Admiralty Order in Council No. 18.

18 July 1898.

A.G.

Whereas Your Majesty was graciously pleased by Your Order in Council of 27th June 1894 to direct that when in our judgment it may be expedient to place the Stores of Torpedo Boats in Reserve Abroad in the charge of a Warrant Officer, such Warrant Officer shall receive the same allowances as by Order in Council of 16th May 1893 are sanctioned for Warrant Officers who in Vessels of the Fleet Reserve at Home Ports are discharging like duties ;

And whereas the Torpedo Establishment at Gibraltar has been increased of late, involving additional work and clerical labour, and the Torpedo Boats there are used for instructional purposes ;

And whereas we are of opinion that the Warrant Officer in charge of the Stores in these Boats at Gibraltar should be granted the same Store Allowance as by Order in Council of 26th October 1896 is sanctioned for similar duties at Malta and Bermuda, viz. : 6d. to 1s. a day (according to rank or service) governed by the scale laid down in Order in Council of 6th March 1896 for Warrant Officers when in charge of their own stores ;

We beg leave to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased by Your Order in Council to sanction payment of the same, and that this Regulation should take effect from the 1st December 1896.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in this proposal.

I.C. 2371 / 98.

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