§ MR. BRADLAUGHI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is now aware of any facts as to engineer students tending to show that an insufficient number of candidates have been found qualified for the vacancies advertised this year by the Admiralty; whether he can state the engineer officer vacancies advertised and number of candidates competing; and how many found qualified in 1889 and 1890 respectively?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord G. HAMILTON,) Middlesex, EalingNinety-three candidates presented themselves for 40 vacancies at the recent examination for engineer studentships, of whom a sufficient number were found to be qualified for appointment to the Service. No specific number of vacancies for engineer officers was advertised, but the number laid down in the Regulations is about 10. For these vacancies there are five candidates. The examination for these appointments, which is the first that has taken place, is still proceeding. The number of candidates for appointment as engineer students who competed in 1889 was 177, of which number 85 qualified for appointment. There were 32 entries.