Staff Paym. John Hynes; Staff Eng. John R. Atkins. *Vernon, 5481, torpedo school ship, Portsmouth. Capt. Samuel Long; Comm. Charles G. Robinson; 1st Lieut. Charles E. Gladstone; Staff Surg. Valentine Duke; Fleet Paym. Herbert F. Roe. *Victor Emanuel, 2, 5157, receiving ship, Hong Volage, 12, 3080 (4530), Training squadron. Capt. Foot. Francis H. Julyan; Asst. Paym. Henry J. B. Montgomery. Wild Swan, 8, 1130 (1090), Pacific. Comm. John S. Hallifax; 1st Lieut. Oliver A. Stokes; Stap Surg. Isaac H. Anderson; Paym. Chas, J. Bolt; Chief Eng. John Moysey. Woodlark, 3, 805 (800), East Indies. Comm. Edmund W. Burt; 1st Lieut. Andrew W. Davies; Paym. William S. Richardson; Chies Eng. John L. Stevenson; Surg. John E. Penn. Wrangler, 4, 465 (480), Cape and West Africa. Lieut. and Comm. Harry D. Law; Surg. Harold F. D. Stephens; Asst. Paym. Wm. B. Clark; Eng. William Broad. Wye, 1370 (630), store ship, Particular service. WAR SHIPS OF THE COLONIES. SOUTH AUSTRALIA VICTORIAAlbert, 2, 350 (400). Cerberus, 4, 3480 (1660). Nelson, 20, 2730 (500). Victoria, 1, 530 (800). Former Regimental Titles now merged in Line Battalions. Present Title. 13th-Somerset Light Infantry. 14th-West York Regt. 15th-East York Regt. 16th-Bedfordshire Regt. 17th-Leicestershire Regt. 18th-Royal Irish Regt. 19th-Yorkshire Regt. 20th-Lancashire Fusiliers. 21st-Royal Scots Fusiliers. 22nd-Cheshire Regt. 23rd-Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 24th-South Wales Borderers. 25th-King's Own Borderers. 26th-1st Batt. Scottish Ritles. 27th-1st Batt. R. Innis. Fus. 28th-1st Batt. Gloucester Regt. 29th-1st Batt. Worcester Regt. 30th-1st Batt. East Lanc. Regt. 31st-1st Batt. East Surrey R. 32nd-1st Batt. D. of Corn. L. I. 33rd-1st Batt. West Riding R. 34th-1st Batt. Border Regt. 35th-1st Batt. R. Sussex Regt. 36th-2nd Batt. Worcester Regt. 37th-1st Batt. Hampshire Regt. 38th-1st Batt. South Staff. R. 39th-1st Batt. Dorset Regt. 63rd-1st Batt. Manchester R. 77th-2nd Batt. Middlesex R. 78th-2nd Batt. Seaf. Highrs. 79th-1st Batt. Cameron High. 86th-2nd Batt, South Staff. R. 81st-2nd Batt. North Lane, R. 82nd-2nd Batt, South Lane, R. 83rd-1st Batt. Roy. Irish Rif. 84th-2nd Batt. Yorkshire and Lancashire R. 85th-2nd Batt. Shrops. L. I. 86th-2nd Batt. R. Irish Rif. 87th-1st Batt. Roy, Irish Fus. 88th-1st Batt. Conn. Rangers. 89th-2nd Batt. R. Irish Fus. goth-2nd Batt, Scottish Rifles. 91st-1st Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highrs. 92nd-2nd Batt. Gordon High. 93rd-2nd Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highrs. 94th-2nd Batt. Conn. Rang. 95th-2nd Batt. Derby, Regt. 96th-2nd Batt. Manch. Regt. 97th-2nd Batt. R. W. Kent R. 98th-2nd Batt. N. Staff. Regt. 99th-2nd Batt.Wiltshire Regt. 1ooth-1st Batt. Leinster Regt. 101st-1st Batt. R. Mun. Fus. 102nd-1st Batt. R. Dub. Fus, 103rd-2nd Batt. R. Dub. Fus, 104th-2nd Batt. R. Mun. Fus. 105th-2nd Batt. South York. E. 106th-2nd Batt. Durham L. I. 107th-2nd Batt. R. Sussex R. 108th-2nd Batt. R. Innis. Fus. 109th-2nd Batt. Leinster Regi Rifle Brigade-Rifle Brigade. The estimated "Appropriations in Aid" for 1886-87, £657,526, include the sum of £199,138, "Extra Receipts," which under the arrangement in force prior to 1882 would have been paid into the Exchequer. The following abstract will show the gross cost of the several votes, and in the succeeding details will be found the net total of each, after deducting "Appropriations in Aid" 4. Coast-guard and Naval Reserve. 5. Scientific Branch 6. Dockyards and Naval Yards 7. Victualling Yards.. 8. Medical Establishments 9. Marine Divisions 21,734 officers, I warrant officer, 224 chief officers, and 3,679 petty officers, seamen, &c., making a total of 47.925 hands in these branches of the service -an increase of 2,361. In the marines the headquarters' staff consists of 5 commissioned officers, 2 warrant officers, and 4 staff sergeants and sergeants; for the service afloat, 86 commissioned officers, 231 staff sergeants and sergeants. 