§ Mr. COCKSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total number of lower-deck candidates for sub-lieutenant and sub-lieutenant (E) who took the new educational examination for commissioned rank in March, 1933, and the number who passed?
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLThirty-one general service candidates took the qualifying educational examination for sublieutenant in March, 1933, of whom 14 qualified. Twenty-two engine - room ratings took the qualifying educational
Fleet Selection Boards: (Spring, 1933). Candidates Interviewed. Candidates Recommended. Station. Number of Boards. Executive. Engineer. Executive, Engineer. Executive. Engineering. Mediterranean 1 1 17 15 12 9 Home Fleet 3 1 China 1 — Plymouth 1 1 Portsmouth — 1 East Indies — 1 America and West Indies — 1 The 12 general service ratings will undergo the course in question, which will be held at Portsmouth instead of at Devonport.