In order to encourage seamen to enter the service, a great number being required to man the vessels recently commissioned, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to rescind the regulations which prevented pensioners from receiving their pensions when serving in the Royal Navy, and all pensioners will in future, if fit for service, be allowed to receive their pensions in addition to their pay.

As a further proof of consideration for the comfort of the men employed in Her Majesty's service, it is worthy of being recorded that the Lord's Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed, that in the case of any soldiers who may be temperance men being embarked on board Her Majesty's ships or troop-ships, or in transport or freight-ships, such non-commissioned officers and privates shall be allowed double rations of sugar, cocoa, and tea, for each ration of spirits stopped. This is a boon which will be hailed with the greatest satisfaction, and will be attended with the most beneficial results.

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