§ SIR HENRY STRACEYsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, If it be true that the portion of the Grant voted by the House "for the encouragement of Sailors' Homes in the neighbourhood of Dockyards" has been withdrawn from the Cork Sailors' Home, on the ground that that Home was not in the neighbourhood of a Dockyard; and, if it is withdrawn, upon what principle it has for previous years been given? He also wished to inquire if there are not other instances of a portion of that Grant being continued to any other Sailors' Home or Homes not in the neighbourhood of Dockyards?
§ LORD CLARENCE PAGETsaid, that the Admiralty had thought it their duty to withhold the Grant from the Cork Sailors' Home, because, from the Report of the Commander-in-Chief on the station, it appeared not to be made use of largely by the sailors of Her Majesty's fleet. With regard to the second part of the question, he had to state that he knew of no Sailors' Home receiving a Grant which was not in the neighbourhood of a Dockyard, with the exception of the Home at Falmouth, which many sailors from the Coastguard ships made use of.