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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
Wages to seamen and marines . . . Victuals and clothing for ditto . Admiralty office .....
Coastguard service, royal naval coast volunteers
and royal naval reserve .... Scientific branch .....
Dockyards and naval yards at home and abroad Victualling yards and transport establishments at
home and abroad ..... Medical establishments at home and abroad Marine divisions ..... Naval stores, and ships built by contract : Naval stores ..... Ships &c. built by contract New works, building, machinery, and repairs Medicines and medical stores Martial law and charges .... Miscellaneous services ....
Total for the effective service Half-pay, reserved half-pay, and retired pay to
officers of the navy and royal marines Military pensions and allowances Civil pensions and allowances
Total for the naval service .
1870-71
£ 2,692,731 968,857 159,368
196,955
68,794
878,352
69,267 57,730 18,122
779,090 466,173 744,232 73,150 16,678 118,791
7,308,290
782,100 635,666
287,134
9,013,190
1869-70
£ 2,762,353 1,172,268 168,704
224.073
62,820
1,086,004
80,671 54.757 16,566
801,572 767,070 749.816 79,300 18,144 120,650
8,164,768
723.231
569,728 222,566
9,680,293
Foe the Service of other Departments of Government.
Army department (conveyance of troops) Grand total
237,3401 9,250.530
316,348
9,996,641
The number of seamen and marines provided for the naval ser- vice in the estimates for 1870-71 was as follows: —
For the Fleet :
Seamen .... 34,430 Boys, including 3,000 for training .... 7,000
Marines, afloat . ,, on shore
8,000 0,000
Total
41,430
14,000 55,430
For the Coastguard
Afloat (included with fleet) On shore, officers and men.
4,300
Indian Service : Officers and men 1,270
5,570
Included in the number of 34,430 seamen of the fleet, provided for in the naval estimates, were 143 flag officers; 29 officers super- intending dockyards and naval establishments; and 3,193 other commissioned officers, on active service.
