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In the few cases marked * we have had to estimate the number of the recipients, no official information being available.
Department or Service.
From the Army Estimates.
|
No. of Pensioners. |
1886-7. |
1885-6. |
1884-5. |
1883-4. |
1882-3 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
For distinguished services, &c. |
650 |
21,230 |
20,610 |
23,360 |
25,800 |
33,411 |
Half-pay |
246 |
90,000 |
90,000 |
89,000 |
93,500 |
94,907 |
Retired Pay, Gratuities, and Purchase Extinction |
3,350* |
1,403,390 |
1,381,421 |
1,336,098 |
1,314,500 |
860,977 |
Widows and Children |
3,686 |
155,850 |
148,881 |
145,520 |
143,200 |
124,782 |
Pensions for Wounds |
150 |
18,364 |
18,500 |
17,522 |
16,500 |
19,283 |
Chelsea and Kilmainham (In-Pensions) |
874 |
32,740 |
83,570 |
33,674 |
33,377 |
32,989 |
Out-Pensions |
85,000 |
1,782,800 |
1,810,000 |
1,829,000 |
1,777,900 |
1,303,918 |
Superannuations in War Departments |
2,500* |
188,074 |
190,813 |
190,002 |
195,000 |
196,902 |
Militia, Yeomanry, and Volunteer Retired Pay |
350 |
50,900 |
49,900 |
50,143 |
48,000 |
36,077 |
Sundries |
|
|
|
|
|
5,344 |
Totals |
96,806 |
£3,743,348 |
£3,743,695 |
£3,714,319 |
£3,647,777 |
£2,708,590 |
From the Navy Estimates.
Half-pay to Naval Officers on Active List |
355 |
81,057 |
96,440 |
99,522 |
106,771 |
110,208 |
Reserved Pay to ditto on Reserved List |
68 |
15,637 |
16,111 |
17,283 |
19,083 |
21,435 |
Retired Pay to ditto on Retired List |
2,053 |
672,933 |
669,835 |
666,532 |
558,906 |
648,847 |
Retired Pay to Marine Officers |
241 |
77,303 |
74,585 |
74,730 |
72,298 |
70,907 |
Commuted retired pay of Officers in Navy and Marines |
500* |
61,020 |
69,480 |
90,910 |
105,262 |
119,291 |
Retiring gratuities to officers |
50* |
5,000 |
5,(XX) |
5,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
Pensions for meritorious services |
32 |
6,400 |
6,400 |
6,400 |
6,100 |
6,400 |
Pensions for conspicuous bravery |
27 |
280 |
260 |
260 |
230 |
230 |
Flag officers' retired service pensions |
2 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
To officers of Navy and Marines for injuries |
84 |
6,000 |
6,500 |
6,000 |
7.600 |
7,200 |
To engineers, warrant officers, &c. |
937 |
88,500 |
86,000 |
84,500 |
83,500 |
80,500 |
Relatives of officers slain, &c. |
189 |
13,041 |
14,500 |
14,500 |
10,000 |
12,900 |
Widows of Naval officers |
2,295 |
126,500 |
126,000 |
125,500 |
125,500 |
125,500 |
Widows of Marine officers |
119 |
6,200 |
6,200 |
6,700 |
6,800 |
6,500 |
Compassionate List |
1,501 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
22,500 |
Compensation to Lieutenants of Naval Hospitals |
1 |
81 |
130 |
185 |
265 |
265 |
Pensions to old and disabled officers |
88 |
5,025 |
5,025 |
5,025 |
5,025 |
5,025 |
Pensions to Seamen and Marines |
24,836 |
622,515 |
622,515 |
607,985 |
692,247 |
686,310 |
Compassionate allowances to officers (Navy and Marines) |
5 |
450 |
400 |
400 |
500 |
500 |
Commutation of pensions |
100* |
6,145 |
6,675 |
7,952 |
10,083 |
12,017 |
Pensions to Civil Staff |
680* |
115,587 |
111,000 |
113,000 |
114,800 |
117,500 |
Pensions to artificers, &c. |
8,750* |
150,000 |
148,000 |
141,500 |
139,130 |
132,000 |
Pensions to Coast Guard |
950 |
38,800 |
42,000 |
42,800 |
43,600 |
44,000 |
Special allowances |
20* |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
3,500 |
Contribution to Pension Fund for Metropolitan police &c. |
|
5,398 |
5,070 |
5,070 |
4,788 |
4,408 |
Gratuities to Clerks on retirement |
100* |
13,249 |
13,249 |
13.249 |
13,249 |
13,309 |
Commutation of Civil pensions |
200* |
10,467 |
10,946 |
12,754 |
14,313 |
16,248 |
Totals |
39,228 |
£2,050,688 |
£2,065,421 |
£2,070,857 |
£2,080,050 |
£2,077,830 |
From the Finance Accounts.
