§ Mr. BELLAIRSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what are the respective shares of the admiral commanding a fleet, the captain of the belligerent vessel, and of the nation in the prize money resulting from operations against commerce under the prize-money regulations of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States respectively?
§ Mr. McKENNAIt is stipulated in the Naval Prize Act, 1864, that officers and crews of His Majesty's ships shall continue to take only the interest (if any) in the proceeds of prizes as may be from time to time granted to them by the Crown. The share of the nation is represented by a deduction of five per cent. of the amount granted, that proportion being carried to the naval prize cash balance, from which transfers are made to the Consolidated Fund. Under proclamation of the net sum distributable amongst the captors, the Admiral commanding the fleet, if there is no other flag officer, takes one-thirtieth part, but if there is more than one flag officer the one-thirtieth part is apportioned190W between them. The share of the captain of the belligerent vessel (if a commander be not serving under him) is one-tenth part of the remainder. In the case of a ship having a commander under the captain, the former received a proportion of this share, and in the event of there being joint captors the one-tenth is divided between them.