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DIRECTORS.
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PROFITS to POLICIES of 25 YEARS STANDING, entitled to
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Age Cashpaid on Or Prem. And an
at Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re-
Entry.' Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. I turn et.
X Xs. d. £s. d. £P.d. £ s. d.LC s. d.
15 lOOO 19 510 451 bO, 174 12 3186 9'
20 ' 1000 21 15 10 451 b 0' 193 12 2 815 0
30 , 1000 26 14 2 451 6 01 236 18 7 710 5
40 I 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 8 •
LO 1003 45 6 S 451 5 0! l-35 911 •• •• 419 4
60 1000 63 13 4 451 5 0 344 12 5 •• 36 10 6

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DIVISION OF PROFITS,
The remarkable success and inerch,b,e, prosperity of the zaociet,
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declar•
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on each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
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- Banns Bonus in g I Assure,.
• Premium. 2
- • 5 .7, added. Cash. E g mayF eg. narrow.
A 1837,E217 15 1 £lOO 011 Zl6 0 ,LX445 0 0
X X3' ". 18381 122 301 87 1 4 13 10 2! 395 11 1
01000 3 4 1839 165 11 1q 74 1 9 11 3 346 2 3
1840 i 116 7 6; 54 010 718 101 29G 13 4
1841; 111 4i 8 4910 0 710 4, 247 4 5

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE Dt WIiYARDS.

The following circular Las just been to the
Admiral, and Captains superintending her MAjesty's
tiockyards:—
Sir.—l am directed by the L,)rds Commissioners of
the Admiralty to inform you that they bare felt them,
selves compelled to take the condition of the dockyards
under their most serious consideration.

