§ MR. LAURIEsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether there is likely to be a further distribution of the order of the Medjidie to the Naval Officers, and if those whose names have been inadvertently omitted are to be furnished with them.
§ SIR JOHN PAKINGTONsaid, he was not aware that it was the intention of the Turkish Government to issue any more medals of the order in question among the Officers of Her Majesty's Navy. The medals previously issued by the Sultan's Government were distributed by the late Board of Admiralty, and he had every reason to believe that, though their number was limited, they had been awarded with fairness, and with as great a regard as was possible to the claims of those entitled to receive them.