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[PRICE* .SD.

classes, be allowe compensatton equal to.the present
savings price, proportionate to the reduction already
recommended, for each class.

53. But as regards the seamen and marines in an
arrangement which takes from them what they have
been so long accustomed to, we think they are entitled
to a liberal compensation in money.
. 54. We therefore'discard the idea of regulating the
amount to be given .to them by the value of the spirits
saved to the Governi'nent 'by the reduction.
55. It is proposed td give to all warrant Officers,
(including junior engineers), working- petty officers,
able and ordinary seamen,- non-commissioned Officers
and privates of the marines, 3s. 61. per, man per ca-
lendar mr.nth ; to second-class ordinary and lands-
, men, 23. 6d. . .
56. The proposed compensation alloWance, together
with the pay, will give-to an able seaman something
more than 41s. per calendar month. But we strongly
recommend that in the printed pay. table of-the Navy,
the compensation allowance be kept entirely distinct
from the pay.
'57. If there be men (and we think there will be
many) who would wish to give up the remaining por-
tion of their grog, they will receive from the purser
the usual savings price, as shown underneath :

r. d.
Viz. .. 1 5 per. calendar month.
Add compensation
allowance 3 6

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4.11 • " 41
for the surrender of the whole allowance. • ,
58. But if men who think proper to give up the
proposed reduced allowance shall desire to return to
it, they shall be at liberty to do so on giving notice of
such wish on the Ist day of the nionth.
si). The committee recommend: that a reduction, or
discontinuance, be Made for a time, at. the discretion
of the captain, in the compensation money, as a minor
punishment for drunkenness ; such abatement to be
paid over for the comfort of the sick on board the
ships to which the men belong, or such other object
connected with the welfare of the seamen as the Ad-
miralty may determine ; and that provision be made
accordingly in the Act of Parliament, authorising the
compensation.

66. Taking the vote at 39,000 men, and abating
5,000 marines at head quarters, and the officers and
boys not included in the compensation, leaves 26,000
to receive the proposed allowance, which, giving—
To warrant officers, petty officers, and
non-commissioned officers of ma-
rines, able and ordinary seamen, and
marines afloat, per man, per calen-
dar month ..
S 4 3s ." 6d.
2d class ordinary seamen and landsmen. 2s. 61
Will be about £55,000
Deduct contract value of spirits, about lO,OOO

Which leaves about .
x) be provided for.
61. Though this is a' large sum, we feel sure that
he Parliament and the country will readily apply it
.0 the attainment of the great objects this plan has in
view—namely, the efficiency of the fleet, the diminu •
tion of crime, and its consequences, and the comfort
and the happiness of all on board.
62. The third and last question proposed to us is—
" the expediency of adopting the calendar incead of
the lunar month in the payment of wages."
63. We have on this subject, as desired, referred to
the report of the committee of officers assembled in
February, 1847, and we quite agree with them, that
in comparing the wages of our seamen spread over
thirteen months, and the wages in the merchant ser-
vice, and in the American navy, calculated for twelve
months, an undue impression is sometimes made to
our advantage. We, therefore, think the calendar
month may very properly be adopted,. and the pay-
ments proposed carried out on the second plan recom-
mended by the accountant-general, and shown in the
appendix.
64. In the American navy an able seaman has 12
dollars per calendar month, which, at 4s. W. per dol- ,
lar, gives 50s. per month. .
65. Au able seaman in the English navy, reckoning
by the lunar month, has 345., while fur the calendar
month of 31 days it is (omitting fractions) 375. 7d.,
and now, we,th the compensation for the reduced al-
lowance of grog, will be about 41s. per month.
66. The disparity in the actual amount of money
payment is doubtless considerable ; but, prospectively,
the advantage is with the British sailor, Greenwich
Hospital affording a noble asylum to our decayed
seamen, whilst the generosity of Parliament gives to
all others of long and good service pensions sufficient
to support tbeir declining years.
67. These are benefits which in their extent are
unknown to the seamen of foreign countries, perhaps
not always kept in sufficieut recollection by our own.
GB. Having now answered all the questions pro-
posed to us, we beg to offer for their Lordships' con-
sideration some ‘incidental observations which oc-
curred: in the progress of our examinations.
69. Some considerable experience has been had of
the results of the issue of the monthly allowance to
the men out of their growing ♦`ages, and there can
be no doubt it is more than sufficient for their wants.
70. The seamen, in their examinations, are gene-
rally of that opinion, and admit that it is desirable to
bring such advances within narrower limits.
71. We believe this over-abundance of money has
very much. conduced to the facility of ,purchasing
spirits and grog,
72. We recommend that the scale stated in the
second line of the printed naval instructions be
adopted as the guide in future, by which the mail-
mum advance to an able seaman will, reach to 12s.
per month.

