67. Captain CRAIGasked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the new regulations increasing the age limit for the entry of boys to Osborne to thirteen years eight months will come into force, and from when the proposed reduction in Osborne and Dartmouth fees will take effect; whether such reduction will apply equally to cadets already entered as well as to those joining since the announcement was made; and if he can give a fuller explanation of the bursary system he referred to when making his statement?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe age limits will be thirteen years four months and thirteen years eight months for the December, 1913, examination and subsequent examinations. I am not yet in a position to give information regarding any reduction of the fees or the alternative institution of a bursary system.