§ MR. PULESTONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, What are the regulations for the appointment of draughtsmen and others in the Department of the Controller of the Navy, and by whom the overseers of shipbuilding and acting draughtsmen are selected; and, whether the regulations have been recently altered, and, if so, in what particular, and when they came into force?
§ MR. HUNTSir, draughtsmen in the Controller's department of the Admiralty are now appointed by competitive examination open to all dockyard draughtsmen. Overseers of shipbuilding are selected by the Controller's department, subject to the Board's approval. The acting draughtsmen in the Controller's department of the Admiralty are selected by that department from among the dockyard draughtsmen, subject to the approval of the Board. The regulations for the appointment of draughtsmen in the Controller's department of the Admiralty have been recently altered. Prior to 1874 these draughtsmen were selected by the Controller's department from among the Dockyard draughtsmen, subject to the 1658 approval of the Board and a qualifying examination only. They are now appointed by competition, as I have already explained.