Military Works Act 1901

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1901 c. 40
Year1901


Military Works Act, 1901.

(1 Edw. 7.) CHAPTER 40.

An Act to make further Provision for Defraying the Expenses of certain Military Works and other Military Services.

[17th August 1901]

B E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Further grant for military works.

1 Further grant for military works.

(1)1.—(1.) The Treasury shall issue out of the Consolidated Fund or the growing produce thereof, in addition to the sums authorised by the Military Works Acts, 1897 and 1899 , such further sums, not exceeding in the whole six million three hundred and fifty-two thousand five hundred pounds, as may be required by a Secretary of State for defraying the cost of the works mentioned in the schedule to this Act; and subsections two and three of section one of the Military Works Act, 1897 (which relate to control over expenditure), and section two of that Act (which relates to the mode in which money may be raised), shall apply with respect to the sums authorised by this Act to be issued, as if those provisions were herein re-enacted and in terms made applicable to this Act.

(2) (2.) The Bank of England may lend any money which the Treasury are authorised to raise under this Act.

S-2 Short title.

2 Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as theMilitary Works Act, 1901.

S C H E D U L E.

Military Works. *

Heads.

Sums provided in Military Works Act, 1897.

Sums provided in Military Works Act, 1899.

Sums provided in Military Works Act, 1901.

Total provision.

1. Defence works 1,120,000 1,000,000 750,000 2,870,000

2. Barracks, including provision of new barracks, in consequence of recent additions to the army, and improvements to existing barracks:—

(a. ) New barracks for cavalry, artillery and infantry at Salisbury Plain

460,000

(b. ) New barracks for cavalry, artillery and infantry in the Scottish District

380,000

(c. ) New Depts and additions to Dept Barracks for artillery and infantry at:—

Caterham 50,000
Clonmel 15,000
Durham 80,000
Mill Hill 55,000
Winchester 35,000
Worcester 35,000
------ 270,000

(d. ) Additions to provide additional accommodation and improvements at:—

Ballincollig 20,000
Belfast 45,000
Dublin 45,000
Dundalk 10,000
Falmouth 28,000
Fermoy 26,000
Landguard 8,500
Holywood 5,000
Isle of Wight 10,000
Kilkenny 30,000
Leith 10,000
London 40,000

Netley Pathological Institute

40,000
Pembroke Dock 33,000
Preston 16,000
Weedon 5,000
Windsor 80,000
Woking 24,000

Addition to sundry artillery barracks

10,000
------- 485,500

* These works are partly new works and partly works which have been commenced and not completed under the Military Works Acts, 1897 and 1899.

No building is to be undertaken which cannot be completed within the 6,352,500 l. granted under this Act.

Heads.

Sums provided in Military Works Act, 1897.

Sums provided in Military Works Act, 1899.

Sums provided in Military Works Act, 1901.

Total provision.

(e. ) Completion of wooden hutments at Aldershot, Kildare. Lichfield, Salisbury Plain and Shorncliffe

1,187,000

(f. ) Provision of accommodation for additional troops and continuation of reconstruction of the large camps at:—

Aldershot 275,000
Colchester 260,000
Curragh 110,000
Shorncliffe 52,000
----- 697,000

(g. ) Provision of new married soldiers' quarters at sundry stations

100,000

(h. ) Purchase of land for barracks

120,000

(i. ) Barracks for foreign stations:—

Bermuda 84,000
Egypt 164,000
Esquimalt 20,000
Gibraltar 30,000
Hong Kong 60,000
Jamaica 10,000
Malta 30,000
Mauritius 40,000
Singapore 50,000

Freight and local transport of stores

20,000
------ 508,000
--------
4,207,500 2,989,000 2,770,000 4,207,500 9,966,500

3. Ranges:—

a. Artillery and rifle ranges and training grounds

540,000

b. Mobilization and store rooms

590,000
-------
1,130,000 *1,149,000 40,000 *1,130,000 2,319,000
4. Staff and contingencies 200,000 190,000 265,000 655,000

Totals.

1. Defence works 1,120,000 1,000,000 750,000 2,870,000
2. Barracks 2,989,000 2,770,000 4,207,500 9,966,500
3. Ranges 1,149,000 40,000 1,130,000 2,319,000
4. Staff and contingencies 200,000 190,000 265,000 655,000
Total 5,458,000 4,000,000 6,352,500 15,810,500

* Including accommodation for manoeuvring and mobilization.

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