§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will state how many candidates competed for cadetships, how many passed into H.M.S. "Britannia," Dartmouth, in July, 1901, and July, 1902, respectively; and will he state how many candidates presented themselves for the first examination held for admission to the Royal Naval College, Osborne; how many were successful; and how many who then entered the college still remain
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) In July, 1901, 239 candidates were examined for cadetships and sixty-four entered. In July, 1902, 226 were examined for cadetships and seventy-seven entered. In July, 1903, 278 boys offered themselves for cadetships, eighty were selected to attend the qualifying examination, and seventy five entered Osborne. Of these, sixty are now at Dartmouth.