§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will give the list of charities which have benefited from the Naval Prize Fund; the sums that have been given; and whether any claims are reserved as against these sums?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe following charities have benefited from the Naval Prize Fund, namely:
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£ British Legion (Officers' Association) 27,500 Queen Adelaide Naval Fund 2,000 Sir F. Richards' Memorial Fund 2,000 Royal School for Naval and Marine Officers' Daughters, Twickenham 2,000 Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Royal Naval Benevolent Trust 2,000 (Grand Fleet and Kindred Funds) 100,000 Royal Naval Fund 10,000 Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association 3,000
£ Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society 3,000 Nazareth House, Southsea 400 Royal Naval and Marine Orphan Home, Portsmouth 4,000 Royal Naval and Marine Orphan Home, Gillingham 1,600 Royal United Service Orphan Home for Girls, Devonport 1,600 St. Theresa's Orphanage, Plymouth 400 The Royal Sailors' Orphan Girls' School and Home, Hampstead 1,000 Alexandra Children's Home, Devonport 200 Seamen's Hospital Society 2,000 Royal Hamadryad Seamen's Hospital Cardiff 200 Royal Merchant Seamen's Orphanage, Bearwood 2,000 Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution 2,000 Sailors' Orphan Society of Scotland 500 Hull Seamen's and General Orphanage 500 Port of Hull Society's Sailors' Orphan Homes 1,500 Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen's Institution, Belvedere 1,600 Trinity House Special Bounty Fund 500 Royal Alfred Widows' and Samaritan Funds, London 300 Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society, London 2,200 Tyne Mariners' Benevolent Institution 200 Hull Fishermen and Widows' Orphan Relief Fund 250 Aged Merchant Seamen and Widows' Fund, Liverpool 750 Glasgow Aged Seamen's Relief Fund 300 Glasgow Seamen's Friend Society (Ladies' Auxiliary) 200 The Missions to Seamen, London (for charitable purposes) 2,500 Dominion and Colonial Charities 5,000 British Sailors' Society 2,000 Greenwich Hospital (for benefit of Warrant Officers and Dependants) 5,000 Greenwick Hospital (for Warrant Officers, Royal Naval Reserve and dependants) 3,000 King George's Sanatorium, Bramshott 1,100 Haslar Hospital Wireless Fund 100 Portland Hospital Wireless Fund 100 Plymouth Hospital Wireless Fund 100 King George V. Hospital, Malta 812 £195,412 No claims are reserved against any of the sums mentioned in these cases. In addition to these amounts, a sum of £100,000 has been transferred to Greenwich Hospital from the balance of unclaimed and forfeited shares, subject to refund if necessary for the payment of shares.