§ SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what has been the total increase or de crease in the aggregate personnel of the British and German Navies, including Reserves, as provided for in the Navy Estimates, 1907–8, over the numbers provided in 1004–5.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe not decrease in the aggregate personnel of the British Navy, including Reserves, is 3,000. The net increase in the active service numbers in the German Navy in the same period is 8,747. The numbers of the Reserves are not stated.
§ SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what are the aggregate forces disposed of by the British and German Navies, respectively, as provided for in the Estimates of 1907–8,reckoning permanent force and Reserves together; and whether he can state how many boys are included.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONNumbers voted:—British Navy (active service and Reserves), 187,697; Gorman Navy (active service only, Reserves not published), 46,936, Boys included:—British, 4,905; German, 1,500.