§ COMMANDER G. R. BETHELL (York, E.R., Holderness)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will state the number of boys entered under the new system (i.e., at a later age and for a short period of training) in each of the six months ending 30th June and 31st December, 1897, and the total number thus entered into the Service?
§ MR. MACARTNEYThe number of boys entered in the sea-going training ships in the half-yearly periods specified were 631 and 545 respectively. The total number entered into the Service from this source is 3,438.