GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, PUBLISHED BY JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. ceding publication can be inserted in the body of the NAVY LIST until the following List is published. A list of the Appointments, &c., which have taken place between the 20th and the 23rd ultimo inclusive will be found at page 318. Officer according to the actual circumstances of the case, independently of any entry in the Navy List. By Command of their Lordships, ROBERT HALL. 10 Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. ceding publication can be inserted in the body of the NAVY LIST until the following List is published. A list of the Appointments, &c., which have taken place between the 20th and the 23rd ultimo inclusive will be found at page 318. Officers on the Retired List who have commuted their Retired Pay must send annually between 1st January and 31st March a notification to the Secretary of the Admiralty of their being alive, otherwise their names will be removed from the List. The EDITOR of the Navy List will be glad to receive any communications in reference to errors in the List, addressed to him at the ADMIRALTY, WHITEHALL, LONDON. Communications for the Editor of the Navy List, addressed to the Publisher from abroad, should be post paid, in order to ensure attention, but it is more convenient to address to the Editor direct, as above, upon such subjects. The NAVY LIST is compiled and published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the convenience of the Service; but, as errors may occasionally occur, their Lordships must expressly reserve their right to determine the status of any Officer according to the actual circumstances of the case, independently of any entry in the Navy List. By Command of their Lordships, ROBERT HALL. ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. MEMORANDUM FOR 1881. The Council having decided that a Gold Medal be granted annually for the best Essay on a Naval or Military subject, make known the conditions of competition: (1.) The Candidates must be Members of the Institution, or persons eligible to become Members, according to the following Extract from the Byelaws, Section II., paragraphs 1 and 2, viz. : 1. "Princes of the Royal Blood; Lords Lieutenant of Counties; Governors of Colonies and Dependencies; Officers of the Army, Navy, Marines, Her Majesty's East Indian Military and Naval Forces, Militia, Yeomanry, Royal Naval Reserve, and Volunteer Corps, shall be entitled to become Members without Ballot. 2. "Ex-Governors of Colonies and Dependencies; Retired Officers; Deputy Lieutenants of Counties; Civil Functionaries who are or have been attached to the Naval and Military Departments; the Master, Deputy-Master, and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House; and Army and Navy Agents, shall be eligible to become Members by Ballot." The subject for this year shall be of a Naval character. (8.) The Essays must not exceed 48 pages (exclusive of tables), of the size and style of the "Journal," each page averaging 540 words. (4.) The Essays must be forwarded to the Secretary, on or before the 1st NOVEMBER 1881, except in the case of those forwarded from India, China, and the Pacific, which will be received to the 1st DECEMBER. (5.) The Essays must be strictly anonymous, but each to have a Motto, and to be accompanied by a sealed envelope with the Motto written on the outside, and the name of the Candidate inside. (6.) The Essays will be submitted for decision to three Referees chosen by the Council; but no award will be made by them in favour of any Essay which does not, in their opinion, attain a sufficient standard of excellence. (7.) The award of the Referees will be made known, and the Medal will be presented to the successful Candidate (or his representative) at the Anniversary Meeting, and his Essay will be printed in the "Journal." The following is the subject for the Essay for the present year : "On the best method of providing an efficient force of Officers and Men for the Navy, including the Reserves." WHITEHALL YARD, LONDON, 1st January 1881. By order, |