114 buglers and musicians, and 6,003 rank and 1. Wages to Seamen and Marines.... £3,021,635 file; and for the service ashore, 249 commis2. Victuals and Clothing 1,233,300 sioned officers, 36 warrant officers, 581 staff 3. Admiralty Office 207,920 sergeants and sergeants, 249 buglers and musi207,667 cians, and 5,147 rank and file, a total of 12,707 134,638 for this branch of the service. 1,730,317 2. Victuals and Clothing.-Net total £964.400, 70,760 an increase of £19,300. The sub-heads are: Pro67,060 visions and allowances in lieu £669,950-increase £232; payments for provisions not taken up £165,100-increase £9,100; lights and allowances in lieu £55.900-increase £1,700; mess2,371,300 traps £9,800-increase £4.250; seamen's cloth630,653 ing, soap, and tobacco 198,750-increase £2.498; 81,560 marine clothing. &c. £59,700-increase £6.563; 9,400 allowances in lieu of ditto £3,200-decrease 140,760 £250; beer-money, and excess cost of rations 16,500-decrease £2,700; marine barrack stores £11,284,704 £14,300 - increase £854; victualling stores 812,950 26,600-increase £1.380; freight, lighterage, &c. £13,500-increase £1,500. There is an esti905,871 mated rebate for charges against seamen for 333,801 issues, repayments by other departments, a contribution of £18,000 from the Indian Govern£13,337.326 ment, and the proceeds of sale of unserviceable 313,300 stores, the whole amounting to £268,900, to be taken as appropriations in aid in reduction of the gross amount of the vote. 10. 1. Naval Stores § 2. Machinery and Ships Built 11. New Works, Machinery, Repairs, &c. Total, Effective Services.. 15. Half Pay and Retired Pay.. 16. lowances § 2. Civil ditto... Total, Naval Service.. 17. Conveyance of Troops.. 1,356,000 Grand Total........ £13,650,626 1. Wages, &c. to Seamen and Marines.-Net total £2,902,000, an increase of £128,800. The sub-heads are: Wages, &c. to seamen, boys, and coastguard, £2,579,050-increase £161,398; to marines £405,847-increase £9.987. The expense of raising men and boys is £4,000. For prizes for good shooting, seamen are to receive £975. and marines £1,000, a total of £1,975increase 116. Recruiting expenses of royal marines are £6.913-decrease £621; field allow. auces are £2,000; contingencies £21,500; and special gratuity to seamen and marines for serrice in Egypt £350. The Appropriations in Aid, in reduction of the gross amount of the vote, are £118.735. The details of those receiving pay, &c., under the vote are as follow:-13 flog officers, 2,686 commissioned officers, 495 subordinate officers, 882 warrant officers, and 33.375 petty officers, seamen, &c., making a total of 37.451. or 1.765 more than in the previous year. of 6,474 boys, 3,874 are for service in the fleet, and 2,600 under instruction in training-ships. In the coast-guard service there are 96 commissioned 3. Admiralty Office.-Net total £203.400, an increase of £5,100. The sub-heads are: Salaries, wages, &c. L200, 394-increase £8,542; travelling expenses £5,000 increase £500; contingencies 2,526-increase £58. The cost of the several departments, and details of the principal salaries, will be found at p. 208. 4. Coast-guard and Royal Naval Reserves.