§ MR. JENKINS (Chatham)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the number of men who enlisted in His Majesty's Navy as stokers per month during the first eleven months of this year.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe number of men entered as stokers in His Majesty's Navy during the first eleven months of this year, as nearly as can be given from the weekly Returns, is as follows:—January, 518: February, 361; March, 381; April, 240; May, 254; June, 298; July, 346; August, 302; September, 361; October, 269; November, 295.