§ Mr. FALLEasked the Secretary to the Admiralty the annual amount spent on warrants issued to officers and men of the Navy travelling on duty in the United Kingdom and in the Empire, respectively?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAAssuming that the question refers to railway and local steamboat conveyance, the amounts spent during the last three financial years on warrants issued to officers and men of the Royal Navy travelling on duty in the United Kingdom are as follows:—
The amounts similarly spent in other parts of the Empire are not separately recorded. They are, however, inconsiderable. I may point out that warrants are not used in the case of steamship passages, oversea.
£ 1910–11 95,800 1911–12 94,700 1912–13 106,700