-The net total is £207,600, an increase of £2,300. The sub-heads are: Salaries, wages, &c. of Royal Naval Reserves Office £4.712-increase £391; rents and insurance of coast-guard buildings £28,822-increase £32; travelling expenses, removals. &c. £15,168-decrease £592; fuel and light 4.435; contingencies of coast-guard on shore £2,560-increase £26; wages, &c. of naval reserve 145.690-increase £1,940; seamen and marine pensioners reserve £2,050: naval artillery volunteers £4,230-increase £2,070. Admiral Superintendent of the Reserve receives £1,961, his secretary £479; a senior captain 1.000; an assistant paymaster £287: while the clerical staff pay and other charges amount to £985. The expenses of the Coast The guard Service provided for in this vote amount £1,321,195-increase £82,028; police £34,789— to £50,985, but charges under other votes bring increase £83. Abroad, the chief items are: up the total to £445,685. In the Royal Naval salaries, &c. £48,796-increase £1,802; wages to Reserve (18,325 in number) £84,500 is charged as artificers £108,736 increase £8,657; yard the annual retainer to seamer, and £43,700 for service afloat £9.491-increase L541; police drill pay and lodging allowance, £8,000 for £11,554-increase £805. The remaining minor erection and repair of batteries for drill pur- sub-heads will be incidentally noticed further poses, £4,794 to deputy registrars for enrolling on. The following details are of chief interest :-men, besides smaller amounts for medical fees, (a) Dockyards at Home. - Portsmouth: the and other charges connected with the force, salaries paid to 304 officials amount to £50,918; making a total of £145,690. With other votes, wages, &c., for 6,190 men £423,069; to 132 police in addition to this sum, the total charge for the Reserve is £225,592. 5. Scientific Branch.-Net total £113,200, an increase of 6oo. The salaries, &c., of the Royal Observatory cost £5,165, some details of which will be found in p. 164. The exper.ses for repairs, apparatus, &c. are £3,201. The Cape Observatory includes an astronomer at £800, a first assistant at £550, and other salaries and apparatus make a total of £5,806. The expense of the Nautical Almanac is £3,431, including salary of the Superintendent £600, a chief assistant £400, besides ten other assistants. The average annual sale of the Almanack for the last five years has been 14.965, the number sold in 1881 (15,870) dropping to 14,065 in 1885. Chronometers are estimated to cost £1,432, and the expenses of the Compass Department are £1,742. There is an item of £250 devoted to rewards, experiments, &c., which in 1884-85 was added to the funds of the Institution of Naval Architects. The Inspector of Naval Schools receives 700, and the Sub-Inspector £344, making, with travelling expenses, a total of 61,254. An annual contribution of £300 is paid to the Royal United Service Institution. In the Hydrographical Department the Hydrographer receives £1,000, besides his half-pay of £264; an assistant £800; a chief civil assistant 600; other assistants £5.370; and seven draughtsmen £2,195. For the drawing and engraving of charts £6,500 is charged, and £6,100 for printing and mounting them. In 1885 there were 140,179 charts sold. producing £8,294: the annual average for five years was 136,276 sold, producing £7,656. The total for salaries is 10,731, and the cost of the department £43,931. Of this £19,000 is the charge for coast and other surveys carried on in various parts of the world, in hire of vessels, wages, &c., to which may be added £67,241 provided in other votes, making the total charge for the surveying service £86,241. The cost of education at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, with incidental expenses, is £31,925; and the conduct of examinations there £2,121. The cost of the Naval Museum at Greenwich is set down at £631; the training of naval cadets £19.694, of which 10,050 will be met by parents and guardians, leaving the cost at £9,644, to which may be added £15,779 provided under other votes, making the total charge £25,423. The training of engineer students at Portsmouth and Devonport is £13.340, a further sum of £1,074 being charged under other votes, making a total of £14,414, of which £2.972 is to be contributed by the students; and the expenses for the examination of candidates for the naval medical service are £415. The receipts applied in reduction of the gross estimate amount to £21.438. 