§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many men are there who have served in the Seamen Pensioner Reserve and Royal Fleet Reserve, as now established, between fifty and sixty-three years of age, who are being paid the 5d. a day augmentation from Greenwich Hospital funds?
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§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe number is 1,570 approximately.
§ Lord CHARLES BERESFORDasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many men are there between the ages of fifty-five and sixty eligible for the 5d. a day augmentation from Greenwich Hospital funds who were unable to join the Seamen Pensioner Reserve or Royal Fleet Reserve as now established; and how many men are there eligible who are not receiving the augmentation although they have attained the age of sixty?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAIt is not possible to give the figure asked for in the first part of the question. As regards the second part of the question, the total number of pensioners over the age of sixty eligible for but not in receipt of the Greenwich Hospital augmentation of 5d. a day is 1,650.