§ MR. CREMER (Shoreditch, Haggerston)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will state the number of war vessels which were recently condemned by the Admiralty as useless or obsolete; and how many of them have been disposed of, and the total amount which has been realised by their sale.
§ lieutenants promoted from the chief gunners', chief boatswains', and chief carpenters' lists stands in the same proportion to each of these classes as when the promotion took place in 1903; and whether the percentage proportion then established is being and will continue to be maintained.
§ (Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) The percentages are as follows:—
§ (Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) With regard to the first part of the hon. Member's Question, I must refer him to the Return of Vessels Struck Off the Effective List, issued in March last, No. 74 (1). The number of ships sold up to the present time is fifty-eight, and the total amount realised £250,812.