6. Dockyards and Naval Yards.-Net total 1.729,500, an increase of £58,000. The most important sub-heads are--Home: salaries £170,972 -decrease £1.308; wages to artificers, &c. 11,648. Devonport: salaries to 240 officials, £42,664; wages for 4,937 men £316,016; to 81 police £7,316. Chatham: salaries to 201 officials £35,615; wages for 4,517 men £305,954; to 109 police £9,679. Sheerness: salaries to 115 officials £21,171; wages for 1,740 men £117,253; to 32 police £2,871. Pembroke: salaries to go officials £17,047; wages for 2.336 men £152,562; to 34 police £3,010. Deptford Storeyard: salaries to 15 officials 62,892; wages for 82 men £4,979; to 3 police L265. Haulbowline: the salaries are paid under Vote 7 wages for 19 men £1,077. Portland Coaling Dépôt salaries to 2 officials £665; wages for 2 men £285. The total officials for the above dockyards number 967, against 993 in 1885-86, and their salaries amount to 170,972, against £175,280 in the previous year. The total number of artificers to be employed in the dockyards at home is more than last year, being 19,873, against 18,056: viz., for ships building and completing 10,173 men; for repairs 5,203; for yard manufactures, storekeeping, and other incidental purposes 4,492. () Naval Yards Abroad.-Malta: salaries to 58 officials £13.200; wages for 1,292 men ashore and afloat £61,088; to 57 police £3,809. Bermuda: salaries to 38 officials £7.994; wages for 259 men £17,440; to 13 police £1,031. Hong Kong: salaries to 29 officials £9.632; wages for 390 men 13,704; to 40 police £3,358. Cape of Good Hope: salaries to 13 officials £4,091; wages for 78 men £6,675 to 6 police £638. Gibraltár: salaries to 7 officials £2,225; wages for 66 men' £4,403; to 7 police £530. Jamaica: salaries to 10 officials £2,104; wages for 92 men £5,853; to 13 police £1,159. Halifar: salaries to 9 offcials £2,069; wages for 50 men £3,797; to 7 police £565. Trincomalie: salaries to 6 officials 1,589; wages for 80 men £2,605; to 11 police £347. Esquimalt (Vancouver): salaries to 9 officials L3,392; wages for 9 men £1,285. Sydney: salaries to 5 officials £2,011; wages for 10 men £894. Yokohama: salary to official £329; wages for 1 man 6:14; to 4 police £71. Antiged wages for 8 men £308; to 1 police £46. Fernando Po: salary to 1 official £150. Sierra Leone; for hire £61. 7. Victualling Yards.-Net total £70.700, a decrease of £600. The chief heads of expenditure are-At Home: salaries £15,267; wages £44,074; and Abroad similar items are respectively 2,233 and £6,203. The most important details are as follow: At Home--Deptford: total £32,664, || against £33,944; salaries £7,404; wages £24,015; men 379; police 24. Gosport total £13,595. against 13,559; salaries £3.128; wages £10,133; men 121; police 18. Plymouth: total £12,004, against L11,969; salaries £2,667; wages £8,887; men 109; police 15. Royal Alexandra (Haulbowline): total £3,644, against £3,696; salaries £2,068; wages L989; men 18. Abroad--Gibraltar : total £500, wages for 5 men. Malta: total £3,472, against £3,601; salaries £1,078; wages £2,273; men 69. Halifax: total £748; salary £455: wages £102. Bermuda: total wages £735, against £716; men 11. Jamaica: total £746, against £764; salary £305; wages £426; men 8. Sierra Leone: total £193: salary £100; wages 428; men 5. Cape of Good Hope: total £451, wages for 6 men. Bombay, £300. Barbados, L100. Trincomalie, L162, wages for 7 men. Hong Kong: wages £807: men 24. Esquimalt (Vancouver): total £692, C612 being wages for 5 men. 8. Medical Establishments.