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WE, the subscribing parties, viz. A. B. (here mention the Name of the Officer, his Rank, and the Ship to which he dongs), and C. D. of (heve give the Lady's designation), hereby declare and do certify to the Secretary of the Admiralty that we are lawfully married persons.

PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES TO THE RELATIVES OF OFFICERS.

1. Widows of Officers of the Royal Navy, and the Royal Marines, may be allowed Pensions, and their Children Compassionate Allowances, at the rates specified in the table given before, and subject to the following regulations:

2. All applications for Pensions, and for Compassionate Allowances, must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty for the decision of the Board.

3. The Pensions of all Widows shall commence from the day following that in which their Husbands died, provided application be made by the Widow within Twelve Months from the same, otherwise from the time only of such ap. plication.

4. Her Majesty's Orders in Council increasing Rates of Pension, or Compassionate Allowances, are not retrospective in their operation, and only affect the families of such officers as may be on the Active List at the date of such Orders in Council, or subsequently thereto.

5. If the claim of a Widow to Pension shall not be established before her death, the amount of Pension to which she would have been entitled if living, shall not be allowed to her representatives.

6. The Pensions authorized by these Regulations cannot be claimed as a Right:-they are granted as rewards for good and faithful service rendered by deceased Officers;-they will only be conferred on persons deserving the Public Bounty;-the ordinary Pension will not be granted to Widows whose private incomes may exceed the confidential scale which may from time to time be fixed by the Admiralty as the limit for each Rank of Officer,-and the Pensions are liable to be discontinued altogether, in case of any misconduct rendering the individuals receiving them unworthy of the Public Bounty.

7. A Widow shall not be eligible to be placed on the Pension List under any of the following circumstances:

i. If her husband, being a Commission Officer, married after the age of Sixty Years,-or, being a Chief Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter, or Warrant Officer, married after the age of Fifty Years; except such as were warranted prior to 30th June, 1830, or who were on the Active List of Chief or other Warrant Officers on 1st October 1875, or subsequently placed thereon in whose case the limit of age is sixty.

ii. If her husband, being capable of service, had, at his own solicitation, been excused from serving, when called upon, provided he was officially warned that his Widow would thereby forfeit the Pension; or if her husband had been placed on permanent Half-Pay, or on the Retired List, on account of misconduct.

iii. If her husband had been guilty of anyfraudulent misapplication of the public money, discovered and proved in the final settlement of his accounts,

iv. If her husband had been guilty of Bigamy; or if she had been living at the time of her husband's death in a disreputable state of separation.

v. If her husband died in the service of a Foreign State, unless serving with the permission of the Admiralty.

vi. If she had not been married Twelve Months to the Officer by whose right she claims the Pension, unless the said Officer was killed or drowned in an immediate act of duty. The Admiralty may, however, grant the Pension in cases of Officers dying before the expiration of Twelve Months from the time of their marriage, but only if satisfactory evidence is produced to show that the marriage did not take place under any circumstances which would imply that there was any fraud in the transaction, or any improper intention of obtaining the Pension for the Widow; ano provided it be clearly shown that the Officer was in good health when he married. and that the disease which occasioned his death was not brought on by any misconduct, or by any circumstances over which he had control.

vii. If she shall receive any other Pension, Provision, or Allowance from the Government on account of her husband's services in a Naval or Military capacity; but Widows in receipt of Pensions from the Civil List are not deprived of their Naval Pensions on account thereof; and Widows who, in consequence of second marriages, may be eligible for either a Navy or an Army Pension, may elect to receive that which is most advantageous to them.

viii. If her private income exceeds the confidential scale fixed by the Admiralty as the limit for the rank last held by her husband; observing that the Widows of Commanders retired with the rank of Captain, Lieutenants retired with the rank of Commander, and so on, may enjoy the private income applicable to the higher rank without forfeiting their Pensions thereby.

ix. If the marriage took place subsequent to the Officer commuting his Retired Pay, or if the Officer, after having commuted, removed his name from the List o' the Navy, although the marriage may have taken place before such

commutation.

8. The Pensions of Widows whose private incomes may, after their Pensions have been awarded, increase beyond the limit fixed from time, to time by the Admiralty for the rank last held by their husbands, shall be suspended as long as their private incomes exceed such limit; but may be restored aga n in the event of their private incomes decreasing within the limit.

