HC Deb 12 February 1900 vol 78 cc1237-8
SIR CHARLES DILKE

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade how many boys have now been enrolled as probationers in the Royal Naval Reserve, under Section 6 of the Mercantile Marine Fund Act.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. RITCHIE,) Croydon

Two hundred and fifty-three.