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CONFIDENTIAL.

Memorandum relative to number and efficiency of Pensioners in the United Kingdom and Abroad.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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IN order to convey a general idea of the number of Pensioners throughout the United Kingdom, and the extent to which they are or may be made avail- able as a Military Force, the following particulars are submitted:-

Number of Chelsea Pensioners at The total number of Chelsea Pensioners, as per

home and abroad.

estimate 1853-4, is Whereof there are Negro Pensioners resident in

64,993

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Number at home of all classes.

Total number in United Kingdom.

Number, exclusive of the Seamen

liable to be eurolled.

Four-sevenths of the Pensioners

the West Indies and Western Coast of Africa

1,508

And of the other Pensioners there are resident

abroad

7,712

9,220

55,773

2,000 5,825

Remaining in Great Britain and Ireland East India Company's Pensioners in ditto

Greenwich Pensioners in ditto { Marines

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Total Pensioners in the United Kingdom

7,018

70,616

Of these the seamen, amounting to 7,018, are exempted from enrolment, it being considered preferable to have them free for employment on shipboard in case of any emergency; this leaves 63,598 subject to enrolment.

These, however, are men of all ages; nearly liable to enrolment above the age four-sevenths of them are known to be above 55, and consequently, on that account, ineligible for

of 55 years.

the enrolled force.

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