9. The Widows of Commission Officers (except Chaplains) who shall have married after the 31st of December, 1830, are only entitled to the Pensions of their respective classes, in the event of their Husbands having ten complete year' seniority as Commission Officers (including service in junior ranks as Commission Officers), except the Husband be killed in action, or lose his life in the execution of the Service. If, however, the Officer had five years' seniority, was in good health when he married, and it be clearly shewn that the disease which occasioned his death was not brought on by any misconduct, or by any circumstances over which the Officer himself had control, the Admiralty may award Pensions in such cases as they think proper.

The Widows of Warrant Officers (Gunners, Boatswains, and Carpenters, are only entitled to Pensions in the event of their Husbands having been warranted for a period of one year (acting time, immediately before confirmation, included) and provided they shall have been confirmed in the rank of Warrant Officer.

J0. The Widow of a Chaplain shall not receive a Pension unless her Husband's name was on the List at the time of his death, nor unless she shall have been married duringoi prior to her Husband's service in the Navy, nor unless her Husband shall have served One Year on Full-Pay subsequent to their marriage, and shall have served the length of time to entitle him to Retired Pay.

If, however, he had completed Ten Years' Service on Full Pay, a Pension may be granted, although no portion of such service shall have been subsequent to their marriage, provided the Widow is otherwise eligible.

11. The Pensions of Widows who shall have re-marned prior to the 81st of Dec.,1830, shall be paid to themselves, and their receipts shall, notwithstanding their coverture, be deemed a sufficient discharge for the payment of their Pensions.

12. In all cases of a Widow re-marrying, since 31st December, 1830, her Pension shall be suspended from the date of her re-marriage; but, in the event of her again becoming a Widow, her Pension may be restored, upon proof being adduced to the Admiralty that her private income does not exceed the limit fixed from time to time by the Admiralty for the rank last held by her husband, and that she is otherwise deserving the Public Bounty, but it will be again liable to suspension during future remarriage.

If a Widow, in consequence of re-marriage, either before or after the 31st December, 1880, with a Naval or Marine Officer, becomes again eligible for a Pension from naval funds, she may either revert to her first Pension, or be granted the Pension for which her second marriage rendered her eligible, whichever, is most to her advantage.

13. Every Officer, whether on Full, Half, or Retired Pay, shall,-in order to facilitate the decision upon the claim of his Family, after his decease, to the benefit of these Regulations-notify his marriage within one month of its taking place, to the Admiralty, according to the Form given.

14. With respect to marriages contracted in Scotland, none will be admitted, for the purposes of these Regulations, which cannot be proved either by an extract of the Register of the Kirk Session, or other legal record of the place in which the marriage shall have been celebrated, or by an acknowledgment of a Marriage to be transmitted to the Admiralty, made and subscribed by the parties themselves in Scotland, in presence of a Magistrate, according to the Form given or a Decree of Declaration of Marriage.

15. The Widows of Officers on the Reserved and Retired Lists are only eligible for the Pension applicable to the rank of their husbands at the date when they were last on the Active List, except in the case of Retired Captains advanced to the rank of Flag Officers, whose Widows are pensioned as the Widows of Flag Officers.

16. Widows of Marine Officers.-The General Rules for the grant of Pensions to the Widows of Naval Officers are applicable to the cases of Widows of Marine Officers, except where otherwise stated in these Regulations.

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The Widows of Marine Officers who held Brevet or Horary Rank on the ACTIVE LIST shall be granted the Pasion applicable to that rank, The Widows of other ficers holding such rank shalt only be entitled to the sion applicable to the substantive rank of the Officer when last on the Active List.

17. Widows and Children of Officers killed in Action.— ratuities, under the following regulations, shall be alred, as Her Majesty's Royal Bounty, to the Widows and phans of such of the Officers mentioned in Article 1, as tay be slain in the Queen's Service, in fight with the my, pirates, or smugglers, or in encounters with the ps of friends by mistake, or in quelling disturbances on *re; and persons dying of their wounds within six nths shall be considered as persons slain, viz. :

To a Widow, a Gratuity equal to a year's Full-Pay of rank which her husband held at the time of his death.

To each Orphan (who shall not be married, nor be of e age of twenty-one at the time of the father's death), one1d of the Gratuity to the Widow; and posthumous chilen shall be considered as orphans.

the calculation of these Gratuities, the Officer's Comad Money and other Full-Pay allowances, except Table Eey, shall be included.

J. In the case of an Officer killed in action, or dying from ⚫nds received in action within six months, and not leaving Bow, but leaving a Daughter or Daughters only, an

Allowance, equal to the ordinary rate of Widows' sion may, under special circumstances, be granted, inof the Compassionate Allowance, to such Daughter or aghters collectively. Such Allowances may be continued the Daughter, or the last survivor of them, in case ere be more than one, may become disqualified by mar. age or otherwise.

