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CHINA SQUADRON.

SYLVIA, 3. Screw Surveying-

Vessel.

877 (695) Tons. 689 (150) H.P. China.

Captain-Henry C. St. John..15 Nov. '73 Lieut.-Richard F. Hoskyn...15 Nov. '73 do. Cecil F. Oldham...... 15 Nov. '78 Nav. Lieut.-Wm. Pearce. (c.)15 Nov. '73 Staff Surg.-S. Campbell, M.D.15 Nov. '73 Paym.-Edward H. Whyte...29 Nov. '78 Chief Eng.-William Gibson.. 1 Sept. '74 (In lieu of Engineer.) Sub-Lieut.-Gordon S. Gunn.15 Nov. '78 -Geo. E. Richards.15 Nov. '73 Nav. Sub-Lt.-F. S. Wheeler.29 Nov. '73 Engineer-Charles W. Nibbs..19 Nov. '73 Boats., 2 Class-W. Dailley..28 Jan. '74

do.

SWINGER, 4. S. Composite Gun-Boat.

408 (295) Tons. 360 (60) H.P.

China.

Lieut. & Com.-E. A. Bolitho..24 Sept. '73 Sub-Lieut.-A. T. S. Carter... 8 July '74 Nav. Sub. Lt.-J. G. Fowling.. 1 Oct. '73 Surgeon-Ralph W. Brereton.11 Dec. '73 Asst. Paym. in ch.-T. Guard.15 Oct. '73 Engineer-Wm. Tottenham...29 Jan. '72 Boats, 2 Class-J. A. Mahoney.19 June '74 A. Eng., 2 Cl.-H. F. Walton..14 Apr. '74

STORE AT YOKOHAMA. Paymaster in charge-Frank Pitman

(Borne in “Iron Duke.”)

THALIA, 6. S. Corvette. 2,216 (1,459) Tons. 1,606 (400) H.P. China.

Captain-Hry. B. Woollcombe 26 Mar. '72 Lieut.-Hon. F. C. Lascelles..26 Mar. '72 do. Frederick A. Blackett. 7 Feb. '73 do. Arthur C. Clarke......14 Mar. '74 Nav. Lieut.-Wm. W. Hutton.30 Jan. '74 Staff Surg.,2 Cl.-R. L. B. Head26 Mar. '72 Paymaster-Alfred Whiffin...26 Mar. '72 Chief Eng.-W. F. Inness.....26 Mar. '72 Nav. Instr.-Wm. L. Healey..28 Mar. '72 Sub-Lieut.-P. C. Raitt (act.).26 Mar. '72

do. -C. G. F. Boothby. Nav. Sub-Lt.-G. A. C. Webb. 5 Feb. '72 Surg.-C. A. Rathborne, M.D.26 Mar. '72 Assist. Paym.-T. W. Hall....30 Mar. '72

Engineer-William F. Cole....26 Mar. '72 Gunner, 2 Cl.-Alexander Ellis26 Mar. '72 Boats., 1 Cl.-G. Turner.......26 Mar. '72 Car'ter, 2 Cl. Mid.-E. H. Currey

Nav. Mid.-J. H. W. Theed... 3 Oct. *72 Assist. Eng., 1 Cl.—.

do. 2 Cl.-W. C. Stribling

THISTLE, 4. Double-screw Composite Gun-Vessel.

584 (465) Tons. 641 (120) H.P. China.

Commander-Fras. Stirling...23 Jan. '74 Lieut.—Arthur H. O. P. Lowe Sub-Lieut.-Thos. F. Abbott. Nav. Sub-Lt.-M. 8. Beatty... Surgeon-N. F. Fitzmaurice... Assist. Paym.-T. F. Harrison Engineer-Chas. M. Johnson. Gunner, 2 Cl.—Henry Ley.... Boatswain, 2 Cl.—Jos. Tyler... Assist. Eng., 2 Cl.-J. Fraser..

(Recommissioned 1st December, 1874.)

VICTOR EMANUEL, 12.

Ship.

5,157 (3,087) Tons. Receiving Ship at Hongkong. Captain John E. Parish.....15 Aug. '78 (Commodore of the 2nd Class.) Secretary-George W. Muir..15 Aug. '73 Lieut.-Francis H. Chapman.28 May '75 Staff Comm.-S. W. Browne..14 Sept. '74

(For Service in Dockyard at Hongkong.) Nav. Lieut.-Jesse Dixon...........25 June '75 Chap. Rev. J. S. Ladds, M.A.23 Jan. '74

(For Service in Hongkong Hospital.) Staff Surg.-C. J. Fennell..... 1 July '74 (In lieu of a Surgeon.) Paymaster-Henry H. Wyatt.22 Feb. '75 do. --D. Martin......... 9 Dec. '72

(For Service at Shanghai.) Paymaster-John Bremner...16 Jan. '72 (Naval and Victualling Storekeeper, Hongkong.) Assist. Paym.-J. H. Boulton. 18 June '74

do. -J. S. Ramsay. 1 Dec. '74 do. -D. J. Thomson 8 Feb. '73 (Additional for Commodore's Office.) (For Service in Hongkong Yard.) Eng.-John Rice....... ..31 Oct. '74 do. -William Bryan... ...23 Oct. 174 do. Alexander Stewart......26 Feb. '75 (Additional for reventing heavy guns.) Gunner, 2 Cl.-Jas. Hallahan. I Feb. '73 Boats., 1 Cl.-R. Melling...... 8 May '70 ·