-Net total £67,000, a decrease of £600. The chief heads at Home are-salaries £19,622; wages 619,529; and similar items Abroad are £11,105 and £6,672; salaries st marine infirmaries are £4,701, and wages £952. The details are:-At Home-Melville: total £5.925, against £5,840; salaries £3,044; wages £2,566. Haslar: total £16,766, against £16,962; salaries £7,628; wages £8,098. Plymouth total £12,160, against 12,503; salaries 45.836; wages £5.614. Haulbowline: total 41,935, against L1.910; salaries £1,102; wages £808. Yarmouth Lunatic Asylum: total £4,483, against £4,616; salaries £1,471; wages £2,237. Portland: total £702, against 704. AbroadMalta: total £3,910, against £3,991; salaries £1.946; wages £1,676. Lisbon: total £697, against £688. Halifax: £255. Bermuda: total 42,973 salaries £2,073; wages £894. Jamaica: total £2,742; salaries £1,945; wages £784. Cape of Good Hope: total £2,116; salaries £1,508; wages £592 Trincomalie, £169. Hong Kong: total £3,753, against £3,706; salaries £2,102; wages £1,365. Esquimalt: £1,024. Yokohama: total 61,253; salaries £550; wages £480. The Marine Infirmaries present the following details: Portsmouth (Forton): total £1,366; salaries £1,299; wages £57. Portsmouth (Eastney): total £1,685; salaries £1,262; wages £314. Plymouth: total £1,270. Walmer: total 1576; salaries £932; wages £524. In the vote the sum of £300 is estimated as extra pay to officers and others whose services are lent from the Navy. 9. Marine Divisions.-Net total £21,700. The disbursements are-salaries £7.588; rents, water, c. £7,552; gas £3,400; contributions and grants 1. aid £776; contingencies £2,418. The details are-Chatham: total £3,879, against £3,850. Portsmouth (Forton): £5,054, against £4,650. Portsmouth (Eastney and Fort Cumberland): £4.909, against £5,399. Plymouth: 3,840, against £3,783. Walmer Recruit Dépôt, £4,052, against £4,058. 10. Naval Stores for Building and Repairing. This vote is divided into two sections, the first dealing with Nacal Stores, and the second with Kuchinery and Ships built by contract. The net total of the first section is £1,206,000, a decrease of £142,000. The second section of the estimate £2,371,300, an increase of £245,300. The details are: Sect. I.-Timber, masts, deals, &c. £162,200, against £237,000; metals and metal articles £515,000, against £521,500; coals and other fuel £155,000, against £285,000; hemp, canvas, &e. £122,000, against £126,500; paint, oils, pitch, class, and similar articles £180,000, against £234.500 electrical, torpedo, and other appaFatus £87,800, against £110,000; and freight and other charges on naval stores £33,000, against £30,000. The appropriations in aid amount to £150,000. Sect. II.-The total required for steam prorelling machinery is £730,500, an increase of £4,200. The sam required for ships building 219 by contract is £989,700, against £773,750. The remaining items are: £25,200 for machinery connected with steering, &c.; £23,500 for experimental services; £486,400 for gun mountings; £35,000 for repairs of ships in private dockyards; £18,500 for salaries of superintendents of contract-built ships; £10,000 for steam launches and pinnaces; £51,500 for torpedoes purchased; and £1,000 for breaking up ships, &c. 11. New Works, Machinery, and Repairs.