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1883

DETAILS OF STRENGTH AND COST

PERMANENT FORCE

"Cerberus"
   £s.d.£s.  d.
1Captain Commanding80000
1Lieutenant35000
1Lieutenant, to have special charge of torpedo boats35000
2Gunners, R.A., £200 and £34954900
1Boatswain22500
1Paymaster30000
1Carpenter22500
2Chief Petty Officers, at 6s. 6d. per diem¹23750
7Petty Officers, at 6s. per diem766100
6Leading Seamen, at 5s 6d per diem60250
35Able Seamen, at 5s. per diem3,193150
1Storekeeper, at 6s. 6d. per diem118126
1Master-at-Arms, at 8s. per diem14600
1Ship's Corporal, at 6s. per diem109100
4Cooks and Stewards, 1 at 5s., 1 at 5s. 6d., 1 at 6s., 1 at 6s. 6d. per diem  419150
1Armorer, at 8s. per diem14600
1Blacksmith, at 8s. per diem14600
2Carpenters' Mates, 1 at 6s., 1 at 7s. per diem23750
6Boys, 1 s. to 2s. 6d.21000
75--
    Engine-room Staff
1Chief Engineer30000
1Artisan Engine-fitter, at 9s. per diem16450
3Leading Stokers, 2 at 5s., 1 at 5s. 6d.337126
3Stokers, 2 at 5s., 1 at 5s. 6d.282176
  8--
83--10,216126

Papers Presented to Parliament, 1883, paper No. 18 "Defence Reorganisation Scheme".

¹ per diem = per day

1888

The strength of the naval forces on June 30 last was —

Permanent, 222 officers and men;
Naval Brigade, 381 officers and men;
number of ships, 8;
torpedo boats, 6;
guns, 38;
machine guns, 25;
quick-firing guns, 4;
Whitehead torpedoes, 14;
and spar torpedoes, 8.

The Argus, 13 September 1888