• Medical Reforms during the American War of Independence and afterwards.
• The Ships, Admirals, Commanders, Lieutenants and Masters from Universal Directory - 1790
• Part List of Marine Officers dated 1787

• Index to some 5,000 Royal Naval vessels from about 1793 - 1900, incorporating an index to the RN vessels mentioned in William James' Naval History of GB : 1793-1809.
• Miscellaneous Notes

• The Preservation of the Health of Seamen
• The payment of Seamen's Wages by remittance and allotment etc. during the latter half of the 18th Century
• Gratuities to the Relations of Officers and others killed in Action circa 1797
• An Extract from Studies in Naval History by J. K. Laughton - Privateer Robert Surcouf.
• Naval History of Great Britain 1793 - 1827 by William James published 1837
  
• Index of 4,800+ names mentioned in the 6 volumes of William James' Naval History - 1793 - 1827 - friend and foe
• Regulations & Instructions - 1808 - the forerunner of King's Regulations & Admiralty Instructions.
• The Royal Navy - 1805 - Officers; Vessels; Guard Ships; Revenue Cutters etc
• RN vessels lost during the 19th Century (1793-1900).
• A few brief notes on Lieutenant Michael Fitton, RN
• A few brief notes on Signal Stations during the Napoleonic Period and later.
• A few brief notes on Sea Fencibles (1798-1802 and 1803-1810)
• Extracts from a Diary maintained by Nathan Lucas whilst a passenger on board merchant vessels in 1803 and 1811, when R.N. vessels were sighted etc.
• Clerks in the Navy - late Acting Pursers - Complaints of Unfairness in Comparison with other officers serving at the end of hostilities - 1816.
• Re-organisation of Rating of Ships, of Ships' Complements - 1817.
• Rationalisation masts, yards, rigging, and stores for ships and vessels of same class - 1817.
• Observations on the present mode of calculating the sea pay of the officers - 1817.
• Pay and superannuation of gunners, boatswains, and carpenters - 1817.
• superannuation several hundreds of worn-out and disabled [warrant] officers - 1817.
• Cancellation of obsolete ratings and establishment of ratings which have replaced them during the late wars - 1817.
• Establishment of Tools Allowance for Carpenters and members of the Carpenters Crew &c. - 1817.
• Formation of companies of the Royal Marine Artillery - 1817.
• HMS Challenger - Alphabetical Extract from the Muster Lists Circa 1832
• Extracts from the "Naval Sketch Book" Vol I dated 1835 - includes :
  a Review of a new system of signalling by Rear-Admiral Raper ;
  a Review of the way ship design in the RN had declined ;
  some old chestnuts re "Jack's Humour and
  Rhyme in the form of The Lieutenant's Lament.
• An extract from Famous Ships of the British Navy regarding the loss of the Alceste.
• Rules and Regulations relative to the Passages of Civil and Military Officers in his Majesty’s Ships of War.

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• Victualling - 1825.
• Victualling in Sick Messes - 1825
• Victualling in Sick Messes - 1833
• Anti-Scorbutics (to combat scurvy) - 1825 - leading on to comments on the diet.
• The Tot
• Quality of Water and introduction of Iron Tanks circa 1815.
• Comments made in 1840 on Diet Vs. Disease over the previous 50 years.
• Comments regarding the cleanliness of decks, bedding and the men - 1840.
• Health of the Mind - Education 1840.
• Naval Rations.
• Comments on Watchkeeping.
• Sleeping Conditions.
• Ventilation.
• Award of the India Medal for taking part in the Burma War 1824-26 - approved in 1851.
• Rates of Pay 1835 : FO, Officers, POs, Ratings and RM
• Rules for the payment of Allotments and Remittances Wm. 4.
• Reported deaths.
• Rates of Half Pay and renewal thereof etc.
• Warrant Officers - Drawing Pay
• Candidates for Promotion to Gunner
• The Calculation of Pay for Men Remaining on Station when their Ship Heads back to the UK
• Prize Money etc. for first 3 quarters of 1835
• Rules for Appointment of Commanders to Ships of the Line
• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captain’s Clerks
• Complement of Mates, Midshipmen, and College Midshipmen borne on the books of HM ships - 1833 - Circular No. 87.
• Greenwich Out Pensions - 1831
• Rules for Granting Pensions to the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the RN - 1830.
• Allowance of Shot and Powder for each Gun
• Allowance of Powder for Exercise
• Painting Guns, &c. 1834
• Firing Salutes by Small Vessels Armed with less than 10 Guns
• Accounting for Charts, Books and Papers Issued from the Hydrographical Department (1832)
• Issue of Salt Meat Renewed
• Chocolate to be used in lieu of Cocoa - Admiralty Circular 84 - 1832
• List of Slop (Naval ratings) Clothing - revised prices - Admiralty Circular 83 - 23 Oct 1832
• Reporting of Ordnance Equipment under Trial - Admiralty Circular 83 - 18 Nov 1832
• Rowing Money, Sleeping Money, and Allowance of Provisions to Shipwrights
• Repair of Defects to HM ships
• Addressing Correspondence for the Commissioners of the Navy and Victualling
• Allowance for Schoolmasters
• Payment of the Schoolmasters' Allowance Received from Young Gentlemen.
• Marine Servants to Officers
• The Muster of Crews of HM Ships by Commander-in-Chief, or Senior Officer
• Change of Muster Books etc. Muster and Victualling books to be transmitted Quarterly to the Admiralty.
• Uniform - 1830s - Amendments
• Water tanks belonging to HM ships
• Able Seaman to Assist the Captain's Clerk
• Land Grants no longer available to Military or Naval Officers in North America.
• Painting_Guns, &c. 1834
• Pursers Pay 1834
• Measuring Ships for Tonnage
• Classes and Denominations (Rating) of HM Ships - 1835
• Introduction of rating of Seaman's Schoolmaster - 1837.

