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10 THE NAVY LIST ADVERTISER.
MARINE SOCIETY
(INSTITUTED 1756.)
President ._ „ ... THE EARL OF ROMNEY
HAWKINS TRUST.
For the Relief of Widows of Captains, Commanders, and
Lieutenants of the Royal Navy.
The income of this Fund is appropriated every year in the month of June in
donations of £10 each to 43 Widows.
If there be not 43 applicants, grants may be increased to the extent of £30.
Applications to be made annually in April.
Only Widows of Officers of the above ranks are eligible to receive grants.
HICKES TRUST.
For the Relief of Poor Boys and Girls, preference being given to
the Orphans of Seafaring Men.
In time op Peace, one-half the income of this Fund is devoted to apprenticing
2.0 girls annually to useful trades (in the months of May and .November), and one-half
to training and fitting out boys for the sea.
In time op War, the whole income of the Fund is devoted to training and fitting
out boys for the sea.
Applications for girl apprenticeships to be made not later than April and October
Ages 14 to 17.
TRAINING SHIP "WARSPITE."
For Boys of Good Character desirous of a Sea Life.
On board the "Warspite," off Greenhithe, the Society annually trains about
•240 boys of good character for a sea life only, and of this number about one-half
enter the Royal Navy.
From 1756 to 1914 over 66,760 boys have been sent to sea, of whom 29,940 joined
the Royal Navy.
Candidates are trained, clothed and maintained free of all expense to parents or
guardians.
Requirements of candidates : —
Age, between 14 and 16 years.
Height, not less than 4 feet 10 inches, without shoes.
Mast have parents' content.
Further information can be obtained at the
Marine Society's Office,
5, Clark's Place, Bishopsgate Street, E.G.
T. E. Sedgwick, Esq.
Secretary.