The subject is one of great magnitude. The vote for
wages and salaries in her Majesty's establishments at
home and abroad, under Nos. 6, 7. 8, and 9, has averaged
810.664/. during the last four years. It is a censtlintty
increasing vote. The vote for 1843-4 was 779,386/. The
vote for the current year is 951.886/. The vote for
stores (ineluiline steam nsa.chiner) ) for 1846 7, arnou ited
to 1.694,152/., and that for buildings and new works,
526,8101. The machinery already in existence in the
dock and victualling yards is increasing annually in
value, and large additions must be nude to it, as the
steam factories at Portsmouth, Keyhatn, and strays, ad-
vance towards completion. No reduction in this branch
of the establishment is probable or possiide, for the
steam factories must keep pace with the growth of the
steam navy, which again is determined by considerations
of nazi. tial policy.
As yet provision has been made only for the ave-
rage annual repair of machinery of 20,000 horse-
power, out of a total of 40,000 horse-power; and every
succeeding Board of Admiralty has recognised the in-
convenience, bad economy, and peril in the event of
war, of allowing these repairs to be limited to the single
factory at Woo:wich. But the greater the extension,
present and prospective, of the dockyards, and of the
steam factories iu connexion with them, the greater
is the necessity of securing in them the most care-
ful and efficient management. Upon such an expendi-
ture, the smallest savings are important ; and in spite
of the improvements already engrafted upon the old
system, by the appointment of engineers to take
charge of the machinery in the yards, and to relieve
the Maser-shipwright from 'duties which did not
come within the sphere of his ordinary avocations, in
spite of the large and useful changes connected with
the department of the Director of Works, which
have also reliessd the yards from the maintenance of
the buildings, and the more recent improvements, to
which my Lords expect that the recommendations of the
committee of metals will give rise, by placing all matters
connected with comer ard iron under a special superin-
tendence, and ensuring the early introduction into the
Government yards of the best modes of working adopted
in private establishments, still much is left to be done
before a satisfactory result cen be arrived at.
In saying this, my Lords do not wish to imply that
they take an unfavourable view of these great national
establishments. They have much satisfaction in acknow-
ledging the good moral tone that prevails amongst the
artificers generally, and the excellent quality of the work
performed by them. On the other hand, they think
that there is abundant evidence to show that the
quantity of work done is below the standard of
well-conducted private establishments, and that there
is great room for improvement in the application
of both stores and labour. Their Lordships will net
entertain any general charges of indifference to ex-
pense on the part of the officers, or of inertness en
that of the men; and they are equally unwillng to
dwell upon representations made to them of the effect of
po'iticel feelieg ir. *erne of the 3 ards upon the course of
pretinoii n. though they can conceive testeing mere dan-
gerous to their dtscipline, if true, or more detrimental
to the public interest. T' cy wish to look foreard—not
to look back—their object being to intr., duce a system
that may inspire every man with the oebef that his
conduct will be known end appreciated by his uperiers,
and that however humble his position originally, his
future fate depends upon his own exertion,
Their Lordships see too much reason to apprehend
that such is net the present state o: feeling in the dock-
yards ; but that the rise from shipwright to 1, ailing man,
and from leading man to inspecter, is regard d rather as
a matter of accident or favour, than as a reward due to
merit, and to be dispensed upon plain and equitable
principles. They feel that wherever such am impression
prevails subordination must he weakened ; and they have
consequently resolved to lay down one fixed and intelli-
gible rule of promotion for all classes, as the b- st
foundation of that more vigilant arid intelligent superin-
tendence which they regard as indispensable.
For the discipline of the yard, like the discipline of
the ship, depends upon the petty officers; and no exer-
tions
of the admirals or captains superintendent, or of
the master shipwrights can compensate fer the want of
a hearty co-operation on the part of the inspectors and
leading men, to whom the care of the separate gangs is
confided, and with whom it rests to enforce a proper
economy in the use of the stores and materials issued for
the work going on under their superintendence.
It is necessary, however, as the first step towards this
extended responsibility, to remave all just causes of
complaint amongst that class of officers from whose
exertions benefit is anticipated. My Lords have, there-
fore, duly considered the petitions presented by the in-
spectors of the different dockyards. They find by these
that with a salary of 1001. a year they arc expected to
maintain the station and authority of officers ; that in
1833, when the pay of the inspector was fixed, the work-
men were only employed five days a week, whereas they
are now employed six days, for which the workingman re-
ceives one-sixth more wages, but no additional allowance
ihsnianssnp bet,
elelte3o,nrtmbi
is
de
bound
uitinoi tehgteeoi nspecto r. The men, too, have occa-
obfe i
n workingat
muneration whatever, extraalthoughtetnhdehours,without whenany the
ins
pector ee
wages
earned by the
men when upon task work are fully equal to his pay,
and the pay of the leading
man exceeds it. The old
quartermen, whom the inspectors replaced, received
1801. a year, with a gang of twent
y-five men and
boys under them. The inspectors, with only 100/. a
year, have forty men and boys to superintend, for all
whom they demand the stores and materials required
for their daily labour. Their pensions, too, are regu-
lated by the scale of 40ths, not of 12ths, like those of
other salaried officers in the Customs, Excise, and Ord-
nance, by which they are considerable losers. Indeed, a
leading man of long standing often refuses to he made
an inspector, because his superannuation mould be les-
sened by his promotion; from a similar cause, the men
who would be best qualified to undertake the duty (the
head draftsmen in the mould loft) decline it because
their pay being 7s. a day they would necessarily lose by
the transfer.
The superintendents of the dockyards, and the master
shipwrights, have equally without one exception re-
corded their opinion that justice and economy would be
consulted by increasing the pay of the inspectors ; and
the late Secretary of the Admiralty, Mr. Corry, in a
minute dated the 9th of July, expressed his unqualified
concurrence in this view, and recommended that the
salary of inspectors should be raised to 125/. a year,
being half the amount given to the officers next to
them in rack—the foreman of he yank Taking
the number or inspectors at 108. whose annual
pay amounts to 10.800/., this mieht 1),- accomplished
at a cost of 2.7001. But my Lords are unwilling to incur
any additional charge, u,,lesi as a part ,t an improved
system, and with that improved system they. 1)0:eve it
would be wise to be more liberal, end to pr Nile a class
of inspectors at 150/. a year, a, an intermediate step be-
tween the inspectors at 125/. and the foreman at 250/,
in order that promotion may not be too long delayed,
arid that prompt reward may stimulate to constant ex-
ertion. They hsve, therefore, been pleased to sanc-
tion the following regulations, with the double
view of introducing that fixed and intelligible
principle of promotion amongst the men, and that more
vigilant ans. intelligent superintendence. which they
think ess- ntial to the proper administration of the dock-
yards, and they do th's under the relief that in so large
and complicated a system it is only by an improved tone
of feeling amongst all classes, and Le Leading indivi-
duals to see that their own advancement depends upon a
scrupulous discharge of their duty to the public., that a
substitute can be found for that personal and pecuniary
interest which is the mainspring of exertion in private
establishments.

