1.-AN ACCOUNT OF THE GROSS PUBLIC INCOME OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, In the Year ended the 31st day of December, 1868, and of the actual Issues within the same period, exclusive of sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repayments for Local Works, &c. Taxes (Land and Assessed) Property Tax Post Office Crown Lands (Net) MISCELLANEOUS : INCOME. £ s. d. EXPENDITURE. 22,486,000 0 0 Interest and Management of the Per 20,214,000 00 manent Debt 9,174,000 0 0 Terminable Annuities Interest on Bank Advances for Deficiency CHARGES ON CONSOLIDATED FUND:Civil List 3,954,004 17 80,000 0 112,046 0 5,703 5 0 Interest of Exchequer Bonds Interest of Exchequer Bills 974,753 17 6 Annuities and Pensions 283,399 3 9 Total Ordinary Expenditure £73,657,280 5 5 Expenses of Fortifications provided for by Money raised per 425,000 0 0 Total Expenditure £74,082,280 5 5 2.-AN ACCOUNT OF THE BALANCES OF THE PUBLIC MONEY Remaining in the Exchequer on the 31st day of December, 1867; the amount of Money raised by additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt, and the amount quer on the 31st De-cember, 1867. England £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. 1,050,323 13 6 4,363,030 8 10 Issued to the Commissioners for the Re- 1,000,000 00 1,000 0 0 17,999 (Ditto & April, } UNFUNDED DEBT:- Series N., per Act 30 Vict. c. 31, dated Series P., per Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 27, dated 23rd September, 1868, and pay- Deduct-Amount applied in repayment Exchequer Bonds paid off, viz. : Series M., dated 27th March, 1866 Exchequer Bills paid off in Money Bank Advances in aid of Ways and Means repaid Advances for Purchase of Bullion, and for Local Works, &c. Excess of Total Expenditure over Income, in the Year ended Balances in the Exche- (At the Bank of 1,000,000 00 . 1,000,000 00 Bank Advances in aid of Ways and Means, per Act 31 & 32 * No balance remaining of the Money raised for Fortifications. Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 14th January, 1869. + No balance remaining of the Money raised for Fortifications. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Jan. 11. The Hon. William Stuart, Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburgh, to be Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic. 15. Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, C.B. (late Governor and Commander-inChief of the Island of Vancouver and its dependencies), to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the West Africa Settlements. 18. Captain Lord Frederick Herbert Kerr, R.N., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Rear-Admiral Sir William Hoste, resigned. 28. The Right Hon. William Tatton, Baron Egerton, to be Her Majesty's Lieutenant for the county of Chester. raeli, the Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, the Hon. Gerard James Noel, Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, and Henry Whitmore, Esq., to be Commissioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. March 5. Sir William Page Wood, Knight, a Vice-Chancellor, to be a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, in the room of the Right Honourable Hugh M'Calmont, Baron Cairns, resigned. 9. Francis Knollys, Esq., to be one of the Gentlemen Ushers Quarterly Waiters in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Captain Robert Tench Bedford, R.N., deceased. Horace Rumbold, Esq., now Secretary of Her Majesty's Legation at Berne, to be Secretary of Her Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburg; and Algernon Bertram Mitford, Esq., to be a Second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service; William Doria, Esq., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Stockholm, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon; the Hon. Francis John Pakenham, now Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Rio de Janeiro, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Stockholm; and Robert Thomas Charles Middleton, Esq., Secretary to Her Majesty's late Legation at Mexico, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Berne. 11. George Markham Giffard, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel, to be a Vice-Chancellor, in the room of Sir William Page Wood, resigned. 24. The Rev. John Edward Kempe, Rector of St. James's, Westminster, and Honorary Chaplain to Her Majesty, to be one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to Her Majesty; and the Hon. and Rev. George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, Rector of Wigan, Lancashire, to be an Honorary Chaplain to Her Majesty. March 31. Sir W. Page Wood, and Sir C. J. Selwyn, to be members of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. April 3. The Most Noble Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, to be Her Majesty's Lieutenant for the county of Buckingham. 11. The dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto the following persons, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten :— The Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Kesteven, of Casewick, in the county of Lincoln. Sir John Benn Walsh, Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Ormathwaite, of Ormathwaite, in the county of Cumberland. Sir Brook William Bridges, Bart., by the name, style, and title of Baron Fitzwalter, of Woodham Walter, in the county of Essex. William O'Neill, Clerk, by the name, style, and title of Baron O'Neill, of Shanes Castle, in the county of Antrim. - 23. The Right Hon. John Baron Romilly; the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole; George Markham Giffard, Esq., a Vice-Chancellor; Edward Howes, Esq.; Arthur Hobhouse, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel; Jacob Waley, Henry Thring, Edward Parker Wolstenholme, Esqrs., Barristers-at-Law; John Young and William James Farrer, Esqrs., to be Her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into the operation of the Land Transfer Act, and also, into the present condition of the Registry of Deeds for the County of Middlesex. May 1. The Hon. and Ven. Charles Amyand Harris, M.A. (Archdeacon of Wilts), to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the See of Gibraltar. 2. The Right Hon. George, Earl of Haddington, to be Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. 