1815	State of the British Navy	396

THE totals, in the two " ordinary" columns of the present abstract, decisively show the peaceable state of the navy at the beginning of the year 1816 ; * and the totals, generally, differ but slightly from those of the abstract for the year in which the war had commenced. �

The number of commissioned officers and masters, belonging to the British navy at the beginning of the present year, was,

And the number of seamen and marines, voted for the service of the same year, was 33,000. �

Having brought to a close the wars of civilized nations, we have now to record the particulars of a short but decisive war

* See Appendix, Annual Abstract No. 24.

� For the lists of casualties usually introduced in this place, see Appendix Nos. 14, 15, 16, and 17.

� See Appendix, No. 18.

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