ADMISSIONS TO YARDS.-NEW REGULATIONS FOR ADMIE.

SION AND PROMOTION IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS.

Apprentices.—lt is the intention of their Lordships tc
leave the admissions to the yard very nearly upon their
present footing, taking in a certain number of appren-
tices annually, whose names are to be entered by board
order upon the superintendent's list on the recommenda-
tion of the yard officers, allowing the apprentices out of
their time, whose conduct has been satisfactory, to fill
the first vacancies upon the establishment, and reserving
the rest for candidates of their own selection, upon a
proper report of the character and circumstances of those
who present themselves.

Educational the annual choice of appren-
tices, due regard will be shown to the recommendations
of the superintendent and the yard officers, where they
relate to the children of deservng artificers; but, in ad-
dition to the physical tests already required, no boy is
to be admitted after the 31st of March, 1847, who is not
able to read and write well, or who bas not some know-
ledge of arithmetic.
My Lords reserve to themselves the right of directing
een
t educationale thebo testad
the children of persons out of the yard, Whom they
s
deem entitled to this privilege, to be entered ulpeyonrutal:
list from which the apprentices are tophreevsiedleedetebdy; butoee
in all cases they will reqmuitiorleretaihnnettaesglaleimgs
raertpodatrhaet schools forfo r
the the
adms7n.
Ttlthe3Pde list of apprentices is to be made out by the super-
intendent,the aster shipwright, and his assistants, in
monthtfie
mof January in every year, and they aro to
state in a written report to the board their reasons for
every recommendation, the t.el vices of the fathers, the cha-
racter given of him during the past year by his leading
man and inspector, the cause of his death, if (as it some-
times happens) the candidate is the son of a widow, end
any other fats that may entitle the boy to their Lord-
ships' favourable consideration. If twenty apprentices
are to be entered, forty names must be sent up (end so
in proportion for a larger or smaller number), and Out of
these their Lordships will select the proper individuals
to be admitted.
Board Wages for Apprentiees.—Board v.aecs n
for ap-
prentices will be granted, hereafter, solely upo the re-
commendations of the tunerintendent end of the utile( rs
of the yard, who will take care to use them as an encou-
ragement to merit, with a due regard to the circum-
stances of each family, which must be stated to their
Lordships by the superintendent, when
he arpliea fur
their sanction,