Children of Officers.-Allowances on the CompassionList to the legitimate Children of deceased Commission cers, may be given in those cases in which the rank Officer would render his Widow eligible to be placed the Pension List; provided it be shown that the Chilbave no other Allowance, Pension, or Provision from Government (except in the case of Boys under the age teen who may be serving as Subordinate Officers in Navy), and that their pecuniary circumstances, and e of their family, are so limited that they actually ree assistance from the Compassionate Fund. The claims of the Children will be considered accordthe length, nature, and merit of the services perd by the Father; and as far as the decision upon can be governed by Regulation, in the following

, viz.:

at. Children of Officers killed or drowned on duty. ad. Children of Officers dying from illness contracted in the Service.

Ird, Orphans having neither Father nor Mother. th. Children of Officers dying on Foreign Service. h. Children of Officers dying on Full-Pay at Home. th. Children of Officers dying on Half-pay, and on the Reserved and Retired Lists.

The Allowances granted to the Sons of Officers.may nuel until they attain the Age of Eighteen, or are ise previously provided for; and those to the ers may be continued until they marry, or attain the

Age of Twenty-one, whichever shall first happen, and no longer; except in very special cases, in which it shall be shown that such Sons or Daughters are afflicted with any mental or bodily infirmity, rendering them incapable of making any exertion for their own support; and that they are still in distressed circumstances.

22. Children who are being educated at the expense of Greenwich Hospital are not eligible for Compassionate Allowances, but, on their ceasing to be chargeable 10 Greenwich Funds, they may be placed on the List of the Compassionate Fund, if otherwise eligible.

Compassionate Allowances may be drawn by Boys serving as Naval Cadets, or in other subordinate capacities in Her Majesty's Service, provided neither they nor their mothers have any private income.

23. All persons alluded to in Article 21 who are in receipt of 301. a-year from other sources, or whose Mothers have been refused Pensions on account of private income, are not considered eligible for Compassionate Allowances under ordinary circumstances.

24. In the event of a Widow re-marrying, her Children by the first marriage are still eligible for Compassionate Allowances, provided they are otherwise qualified to receive them.

25. Compassionate Allowances are granted for the year commencing 1st January, but are not payable till after the following 1st April.

26. Children who were born after their Fathers commuted their Retired Pay, are not eligible to be placed on the Compassionate List.

27. The aggregate amount of the Allowances to the Family of any Officer shall not exceed, in ordinary cases, the amount of the Half-Pay of his Rank and Standing at the time of his death. In the case of an Officer whose death is attributable to the Service, the aggregate amount of the Allowances to his Family shall not exceed 1007, a year more than the amount of the Half Pay of his Rank and standing at the time of his death.

28. Mothers.-When an Officer is killed in action, or killed or drowned on duty, or dies of wounds or injuries received on duty within six months after being injured, and leaves no Widow nor legitimate child, but leaves a Mother who is a Widow in distressed circumstances, and who was dependent upon him, the Mother shall receive a Pension equal to the ordinary rate of Widow's Pension attached to the rank which her Son held at the time of his death; but if such Mother shall herself be in the receipt of a Pension as an Officer's Widow, or shall have any other provision of any kind from the public, in that case no Allowance will be made to her on account of her Son, unless she gives up the other Pension or Allowance, and the Pension given to a Mother on account of her Son will be forfeited on re-marriage, and will not be restored in the event of her again be. coming a Widow.

29. Sisters.-Sisters of Officers are not eligible for any Allowance, unless under very special and extraordinary cir cumstances. The Allowance will not exceed that which would be given to a Mother, and will not be given in any case unless the Officer shall have been killed in action, or killed or drowned on duty, or shall die of wounds or injuries received on duty within six months after being injured, and shall have left no Widow, legitimate Child, nor Mother, nor unless the Sister shall be an Orphan, having no surviving Brother, and shall have been dependent for support upon the Officer killed. Every Pension so granted, will cease when the person receiving it shall marry, or be in any other manner sufficiently provided for.

30. If there be no ordinary rate of Pension attached to the rank of the Officer, such Pension may be granted as the Admiralty may see fit, in the cases of both Mothers and Sisters, under the circumstances stated in Articles 28 and 29.

PENSIONS TO SEAMEN AND MARINES, AND GRATUITIES TO THEIR WIDOWS. GREENWICH HOSPITAL SCHOOL AND EDUCATION PROVIDED AT THE EXPENSE OF

GREENWICH HOSPITAL.

