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SHELDRAKE, 4.

455 Tons.

CHINA SQUADRON.

S. Com. Gun-boat: 367 H.P.

Lieut. & Com.-J. B. Have....16 Dec. '75 Sub-Lieut.-L. F. C. Jackson.16 Dec. '75 Surgeon-John A. McAdam...19 Feb. '76 Assist. Paym. in charge-M.

B. Williams...

16 Dec. '75 Engineer-James Melrose.....29 Mar. '75 do. John Runnalls......16 Dec. '75 Gunner-John W. Back.......28 Sept. '75 (Commissioned at Devonport, Dec. 16, 1875).

SYLVIA, 3. Screw Surveying-Vessel.

877 (695) Tons. 689 (150) H.P. Captain-Henry C. St. John..15 Nov. '73 Lieut.-Richard F. Hoskyn...15 Nov. '73 do. Cecil F. Oldham...... 15 Nov. '73 Nav. Lieut.-Wm. Pearce.(c.)15 Nov. '73 Staff Surg.—S. Campbell, M.D.15 Nov. '73 Paym.-Edward H. Whyte...29 Nov. '73 Sub-Lieut.-Gordon S. Gunn.15 Nov. '73 do. -E. C. H. Helby...18 Feb. '76 Nav. Sub-Lt-F. S. Wheeler.29 Nov. '73 Engineer-Charles W. Nibbs..19 Nov. '73

do. John H. Bray.......26 June '76 Boatswain-W. Dailey... 28 Jan. '74 (Commissioned at Sheerness Nov. 13, 1873).

SWINGER, 4. S. Composite Gun-Boat·

430 (295) Tons. 461 60) H.P. Lieut. & Com.-E. A. Bolitho..24 Sept. '73 Sub-Lieut-G. Gubbins...................... 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 Boatswain-J. A. Mahoney.....19 June '74 A. Eng., 2 Cl.-H. F. Walton.. 14 Apr. '74 (Commissioned at Devonport, Sept. 29, 1873).

STORE AT YOKOHAMA Paymaster in charge-J. W. Lishman

(Borne in “Audacious.")

THISTLE, 4.

Double-screw Composite Gun-Vessel.

584 (465) Tons. 641 (120) H.P. Commander-Ed. B. Pusey... 16 Mar. '76 Lieut.-Arthur H. O. P. Lowe 1 Dec. '74

do. -J. R. Broadley......... 6 July '76 Nav. Sub-Lt.-M. S. Beatty...21 Nov. '74 Surgeon--Henry B. Collins.....14 Mar. '76 Assist. Paym.-T. F. Harrison 1 Dec. '74 Engineer-James Stephens....26 Apr. '76 Gunner-Henry Ley.... ...30 Mar. '75 Assist. Eng., 2 Čl.-J. Fraser.. 1 Dec. '74 (Commissioned at Hongkong, 1st Dec., 1874).

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VICTOR EMANUEL, 2. Ship. 5,157 (3,087) Tons. Receiving Ship at Hongkong. Captain-G. W. Watson....... 1 Mar. '73 (Commodore of the 2nd Class.) Secretary-Edward Robinson. 7 Mar. '76 Lieut. Francis H. Chapman.28 May '75 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. -R. Hill...

23 Nov. '75

(For Service at Shanghai). Paymaster-John Bremner. 16 Jan. '72 (Naval and Victualling Storekeeper, Hongkong).

Assist. Paym.-C. P. Penny.. 20 April '76 do. -J. H. Boulton.18 June '74 (Additional for Commodore's Office.) (For Service in Hongkong Yard.) Eng.-William Bryan.

do. -H. White.

do.

23 Oct. '74

10 July '76 Alexander Stewart.... 26 Feb. '75 (Additional for reventing heavy guns.) Gunner-Thos. Misselbrooke.25 Feb. '76 Boatswain-John Cullinane.....28 May '70 do. -R. Melling............ 8 May '70 (For Service in Hongkong Dockyard.) Carpenter-James May. 1 June '74 (Commissioned at Hongkong, Dec. 1, 1874).

VIGILANT, 2. P. Dispatch Vessel.

985 (835) Tons. 1,815 (250) H.P. Lt. & Com.-H. C. D. Ryder. 1 Sept. '74 Nav. Lieut.-Geo.W. Balliston 17 July '74 Chief Eng.-Henry Jones.....14 Apr. '74 Sub-Lieut.-E. D'O. Aplin.. 22 Sept. '75

-C. G. Dicken....

do. do.

G. H. Miller................18 Feb. '76 Surgeon Rd. A. Mowll, M.D... 1 Sept. '74 Assist. Paym, in charge-Chas.

W. Jago

24 Aug. '76 Engineer R. Sutherland..... 1 Sept. '74 -Geo. Triers..... 8 April '74 Gunner, 1 Cl.-Wm. Ricketts

do.

Assist. Eng. ---Geo. H. Hearson 24 Mar. '76 (Commissioned at Portsmouth, S. pt 1, 1874).

ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL. Mount Shadwell.

Deputy Inspector Gerral--S. S. D. Wells Surgeons-Wm. J. Rankin, M D., Wm. H.

Elmes

Chaplain-Rev. J. S. Ladds, M.A. Clerk-George Coles

Dispenser in charge of Stores-G. C. Ewing