Schools.—The improvement of the dockyarti scho..l:
has been long under the eons-414:1.16,n of the Adiei.rally
The most intelligent officer. from the yards admit the
good effects which they are already producing, but it is
evident that more might be done by a,ditiotial omens •
ragement and better organisation. The circular issued
by the late boat d on the 27th of June, 1846, has given
stimulus to exertion, by insuring to the best scholars in
each school the means of completing their education free
of expense, and of thus qualifying themselves fur the
higher branches of the public service. E ght boys will
be selected annually for this purpose, when the sch-ols
have come into full operation, arid those whose conduct
at Portsmouth has been satisfactory will, at the expiry
tion of their time, be re-admitted as leading men into
the yards, and favourably noted for promotion. •
Bet these are the exceptions. For the great majority
of the boys who continue in the schoels, the proper
career is the mould loft, in which the master shipwright
will take care that the most promising boys are trio d
successively, and in which those who show most talent
for drawing, and most assiduity in cultivating it et
home, should be fixed ultimately as draughtsmen, with
the condition, that out of each three vacant inspector-
ships one shall be given in future to the head draughts-
man, provided his testimonials be satisfactory, and that
he has worked at least one year at his tools at the ship's
side. This will ensure in the mould loft a regular
course of promotion, and give to the yard a succession
of inspectors well instructed both in the scientific and
practical part of their duty.
Apprentices Out of their Tim.—No apprentice who
has served his time is to be entered upon the establish-
ment without a written report from the master ship-
wright, transmitted through the superintendent, as to
his conduct and qualifications; and this report is to re-
fer specially to the character given of the apprentice in
the weekly returns by his leading man and inspector, to
which the school report will hereafter be appended. Ws
entry upon the yard books, w!-.,en out of his time, cannot
be claimed as a matter of right, but will not be with-
held without just cause and proper investigation.

PROMOTIONS.

But whatever men find their way into the dockyards
as apprentices, or by board order, it is their Lordships'
determination that once there they should learn to look
to themselves alone for promotion. With this view, I
am commanded by their Lordships to desire that, taking
the existing staff of foremen, inspectors, and leading
men, of iihipwrights, joiners, caulkers, &c., as the me-
dium through which the change must be wrought (suh-
ject to certain modifications, which I shall state after-
wards), you will immediately organise a system of
weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, upon which all
future recommendations are to be founded.

NrW STI,vALING OF THE. YARDS.

Four Leadn,g 'Men under each Ito,pector—Twel,e
s•hipwrights under each Leading Man—Sub Lroadirg
h the intention of my Lords to place fi,or lead-
ing men under each inspector, and to assign to each
ading man a gang of twelve artificers, with the proper
proportion of appreuim,s. The leading man will hlm-
self select a sub-leading man, ~ho will take charge of
portion of the gang when employed on separate service,
and who will be answerable to him for the expenditure
of the stores and materials. This sub-lending man will
receive no additional p ;y. and will continue to work
as an ordinary artificer. but his conduct is to he sae
cially noted in the weekly returns, and if satisfactory,
it will he taken into account when his own time comes
for promotion.
The yards are to be " shoaled " afresh (no reserved
gangs being on any account permitted) for the purpose
of carrying out this plan ; and as the number of inspec-
tors will be reduced by it, acme of those least qualified
by age, health, or other circumstances for the discharge
of their new duties, are to be recommended for super-
annuation.

Casual Sickness—Absence on account of.—As a fur
ther evidence of their Lordships' desire to raise t'.a
conditions of those officers from whom they look for
more active co-operation, they are pleased to order the
discontinuance of the abatement now made from their
salaries when absent from sickness, under medical
certificate.

Re-establishment of " Measurers" OfEce.—lt is the
intention of their Lordships, as a check to extravagance
in the use of materials, and in order to bring the work
actually done to a proper standard, to re-establish the
" Measurers" office introduced in 1809, by order in
Council, upon the recommendation of the Board of Naval
Revision, assigning to it what it had not before, a control
over the expenditure of materials as well as over the
application of labour, and placing the office itself upon
a more economical footing. They are convinced of the
necessity of having in the dockyards, where the works
are so extensive and the business so complicated, a sys
tem of keeping accurate accounts, and of checking the
issues of stores and materials ; and they conceive the
means oft ffecting this may be found by employing in
each of the larger yards four measurers, who, with four
shipwright-writers, will form, under the master-ship-
wright, au office for the measurement of work done, the
formation of estimates for repairs, and the statement of
actual expenditure. Where any of the old " sub-mea-
surers" remain in the yards they may be selected for this
duty, wilt the pay of inspectors of the second class, and
permission to retain their pensions. Where there are no
sub measures, intelligent and practical men will be ap-
pointed as measurers, with the pay of inspectors of the
first class (1.50/.), and furnished with instructions, which
be given in a separate paper.