§ Honorary Commissions as Commander and Chief Engineer will be conferred, in certain cases, on Marine Superintendents and Engineer Superintendents of large Ship Companies.
§ A larger number of Officers will be admitted for the year's training in the Royal Navy.
§ It is proposed to relax the rules as to appointment of Sub-Lieutenants, with the view of giving more Commissions to Officers of large Mail Lines, who are at present under some disadvantage, as their advancement in the service in which they are employed is rather slow.