-Net total £623,709, a decrease of £36,900. For new works and buildings £12,000 is required for Chatham; for Portsmouth £10,000 for extension of the yard, on which £2,190,245 has been expended, £27,000 for torpedo range and stores, and £11,000 for other purposes; for Keyham 21,500; for Harlbowline £35,000; for Gibraltar £3,000; for Malta £48,650; for Bermuda £5,000; and for Hong Kong Lic,000. For minor works and buildings at home the sum of £138,835 is required, £28,425 being for Chatham; for Sheerness £6,885; Portsmouth £60,510; Devonport and Keyham £27,970; and other places £15,045. For minor dockyards abroad the sum required is £48,415. For victualling yards at home the total is £9,060; and abroad £1,390; hospitals and prisons at home 12,430; abroad £5,450; marine barracks and infirmaries £17.505; Coastguard £25,000; naval colleges £5,435; breakwaters £13,830; and temporary superintendence at home 10,000; abroad £4,000. For yard machinery and repairs at dockyards at home the amount required is £44,702; £13,600 being for Chatham; £1,475 for Sheerness; £17,605 for Portsmouth; £2,500 for Devonport and Keyham; and £9,522 for Pembroke. For naval yards abroad £23,649; and for victualling yards at home £2,550. Appropriations in aid amount to £6,953. 12. Medicines and Medical Stores, &c.-Net total £62,600, an increase of £800. The disbursements are-Hospital and Infirmary provisions, medicines, instruments, &c. £61,250increase £750; subsistence, &c., of seamen at sick quarters, &c. £12,000; expense of carrying out the provisions of the Contagious Diseases Act £6,510; and miscellaneous disbursements, medical service £1,800. Appropriations in aid amount to £18,960. 13. Martial Law, &c.-The total is £9,400, a decrease of £600. The heads of expenditure are-Courts-martial 2,000; Naval Prison, Lewes £1,000; ditto at Hong Kong, Bermuda, the Cape, Ascension, and Coquimbo £1,270; conveyance of prisoners £1,280; and subsistence abroad £850. 14. Miscellaneous Services.-Net total £135.700, a decrease of £8,400. The amounts of chief importance are--piloting and towing ships of the navy £9,000; passage-money and conveyance of officers, seamen, and marines £60,500. The Commanders-in-Chief absorb for rents, rates, &c. £3,500; telegrams £9,000; compensation to officers for losses by shipwreck £700; contributions to sailors' homes £650; to religious and charitable institutions £1,500; allowances to ministers of religion £3,300; percentage to banks £1,900; medals £170; advertisements and stamps on contracts £2,400; compensation for damages done by navy vessels £2,500; expenses of committees £2,000; stationery £3,800; lodg ing allowance to naval officers £4,500; wator police £4.375; naval attachés £1,000; construction of docks at Hong Kong £10,000; expenses of boys in training-ships £2,900; and miscellaneous payrients and allowances (including the conveyance by sea of the Royal Househoid, and the entertainment of royal personages) £9,000. There are a few other items of minor importance, while the receipts taken in reduction of the gross estimate amount to £5,060. passionate allowances to officers £450; commutation of pensions £6,145; special pensions £1,934. Sect. II. Civil. Of the sum of £333,300 there is distributed £115,587 to civil officers, and 15. Half-pay, Reserved, and Retired Pay to £150,000 to artificers, &c. Pensions to 950 Naval and Marine Officers.-Net total £812,900, persons connected with the Coastguard, ina decrease of £17,500. The gross estimate is cluding 70 widows and 22 children, amount to divided into four items, £81,057 for half-pay-38,800; gratuities to other persons £300; condecrease £15,383; £665,873 for reserved and tribution to Metropolitan Police Pension Fund retired pay increase £6,342: £61,020 for com- £5.168; £230 towards pensions to Registrars; mutation of retired pay-decrease £8,460; and gratuities to clerks on retirement £13,249; and £5,000 as gratuities to officers on retirement. On commutation of pensions £10,467. the active list there were 355 officers, requiring 17. Non-Naval Services and Freight.