§ MR. CHARLES McARTHUR (Liverpool, Exchange)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he will state the number of boys enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve and the allowances made in respect of them for each year during which the scheme of 1898 was in force.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) In the year 1899–1900 the number of boys enrolled was 302, and the payments made were £672 14s. 7d. In 1900–1 the number of boys enrolled was 454, and the payments made were £1,647 3s. 9d. In 1901–2 the number of boys enrolled was 691, and the payments made were £2,861 9s. 11d. In 1902–3 the number of boys enrolled was 783, and the payments made were £3,938 8s. 8d. In 1903–4 the number of boys enrolled was 1,065, and the payments made were £4,533 19s. 3d. In 1901–5 the number of boys enrolled was 1,121, but the figures showing the amounts paid are not yet available.