* CAPTAIN FABER (Hampshire, Andover)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state how many lieutenants and supplementary lieutenants of the Royal Navy were on half-pay on 1st May, 1908; and how many of these were unavailable through illness.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe numbers asked for are approximately as follows:—
§ Lieutenants, R.N. (entered as cadets):—
| On half-pay for private affairs, or waiting appointment; for long or short periods | 64 |
| Sick and on half-pay | 18 |
| Total | 82 |
§ Lieutenants, R.N. (supplementary list):—
| On half-pay, at own request in every case | 6 |
| Sick and on half-pay | — |
| Total | 6 |
| Grand Total (both lists) 88 |
§ There are in addition eight lieutenants at present on full pay sick leave.