-Net total £81,057; 68 on the reserved list 15,637; 2,058 £252,000, an increase of £41,000. The heads are on the retired list £572,933; and 241 retired special allowances to officers and men of troopmarine officers £77,303; making a total of ships £4,750-increase £50; coals £21,000-in£746,930. In respect to the commutation of re- crease £4.700; medicines, &c. £150; pilotage, tired pay, by arrangement with the Commis- &c. £4,700-increase L660; conveyance of troops sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt and horses abroad, homeward, and intercolonithe sum of £61,020 is paid for a terminable ally £142,900-decrease £16,100; conveyance of annuity sufficient to repay in ten years the stores £67,700-increase £20,500; conveyance of amount advanced, with interest thereon at the troops coastwise £11,500-increase £4,700; hire rate of 31⁄2 per cent. per annum. of transports £53,500-increase £28,100; condensing and ice ships £4,600; transport officers in London and at the outports £1,500; and telegraphic expenses £1,000. Repayments taken in reduction of the vote amount to £61,300. 16. Military and Civil Pensions and Allowances. -This Vote is divided into two sections: the net Military estimate is £905,800, an increase of £600. The Civil section amounts to £333,300, an increase of £3,000. Sect. I. Military. The chief heads are: Pensions for meritorious services £6,400, distributed in amounts of £300 annually to flag officers, L150 to captains, and in amounts of £100 to £200 to marine and medical officers. The pensions for conspicuous bravery amount to £280, being £150 to 15 recipients of the Victoria Cross, £100 to 9 men who have received a medal for conspicuous gallantry, and £30 to 3 sergeants "for distinguished and meritorious service and gallant conduct in the field." Pensions for wounds amount to £6,000 among 84 officers. Pensions to engineers, warrant officers, &c., 937 in number, amount to £88,500; to 189 widows and relatives of officers slain or drowned £13,041; to 2,295 widows of naval officers £126,500; to 119 widows of marine officers £6,200; compassionate allowances for 1,501 children £22,500; compensation to lieutenants for loss of appointments 81; pensions to 88 old and disabled officers £5,025 to 24,836 seamen and marines for wounds, &c. L622,515; with com SHIPS BUILDING AND COMPLETING FOR *Bramble, 6, 670 (1000), comp. gunboat, Belfast. *Cossack, 6, 1630 (3500), torpedo cruiser, Glasgow The numbers of officers and men in the naval service, according to the returns of the 1st of February, 1886, are:-Fleet service-officers and seamen 37,149, boys 6,741; Coast guard 3.896; Royal Marines 12,844; Naval establishments on shore-officers, seamen, &c., 575; Royal Marines 193; Royal Naval Reserve - officers 325, men 17,890; Seamen and Marine Pensioners Reserve 2,072; Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers-officers 70, men 1,357; a total of 82, 112. In addition to this number all pensioners whose age does not exceed 55 years are liable to be called up for active service in case of war or any emergency. In November, 1885, the steam ships in commission numbered 191, comprising 30 armourplated ships, 1 frigate, 26 corvettes, one torpedo ram, 16 sloops, 22 gun vessels, 48 gunboats, 25 miscellaneous, z despatch vessels, 7 troop and store ships, 4 Indian troop-ships, 4 royal yachts, and 5 surveying vessels. Sailing vessels numbered 30, and stationary ships 37, making a total of 258. THE ROYAL NAVY.-Private yards thus-”. *Renown, 15, 10,470 (12,000), turret ship, Newcastle. Serpent, 6, 1630 (4500), torpedo cruiser, Devonport. Severn, 12, 3550 (6000), steam cruiser, Chatham. Spider, 1, 450 (2700), torpedo gunboat, Devonport. *Tartar, 6, 1630 (3500), torpedo cruiser, Glasgow. Thames, 3550 (5700), steam cruiser, Pembroke. Trafalgar, 12, 11,940 (10,500), turret ship, Portsm. *Undaunted, 12, 5000 (8500), steam cruiser, Jarrow. *Wasp, 6, 670 (1000), comp. gunboat, Newcastle. |