§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the inspecting captain of boys' training establishments has recently made an inspection of the youths serving in the ships of the Nore sub-division of the Third Division of the Home Fleet; and whether it is usual for the duties of the officer holding this appointment to include the inspection of 1780W the complements or part of the complements of ships in the First Reserve?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and to the second part in the negative. The youths in question were embarked for training and not as part of the ship's complements, and it is one of the duties of the inspecting captain of boys' training ships to inspect them periodically.