HC Deb 08 August 1876 vol 231 c818
MR. HANBURY-TRACY

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, What conclusion he had arrived at respecting the Petition presented to the Admiralty by a large number of Commanders who have retired since the year 1870, praying that a step in rank may be granted to them, the privilege having already been conceded to Captains by Order in Council, 1870?

MR. HUNT

I have obtained an Order in Council to enable me to give effect to the prayer of the memorialists, and their names will appear in to-night's Gazette.