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Inclosure 13 in No. 116.
Sir M. Hicks Beach to Sir J. Glover.
Downing Street, November 23, 1879. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 102 of the 29th ultimo,* containing a Minute of the Executive Council of Newfoundland, in which information is requested in reference to the proposed provision of a training-ship at St. John's for the formation of a naval reserve force, and transmitting copies of the plan and site of the dock which it is contemplated shall be built in the harbour.
I have the honour to acquaint you that these questions will be referred to the Colonial Defence Commission, as suggested in your despatch, and that the request for information in respect of the necessary measures to be taken by the Colony to give effect to Captain Sullivan's recommendations regarding the training-ship has been submitted to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
M. E. HICKS BEACH.
Appendix No. 4.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
Inclosure 14 in No. 116.
Sir,
Colonial Office to Admiralty.
Downing Street, November 26, 1879.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to acquaint you that he drew the attention of the Government of Newfoundland to the observations contained in Captain Sullivan's Report, forming one of the inclosures to your letter of the 29th November, 1878, in reference to the proposed provision of a training-ship at St. John's for the formation of a naval reserve force.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach desires me to transmit to you, for the consideration of the Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a despatch which has been received from Sir John Glover, forwarding a Minute of his Executive Council, in which information is requested as to the necessary measures which should be taken by the Colony to carry this proposal into effect.*
I am to add that the Secretary of State is disposed to believe that it would be desirable, should their Lordships see no objection, that the request for information should be entertained.
I am, &c. (Signed)
ROBERT G. W. HERBERT.
Inclosure 15 in No. 116.
Admiralty to Colonial Office.
Sir,
Admiralty, December 30, 1879.
I HAVE laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 26th ultimo,† forwarding a request from the Government of Newfoundland that they may be informed as to the necessary measures to be taken by the Colony towards establishing a training-ship at St. John's for a naval reserve force, as proposed by Captain Sullivan, of Her Majesty's ship "Sirius," in his Report of the 15th August, 1878, and, in reply, I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, that there are no ships in England under the authority of the Admiralty in which boys are educated and trained for the Royal Naval Reserve.
There are, however, a certain number of ships, which are called "industrial training-ships," sup- ported by voluntary subscriptions, and managed by their own Committee, from which boys are recruited for the Royal Navy, and there are also ships managed in a similar manner, in which boys- waifs and strays from the streets, and pauper boys--are trained for a seafaring life.
2. My Lords desire me to add that there are five of Her Majesty's ship's, stationed at various ports in England, in which boys are educated and trained for the Royal Navy under the inclosed Regulations, which, however, are about to be revised.
3. Men are entered in the Royal Naval Reserve under Regulations also inclosed, and these have to perform their annual drill on board certain ships stationed at various ports in the United Kingdom.
I am, &c. (Signed)
ROBERT HALL.
Sir,
Inclosure 16 in No. 116.
Sir M. Hicks Beach to Sir J. Glover.
Downing Street, January 10, 1880.
IN my despatch No. 78, of the 23rd November, I informed you that the request of your Govern- ment, forwarded in your despatch No. 102 of the 29th October,* for information respecting the neces- sary measures to be taken with the view of carrying into effect the proposals of Captain Sullivan for the establishment of a training-ship at St. John's for a naval reserve force, had been submitted to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
* Inclosure 9.
Inclosure 14.
Inclosure 15.
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