§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he is aware that the Regulations of the Royal Naval Reserve, which provide that Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants shall undergo in each year a course of twenty-eight days' drill, are systematically evaded by one hundred and seventy-eight officers of that force, forty of whom, as appears by Return of this year, No. 315, have failed to perform any drill at all; and, whether he has any objection to state by whom these appointments are made, and who is responsible for the continuance of unqualified officers in the Royal Naval Reserve?
§ MR. HUNT, in reply, said, that he had seen the Return giving the statistics of the officers of the Royal Naval Reserve who had attended drill, and he had no doubt his hon. Friend's statement was correct that 40 had failed to perform any drill at all. These officers received no retainers and no payment unless they attended drill. The question would be further considered between the Board of Trade and the Admiralty. The officers were appointed by the Admiralty on the recommendation of the Board of Trade.