The following information, extracted from the Regulations as to Pensions, is published for information; but it must be understood that all pensions, &c., are given at the discretion of the Admiralty, and that no man has any right to pension on account of apparent eligibility under the rules herein published.

NAVAL PENSIONS.

Long Service Pensions are granted to Continuous Service Men after 20 years' service from the age of 18; to Non. continuous Service Men after 21 years' service from the age of 20.

The following scale is adopted in awarding the ordinary amount of Long Service Pensions to Petty Officers and Seamen of the Fleet:

1. Men to whom only the Ordinary Pension is awarded..

2. Men with 1 good-conduct badge.. 3. Men with 2 good-conduct badges.. 4. Men with 3 good-conduct badges.. 5. Men whose character for the whole period of their service is recorded as "very good," and who have 3 good-conduct badges......

6. Men whose character for the whole period of their service is recorded as very good," but who are not entitled to wear good-conduct badges...

7. Men to whom the Good Conduct Medal is awarded

8. For every 3 years' service with good character after completing time for Pension.......

8. d.

} 0 10 a day.

Petty Officers, in addition to the] Rates of Pension awarded them as seamen, are allowed for each year's service in the capacity of superior Petty Officer...

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For less injury than the foregoing, and able to contribute in a small degree to his own livelihood

If able to contribute materially to his livelihood though unfit for further service

From 0 9 to 10 a day.

From 0 6 to 09 "

If totally blind from unavoidable causes, clearly attributable to the service, 3d. a day in addition.

The usual allowance for Petty Time is given in addition to the above rates, and is doubled in the case of Continuous Service men holding Petty Officers ratings, and having "very good" characters in their last ship, irrespective of the length of their continuous service.

The allowance for Badges and Medal is also given, as in the case of Long Service Pensions.

Men discharged the service for rupture are pensioned in the following scale:

Under 10 years' service

for single ruptures.

Above ditto do.
For double rupture

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The usual allowance for given as in injury cases.

6d. a day at the rate of three months' Pension for each year of service.

6d. a day for Life.

6d. a day for Life.

Petty Time Badges and Medal is

Men discharged the service for disability contracted in the
Service and not from want of proper care:-
Under 14 years' service,

if not able to contri

bute materially to
their livelihood.....
If able to contribute)
materially

Continuous Service)
men with 10 years'
continuous service

6d. a day for not more than 3 years, at the rate of 3 months' pension for each year of service.

Gratuities at the rate of 11. fo each year of service, except in special cases, where pensions may be awarded.

6d. a day for Life.

6d. to 9d. a day for Life, org After 14 years' Service tuities, at the discretion of the Admiralty.

The allowance for Petty Time is given, in addition t the above rates, and is doubled in the case of Continuou Service men, after 15 years' service, (if their character is their last ship has been very good, and they are discharged with Petty Officers ratings.

The allowance for Badges and Medal is also given, as the case of Long Service Pensions.

General Rules as to Pensions.

No man can receive two pensions at the same time, excep in the case of Naval and Greenwich Hospital Pensions. All Pensions are granted during good behaviour, am may be forfeited by misconduct on the part of the pensione to be judged of by the Admiralty.

All pensioners (not discharged as wholly incapable under 50 years of age may be called on to serve in time s

war or emergency.

Men are not allowed their Pensions for any time duris which they reside out of Her Majesty's dominions, exce with the special permission of the Admiralty.

Time during which a man has held a Bad or Indiffer character does not count for pension.

Men discharged the service for misconduct forfeit all claims to pension, and men whose general character has not been good can be awarded reduced pensions.

Commutation of Pensions is not allowed.

In all cases of injuries gratuities may be given in lieu of Injury Pensions, or in addition to Service or Disability Pensions, at the discretion of the Admiralty.

All Pensions are held during good behaviour, and may be forfeited for misconduct, to be judged of by the Admiralty.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL PENSIONS.

These Pensions are the " Age" and "Special Pensions." They are given entirely at the discretion of the Admiralty, and are not granted to any person whose character whilst in or after leaving the Navy has not been good.

They are given to Naval Pensioners only (i. e., to Seamen, Marines, Coast Guard Naval Pensioners, Yard (Craftsmen, And Riggers of Dockyard); but Civil Pensioners with over 10 years' service in the Navy, and in certain other cases, are eligible for the Special Pensions.