Civil List Pensions |
300* |
25,020 |
24,072 |
23,714 |
23,541 |
22,539 |
Royal Family (not including the Sovereign) |
13 |
154,737 |
156,332 |
171,000 |
107,293 |
101,000 |
Naval and Military Services |
13 |
30,856 |
34,423 |
86,554 |
87,631 |
38,167 |
Political and Civil Services |
14 |
18,616 |
18,880 |
17,195 |
18,536 |
20,522 |
Judicial and Civil Services (England) |
24 |
35,499 |
39,803 |
44,574 |
43,462 |
41,226 |
Abolished Legal Offices:— |
(England) Chancery |
1 |
1,146 |
1,146 |
1,180 |
1,460 |
1,966 |
(England) Queen s Bench |
2 |
608 |
815 |
1,312 |
1,909 |
2,311 |
(England) Common Pleas |
1 |
78 |
787 |
1,652 |
1,652 |
1,652 |
(England) Exchequer |
6 |
1,040 |
1,041 |
1,112 |
1,130 |
1,137 |
(England) Requests |
18 |
4,243 |
4,233 |
4,931 |
6,341 |
6,327 |
(England) Marshalsea |
8 |
764 |
795 |
800 |
1,289 |
1,411 |
(England) Ecclesiastical and Prerogative |
300* |
45,430 |
47,638 |
60,156 |
52,339 |
63,412 |
For judicial services (Scotland) |
23 |
8,311 |
7,011 |
6,895 |
7,237 |
6,751 |
Abolished legal offices (Scotland) |
2 |
5 |
5 |
100 |
10 |
10 |
For judicial services (Ireland) |
14 |
17,956 |
21,079 |
21,006 |
25,060 |
22,468 |
Abolished Legal Offices:— |
(Ireland) Chancery |
|
|
|
|
1,875 |
4,284 |
(Ireland) Queen's Bench |
7 |
1,584 |
1,647 |
1,674 |
1,832 |
1,909 |
(Ireland) Common Pleas |
1 |
133 |
133 |
133 |
191 |
360 |
(Ireland) Exchequer |
6 |
685 |
955 |
852 |
936 |
944 |
For diplomatic services prior to April, 1869 |
6 |
5,808 |
6,980 |
7,000 |
7,086 |
8,173 |
To heirs of Penn, Schomberg, and Garth |
|
(commuted) |
1,720 |
6,449 |
6,184 |
6,184 |
To miscellaneous persons |
65 |
6,603 |
6,500* |
7,333 |
8,639 |
9,096 |
(Additional) estimated for commutations |
250 |
51,430 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
7,888 |
|
Totals |
1,074 |
£410,552 |
£385,995 |
£414,622 |
£422,541 |
£411,959 |
From Parliamentary Papers.
Post-office Staff, &c. |
3,394 |
178,010 |
175,479 |
174,343 |
176,826 |
179,759 |
Customs and Coast Guard |
1,660 |
182,697 |
180,103 |
175,285 |
170,955 |
146.878 |
Excise Department |
1,503 |
205,598 |
203,890 |
200.499 |
210,594 |
212.685 |
Irish Constabulary |
5,475 |
280,352 |
270,446 |
262,520 |
243,604 |
217.604 |
Dublin Police |
511 |
32,530 |
30,000 |
29.000 |
28,646 |
29.080 |
Metropolitan Police |
3,704 |
129,000* |
129,000* |
129,754 |
130,433 |
126.108 |
Trustees of Hereditary Pensions Commutations |
12* |
42,642* |
42,642* |
42,642* |
42,642* |
42,642* |
Merchant Seamen's Fund |
600* |
19,200 |
20,600 |
22,000 |
27,067 |
28,422 |
Totals |
16,859 |
£1,070,029 |
£1,052,160 |
£1,036,043 |
£1,039,098 |
£991,420 |
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From the Indian Accounts.
|
No. of Pensioners. |
1884-5. (estimated) |
1883-4. |
1882-3. |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
Superannuations and other allowances in the nature of pensions (Civil Dept.), less contributed by recipients in aid |
3,000* |
2,500,000 |
2,397,800 |
2,203,771 |
Military Department (estimated) |
7,500* |
3,500,000 |
3,500,000 |
3,500,000 |
Totals |
10,500* |
£6,000,000 |
£5,897,800 |
£5,703,771 |
Resumé |
|
1886-7. |
1885-6. |
1884-5. |
1883-4. |
1882-3. |
Civil Service |
3,136 |
456,788 |
458,710 |
444,828 |
446,733 |
446,578 |
Army |
96,806 |
3,743,348 |
3,743,695 |
3,714,319 |
3,647,777 |
2,708,590 |
Navy |
39,228 |
2,050,688 |
2,065,421 |
2,070,857 |
2,080,050 |
2,077,830 |
Consolidated Fund |
1,074 |
410,552 |
385,995 |
414,622 |
422,541 |
411,959 |
Revenue Departments, &c. |
16,859 |
1,070,029 |
1,052,160 |
1,036,043 |
1,039,098 |
991,420 |
(See foot-note) |
157,103 |
£7,731,405 |
£7,705,981 |
£7,680,669 |
£7,636,199 |
£6,636,377 |
India (Estimated) |
10,500 |
6,100,000 |
6,100,000 |
6,000,000 |
5,897,000 |
5,500,000 |
Totals |
167,603 |
£13,831,405 |
£13,805,981 |
£13,680,669 |
£13,533,199 |
£12,136,377 |
Over a million of increase has come since 1882-3 from the Army estimates in consequence of the Wars in North and South Africa, apropos of which John Bull will do as well to notice that in these last five years of bad trade he has had to pay an Army Corps of over 100,000 Pensioners (military, naval, and civil,) for doing nothing, and that their drawings, amounting to nearly eight millions, swallowed up the whole of the Income Tax laid on the national profits for last year, e.g., Schedules B, C, D, and E.
The great pressure upon our space this year, consequent upon 20 pages being required for the new House of Commons and poll figures,—to say nothing of 18 pages for the valuable treatise on the Land Tax (pp. 183 to 200)—has rendered it necessary to omit 12 pages of Alphabetical Pension List specially compiled for the present issue. The following selections are made from its contents:—