§ Mr. OLIVER BALDWINasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can see his way to abolishing the corporal punishment of midshipmen by the senior sub-lieutenants?
§ Mr. AMMONCorporal punishment of any kind in the case of midshipmen is definitely forbidden.
NUMBERS on Registers of the Employment Exchanges at Plymouth and Devonport, respectively, on each Monday of July, August, September and October, 1929. Date. Plymonth Devonport Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. 1929. July 1 … 3,440 86 300 61 3,887 1,815 64 164 49 2,092 July 8 … 3,300 81 321 60 3,762 1,797 60 157 48 2,062 July 15 … 3,118 68 326 60 3,572 1,775 63 190 50 2,078 July 22 … 3,169 71 321 61 3,622 1,717 60 162 42 1,981 July 29 … 3,258 81 326 62 3,727 1,842 80 165 44 2,131 August 5 … No figures available. August 12 … 3,311 91 368 61 3,831 1,860 98 194 49 2,201 August 19 … 3,246 82 353 69 3,750 1,860 102 198 55 2,215 August 26 … 3,276 91 359 70 3,796 1,847 107 204 57 2,215 September 2 … 3,336 94 342 70 3,842 1,846 97 186 57 2,186 September 5 … 3,188 92 346 82 3,708 1,861 87 174 59 2,181 September 16 … 3,166 80 362 83 3,691 1,849 86 175 62 2,172 September 23 … 3,280 92 390 94 3,856 1,865 85 207 58 2,215 September 30 … 3,510 83 459 108 4,160 1,905 84 223 59 2,271 October 7 … 3,637 93 483 102 4,315 1,890 77 242 59 2,268 October 14 … 3,635 86 520 108 4,349 1,903 78 264 55 2,300 October 21 … 3,811 84 524 109 4,528 1,904 72 234 56 2,266