£45,000

- 73. Seamen who wish to increase the allotment for
the maintenance of their families should be at liberty
to add to their present allotment a sum equal to the
compensation allowance, making it 11. ls. 6J. per
month for an able seaman.

74. In the evidence which has been taken,
our attention as been drawn to certain articles of pro•
visions, the proportion of which requires attention,
with reference to their Lordships' circular of the 21st
of July, 1846, which directs that no additional allow-
ance of meat shall be issued, unless the shrinkage in
boiling amounts to one-half. This shrinkage has
been found particularly to occur as regards pork,
thereby often depriving the men of sufficient food fur
dinner and supper.
75. A larger quantity of tea appears to be issued
thin is now required, while the sugar is represented
as insufficient; this, if found correct, will, of course,
admit of easy and inexpensive sidjustment ; but
when the evening serving of grog is done away with,
it may be found that the present quantity of tea is not
too much.

76. We suggest whether it may not be desirable to
direct the captains of her Majesty's ships to give
particular attention to ,these subjects, and after due
consideration, to report such alterations as they may
consider necessary.
77. There remains a material question on which it
is proper we should offer an opinion ; whether the
measure we bare recommended shall be prospective,
or immediately introduced as the general rule of the
service.

76. We are of opinion that, with so liberal a scale
of compensation as that we have proposed, there can
be no reason to doubt that it will be received with
thankfulness by most of the good and valuable men
in the service; and, as it is their interest we have in
view, as well as the good order and discipline of the
s
fleet, we recommend that the change take immediate
effect as regards all oflieer and all future entries.
And as many of the ships now in commission will
have completed their customary periods'of service in
the course of the present year, the committee consider
it would be advantageous to the service if their Lord-
ships were to fix a convenient day for carrying the
proposed reduction into general effect; and that in
the meantime it should be left optional to the crews
of her Majesty's ships to accept the. advantages held
out by the proposed measure.
79. We beg to add the following summary of what
is proposed in this report.
1. That the present allowance of spirits or wino bo
reduced one-half.

2. That tho remaining portion be issued at dinn( r
;nne.

3. That a'lmirals, captains, and wardroom officers
shall not receive any payment for the half ration of spirits
taken from them.

4. That mate:,, second masters, surgeons, assistants,
and clerks shall receive compensation at the present
savings price for the 1144 allowance of the spirits to
be reduced.

5. That midshipmen, cadets, and boys who do not
receive a ration of spirits, be paid s compensation
equal to the " savings price" of the present whole
allowance.

6. That warrant officers, working petty officers, able
and ordinary seamen, and non-commissioned officers and
privates of marines, shall receive for their half allowance
a compensation payment in money of 3s. 6d. per man,
per calendar month.
7. That second-class ordinary seamen and landsmen be
allowed 2-.. 6d. per man, per calendar month.
8. at men wishing to give up the reduced allow-
ance shall receive a further compensation, equal to
the savings price for such period as they may think
proper.
9. That no raw spirits be issued to any One, except
under special circumstances, at the discretion of the
captain.
10. That in cases of persisting drunkenness, a deduc-
tion, or discontinuance be wade for 6 time in the coven.
fiatiQA allowance. •