Admiralty Order in Council No. 42

2 February 1899.

C.

Whereas we have had under our consideration the desirability of granting in exceptional cases to Warrant Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen or Marines, who have gained the Decoration of the Victoria Cross, an addition to the ordinary Victoria Cross Annuity.

We humbly recommend that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to authorise us to increase the ordinary Victoria Cross Annuity of Ten Pounds, by a sum not exceeding Forty Pounds a year, in any case in which a Warrant Officer, Petty Officer, Seaman or Marine, who has gained the Victoria Cross, may be found by us, to be, from old age, or infirmity not due to his own fault, in poor circumstances, and unable to earn a living ; provided that the Annuity, together with any Pensions of which he may be in receipt from Public Funds, shall not exceed Fifty Pounds a year.

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

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