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• Consolidated extracts from the Navy Lists for Dec 1843, Jun 1844, Dec 1848, Jun 1870 and Jun 1879 - with details of officers appointments
• Navy List Dec 1843 ; RN & RM Pay ; Prizes & Obits. &c.
• Nomination of Naval Cadets - 1848
• Navy List Mar 1844 - Sep 1844 - Dec 1848 - Mar 1849 - Sep 1849 Prizes & Obituaries.
• Navy List Jun 1844 Full & Half Pay &c. & Admiralty Circulars & Memoranda on various subjects.
• Officers - Qualifications - Circa Mid 1840s
• 1946 - Ships Paying-Off - Men - Leave and Pay etc
• Allotments - a List of Men of HMS St Vincent who sent home a part of their wages to next of kin and guardians of children etc., in 1846
Leave.
• Leave in H.M. Ships - 1860
• Entitlement to paid leave following service abroad - 1867
• 1850 - Entry of Men on Board Flag Ships after having been Paid Off.
Prize Money
• Circa 1840s - Prizes - A Sample of Vessels to whom prize money was paid.
• Prize Money - Proceeds from the Sale of Slave Ships, Slave Bounty Etc.
• Prize Lists - Supernumeraries
• 1843-1879 Obituary Index - A sample of reports of deaths that appear in the Navy Lists
• 1843 - 1879 Pay and Allowances
• R.N. College - the Principles and Application of Local Attraction of Compasses- 1848

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• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captains' Clerks, on board H.M. Ships and Vessels on the Peace Establishment
• Naval Cadets - 1834
• Naval Cadets - 1837
• Naval Cadets - 1838
• Naval Cadets - 1841
• Naval Cadets - 1848
• Qualifications for Naval Cadets - 1849
• Examination of Naval Cadets - 1851
• Introduction of Examination for "Steam Officers" at Portsmouth - 1850
• Certificate of Examination in Steam.
• Directions for Steering by Signs
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1853
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - Circular No. 208 - 1855
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - Circular No. 320 - 1858
• Examination of Mates for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1853
• Residence of Acting Mates and Acting Lieutenants at Royal Naval College - 1858.
Subordinate Officers - Pensions for Lost of Limbs payable whilst serving
• Midshipmen may receive Pension while serving for Loss of Limbs - 1860
• Masters' Assistants, Clerks, Naval Cadets, and Assistant Clerks may, while serving, receive Pensions for Loss of Limbs - 1864
• Midshipmen — Service at Sea, and Age, Requisite to Qualify them for Promotion - 1856
• Midshipman : Rules for the Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant and Navigating Lieutenant - Circular No. 288 of 1857.
• Midshipmen and Naval Cadets — Service at Sea Requisite to Qualify them for Advancement - 1857
• Service and Qualifications of Naval Cadets for the Rating of Midshipman, and of Midshipmen for Examination as Lieutenants - 1859
• Naval Cadets, Midshipmen, &c. (Interpretation of Clause 20 in Circular No. 288)
• Irregularities appertaining to the Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant after Five Years' Service - 1858.
• Seamanship Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - 338 - 1858
• Seamanship Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant and Master - 343 - 1858
• Advancement of Naval Cadets to the Rating of Midshipmen - 1861
• Passing for Lieutenants and Masters - 1862.
• Nomination of Officers for Promotion on Flag Officers striking their Flags - 1860.
• Naval Cadets and Midshipmen - Entrance Exams - 1870.
• Colonial Cadet - Entry, Passage to England, and Pay, &c, of Colonial Cadets - 1870
• Amendment to Rules for Time to Qualify for Lieutenant - 1869
• Meritorious Passing for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1865.
Officers Discipline
• Subordinate Officers — Punishment of, by Courts of Inquiry - 1858
• Admiralty may place an Officer Retired by Reason of Misconduct, &c., on the lowest or any other intermediate Half-Pay of his Rank - 1860.
• Admiralty may place an officer who by intemperate habits may have rendered himself Unfit for Further Service on a lower scale of Half-Pay than the minimum rate of Half-Pay of his Rank - 1864
Admiralty Mail Agents
• Lieutenants - Promotion of one annually, from Admiralty Mail Agents - 1857
Agents for Transports
• Commanders, Lieutenants, and Masters serving as Agents for Transports to Reckon Sea Time - 1857
Naval Knights of Windsor
• Exempt from the Provisions of the Order in Council of 1 Aug 1860