4. The Most Noble Arthur Richard, Duke of Wellington, K.G., to be Her Majesty's Lieutenant for the County of Middlesex. Samuel Wensley Blackall, Esq. (late Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the West Africa Settlements), to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Queensland and its dependencies. 14. The honour of Knighthood conferred on George Markham Giffard, Esq., a Vice-Chancellor. The Honour of Knighthood conferred on James Hannen, Esq., one of the Jus tices of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. The honour of Knighthood conferred on the Right Hon. William Carroll, M.D., Lord Mayor of Dublin. May 23. At the Court of Balmoral, Her Majesty, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, was graciously pleased by letters patent under her Royal sign manual and the great seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installation, and to give and grant unto John Winston, Duke of Marlborough, Knight of the said most noble Order, and duly invested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said most noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if he had been formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. - June 16. The Hon. Lionel Sackville Sackville West, now Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Paris. 22. Edward Dwyer, Esq., to be a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 23. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, K.G., from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. 26. Her Majesty issued a Commission under her royal sign manual to inquire into the present state of military education in this country. The Commissioners, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Eustace Cecil, Lieutenant-General Lord de Ros, Lord Northbrook, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, the Rev. Henry Montagu Butler, D.D., the Rev. William Charles Lake, M.A., BrigadierGeneral John Henry Lefroy, Colonel Edmund Haythorne, and LieutenantColonel Charles Cornwallis Chesney, required to report any recommendations they may have to make as to alterations in the system of military education, and in the constitution of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Lieutenant John Wallace Hozier appointed Secretary. July 7. The honour of Knighthood conferred on Thomas Tilson, Esq., of Clapham Park. Jocelyn, now a Second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Stockholm. July 25. The dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto William Ernest, Baron Feversham, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Helmsley, of Helmsley, in the North Riding of the county of York, and Earl of Feversham, of Ryedale, in the North Riding of the county of York. - 31. Joseph Stone Williams, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Island of St. Helena. Aug. 8. The dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto George Etienne Cartier, of the city of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, Esq., Minister of Militia in the Privy Council of the Dominion of Canada, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. 21. General his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, K.G., K.T., G.C.B., K.P., G.C.S.I., to be Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade, vice Field-Marshal the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.B., G.C.H., deceased. 24. Sir William Baliol Brett, Serjeant-at-Law, to be an additional Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. Major-General Edward Lechmere Russell, Bombay Army, Political Resident at Aden, to a be Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India; and Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, C.B., Bombay Staff Corps, Chief Commissioner in Sindh, and lately Political Resident at Aden, to be an Extra Knight Commander of the said Order. Major James Augustus Grant, C.B., Bengal Staff Corps, to be a Companion of the said Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. - 25. George Hayes, Serjeant-at-Law, to bean additional Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. Anthony Cleasby, Serjeant-at-Law, to be an additional Baron of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. 29. The dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto the following gentlemen:-Andrew Fairbairn, of Woodsley-house, Leeds, in the West Riding of the County of York, Esq., Mayor of Leeds; Frederick Arrow, of Pilgrim's Hall, in the County of Essex, Esq., Deputy Master of the Trinity House, London; Edward William Watkin, of Northenden, in the county Palatine of Chester, Esq. Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B; Vice-Admiral Sir Sidney Colpoys Dacres, K.C.B.; Rear-Admiral George Henry Seymour, C.B.; Rear-Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay; and the Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, to be Her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. Sept. 2. John Richard Quain, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel, to be Her Majesty's Attorney-General of the county palatine of Durham, vacant by the death of Stephen Temple, Esq. 7. James Bacon, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, in the room of Edward Goulburn, Serjeant-at-Law, deceased. 9. The Rev. Hugh McNeile, D.D., the Deanery of Her Majesty's Cathedral Church of Ripon, void by the death of William Goode, D.D. 10. Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, Knight, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Western Australia and its dependencies. 16. Richard Baggallay, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law, to be Her Majesty's Solicitor-General. Oct. 1. Major-General Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy, C.B., to be LieutenantGovernor of the Island of Jersey, in the room of Lieutenant-General Burke Cuppage, whose period of service has expired. - 9. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, K.C.B., to be a member of the Council of India. - 29. Harry Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, Esq., now a Second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and employed in Her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Berne. Nov. 9. The dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto Charles Mills, of Hillingdon Court, and Camelford House, Park Lane, both in the County of Middlesex, Esq., late a Member of the Council of India, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. The dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granted unto Robert Bateson Harvey, of Langley Park, in the County of Bucking |