HC Deb 15 March 1889 vol 333 cc1912-3

Resolutions [14th March] reported.

  1. (1.) "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £45,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of various Miscellaneous Effective Services, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March. 1889."
  2. (2.) "That 65,400 men and boys be employed for the Sea and Coast Guard Services for the year ending on the 31st day of March 1890, including 14,000 Royal Marines."
  3. (3.) "That a sum, not exceeding £3,201,700 be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Wages, &c., to Officers, Seamen, and Boys, Coast Guard, and Royal Marines, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1890."
  4. (4.) "That a sum, not exceeding £1,061,100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Victualling and Clothing for the Navy, including the cost of Victualling Establishments 1913 at Home and Abroad, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1890."

Resolutions agreed to.

Ordered, That the Resolution which, upon the 14th instant, was reported from the Committee of Supply, and which was then agreed to by the House, he now read; That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 152,282, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at Home and Abroad, excluding Her Majesty's Indian Possessions, during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1890.

Ordered, That, leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army; and that Mr. Secretary Stanhope, Lord George Hamilton, the Judge Advocate General, and Mr. Brodrick, do prepare and bring it in.

Bill presented, and read first time. [Bill 161.]