BRITISH NAVY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11962, 13 December 1919, Page 8

BRITISH NAVY.

United Press Association—By Elen trie Telegraph—Copyright. Received Dec 13, 1) a.m.

London, Dec 10. ■ In the House of Commons, when introducing the Supplementary Navy Estimates for “£8,000,000, Mr Long said the estimates for the year now amounted“to 158 millions. The personnel at the Armistice was 407,000 and it is now 150,000, Building of 1005 ships at the Armistice ordered or begun of iwhich 011 iiave heen*cancelled o and 319 are now completed and 75 being completed. The saving has been 46 All Home waters, comprising an area of 59,065 square miles, have been swept clear of mines the enemy laid therein, During the war 11,000 mines in all were cleared daring the hostilities, except 74. The Brilish laid 65,302, one third of which have been swept up.