civil services and revenue departments for 1922-23, a summary of which has been issued in London on connexion with a vote on account for the next financial year. 7 The total for next year is £383,551,648, compared with £590,- €18,113 for the year just ending, while the vote on account, which represents a prevision for between four and five months' expenditure, amounts to £148,300,000.
While a substantial proportion of the reduction is due to less expenditure, there are many items which appeared in this year's account which are not included in the estimates for the -coming year. These include a considerable number of items relating to Ireland (amounting to several millions), emergency services estimated to cost £7,585,700 corn production guarantee (England and Wales) £15,000,000, corn production guarantee (Scotland) £4,400,000, Icarus to Allies £5,000,000, and miscellaneous war services (Foreign Office) £2,412,767.
The chief figures are:—
1921-22. 1922-23.
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