Age Pensions are given only to Life Pensioners,

A Naval Pensioner is eligible for the Age Pension of 5d. a day on attaining the age of 55, if he has been in receipt of his pension for 5 years; and for the increase of such age pension to 9d. a day at the age of 65, if he has been in receipt of his Naval Pension for 10 years.

The Age Pension is given in addition to the Naval Pension, whatever the amount of the Naval Pension.

[The Regulations for the Award of Special Pensions are under revision.]

Special Pensions are given, at the discretion of and under Regulations framed by the Admiralty, to men unable to contribute materially to their own support, and vary in amount and duration according to each man's degree of disability, and the other circumstances of his case; the amount of the fund from which these Pensions are given is Amited to 20,000l. a year.

They are tenable in addition to Naval and Age Pensions subject, however, to the limits expressed in the following Let:

Class L. Naval Pensioners with Life Pensions

If unable to maintain themselves.

Pension (including Age as well as Naval Pension) made up to from 1s. 3d. to 1s. 6d. a day.

Class II. Men who have 10 years' service counting for Pension, served continuously, or with short intervals

If unable to maintain themselves If able to contribute in a small

If in receipt of Temporary Naval Pension. Pension made

up to from 18. to 1s. 3d. a day.

Nil.

If not in receipt of Naval Pension. Pension awarded of from 9d. to 18. a day. Pension awarded 3d. to 6d., under degree to their 14 years' service, own support 6d. to 9d. over do. Classes III. and IV. Men who have not less than 5 years' Nrvice counting towards pension, and who have been, *thin the last 5 years, discharged or invalided on account of disease or wounds contracted or received in the service, and whose disability is clearly the result of such disease or winds.

Men with less than 5 years' service counting towards pension who have been discharged or invalided on account of disease or wounds clearly attributable to the service, and se present disability is clearly the result of such disease or wounds

When unable to maintain them-selves

If able to contribute in a small degree to their own support.

If in receipt of
Temporary
Pensions.

(Pension made up to from 18. to 18. 3d.

Class V. Special cases.

Nil.

If not in receipt of Naval Pensions.

Pension awarded from 6d. to 18.

Pension awarded from 3d. to 6d.

Men with less than 10 years' service who took part (i.e., were under fire) in any action for which a medal or clasp was awarded; or in the Franklin Search Expedition; or who vere injured on duty, or who were taken prisoners of war

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6d. a day for one year. 6d. a day for Life.

All persons who contributed while in the Navy to the funds of Greenwich Hospital before 1 January, 1830, for 5 years and upwards, are eligible for pensions of 31. 88. a year, provided they are not in receipt of other pensions from Greenwich Hospital.

Except under very special circumstances the minimum pension will be awarded in every case.

Men discharged for syphilis (unless Life Pensioners), or whose general character has been bad or indifferent, or who have forfeited service by R. against their names within the last 10 years of their time, are ineligible for specia pensions, as are men in workhouses, unless removed by their friends.

Men eligible for the benefits of Greenwich Hospital are admitted to Naval Hospitals when their cases require treatment, or may be granted a special allowance (not to exceed, however, including all other pensions, 1s. 6d. a day) in lieu of treatment, but permanent admission into a hospital is not allowed.

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GRATUITIES TO WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF MEN KILLED ON DUTY.

The Widows of Petty Officers and Seamen of the Royal Navy, and of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Royal Marines, are not eligible for Pensions under any circumstances whatever, but if their husbands have been killed or drowned on duty in Her Majesty's Service, or shall have died from causes clearly attributable to the Service, they shall be allowed, under the provisions of Order in Council of 9th September, 1865, a Gratuity equal to one year's full wages, according to the rating of their late husbands at the time of their death, exclusive of any badge or other extra or additional pay.

All correspondence on this subject is to be addressed, "To the Accountant-General of the Navy."

In the event of such men not leaving widows, but leaving children, or aged parents who were dependent on their sons' official allotments, Gratuities, not exceeding one year's full-pay, may be given, at the discretion of the Admiralty, to such children or parents, under the provisions of Order in Council of 4th February, 1875.

All correspondence on this subject is to be addressed "To the Secretary of the Admiralty."

REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF BOYS TO GREENWICH HOSPITAL SCHOOL. Established under Order in Council of 4 February, 1875. I. The School will consist of 1000 boys, the sons of petty officers and seamen, and of non-commissioned officers and privates of marines, who have served or are now serving in the Royal Navy or Coast Guard, and of other seafaring persons.

II. All claims for admission to the school will be judged of by a Committee of Selection appointed by the LordCommissioners of the Admiralty, in the following order

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