THE COST OF TRAINING NAVAL OFFICERS.
The cost to the country of training 265 naval cadets on the Britannia is £27,443, or £104 percadet; whilst that of training 194 engineer students at Ivsyham is £11,624, or only £60 per student. The last-mentioned figure does not take into consideration the fact that engineer students perform valuable work in connection with the construction and repair of- machinery on ships of the Navy. The total cost to the country of 697 midshipmen and cadets' pay for IS9O-0 was £29,780, or an average of £30 each; whilst 183 engineer students' pay for 1599-0 was £1070, or an average of £C each.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 124, 26 May 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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