• Qualification and Appointment of Acting Masters' Assistants - 1841
• Examination of Masters, and Second Masters - 1849.
• Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant - 1852
• Full Pay of Masters - 1856
• Seamanship Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant and Master - 1858
• Regulations Respecting Masters' Assistants - 1851
• Masters, Second Masters, &c. - Review of Conditions of Service - 1855
• Revised Full Pay for Masters for 3rd and 4th Class - 1856
• Pay of Masters in Command - 1856.
• Acting Masters, &c., - Preparation for Passing in Navigation - 1858.
• Following distinguished conduct the Rank of Lieutenant may be conferred on a Second Master - 1859
• Masters' Assistants - Extension of Age for Entry - 1859.
• Masters' Assistants - Extension of Age for Entry - 1860.
• Masters, Second Masters, and Master's Assistants, &c. - Pay &c. - including Masters Attendant, Queen's Harbour Masters and Masters of the Fleet - 1860.
• Second Masters to be Borne on Flag Ships' Books on being Paid Off - 1860
• Naval Cadets of the Second Class Established - 1863 - prospective Masters' Assistants

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• Exams for Navigation Lieutenant and Lieutenant - 1862.
• Re-organisation of the Masters Branch as the Navigating Branch - 1867.
• Navigation Lieutenant - Exams for - 1868.
• Navigation Cadets - Pay - 1869.
• Navigation Officer - Pilots Exam - 1869.

• Regulations for the Entry and Rating of Young Gentlemen and Captain’s Clerks - 1833
• Paymasters and Clerks, R.N. - Re-Organisation - 1855
• Age for the Entry of Assistant Clerks, and the Qualifications required of Them - 1859.
• Entry, Examination, &c., of Assistant Clerks and Clerks, and Assistant Paymasters in the Royal Navy - Further Re-Organisation - 1860.
• Assistant Paymasters to be Borne on Flag Ships' Books on being Paid Off - 1860
• Paymasters &c. - Pay &c., including allowances in Flag, and Troop Ships and Retirement, including Secretaries - 1860
• Clerks, Paymasters Rules and exams for prospective candidates - 1869
• Increase of Half Pay to Paymasters - 1867.
• Clerks, Paymasters Rules and exams for prospective candidates - Nov 1870

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• Journal of Paymaster Lucas, whilst on Anti-Slavery Patrols on the Coast of Africa, on board HMS Mutine 1845 to 1846.
• First Battle of Sevastopol, as described by Paymaster LUCAS, in a letter to his fiancée.

• Regulations, Qualification, Pay of Naval Instructors - 1836, 1840, and 1842 - see also revised version of 1849
• Pay for Naval Instructors - circa 1843
• Uniform for Naval Instructors - circa 1844
• Pensions to the Widows of Naval Instructors - 1844
• Examination of Chaplains for service as Acting Naval Instructors &c. - 1855
• Instructors - Relevant Ranks etc. - 1864.
• Appointment, &c, of a Director of Education of the Navy - 1864
• Revised regulations for the examination of Candidates for Naval Instructor - 1865.
• Instructor Candidates - Replacement Entrance Examination - 1865.
• Naval Instructors - Full and Half Pay - 1867

• Chaplains, Royal Navy - Pay, Half-Pay, Rank, &c. - 1859
• Re-organisation of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Full Pay of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Half Pay of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Widow's Pensions for wives of Chaplains of the Royal Navy
• Chaplains &c. - Pay &c. - 1860
• Full and Half-Pay of the Chaplains of Naval Hospitals - 1864.
• Appointment of Chaplains - Re-printed occasionally - this one in 1870.

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Engineering Branch - 19th Century - Engineering and the Engineering Branch. Admiralty Circulars and Memoranda &c.

• Pay : Engineers and Stokers : Circa July 1834
• Engineers, apprentices and engineer boys - 1837 - Pay and Superannuation.
• Engineers in the Royal Navy - 1840 - Conditions of Service
• June 1842 - Conditions of Service of Engineers in Her Majesty's Service
• June 1842 Engineers' Boys - Regulations as to the Instruction and Qualifications of Engineers' Boys
• June 1844 Rules and Regulations Respecting the Examination and Appointments of Engineers in HM Service
• Engineers of the Royal Navy - 1846
• June 1844 Engineer's Pay and Allowances
• April 1847 Rules and Regulations Respecting the Appointment, Rank, Examination, and Pay, of Engineers
• 1847 Engineers of the Royal Navy
• Acquirements Required of Engineers - 1849
• Rates of Pension to be granted to Inspectors of Machinery Afloat, and to Engineers of the Royal Navy - 1853
• Dec 1853. Shortage of First and Second Class Assistant Engineers.
• Pay and Pensions - Inspectors of Machinery, Chief Engineers - 1856.
• Engineers Messes - 1859
• Promotion of Engineers - 1859
• Report to the Admiralty on the Conduct of Engineers and Stokers - 1859
• Engine Room Telegraphs - 1859
• Employment of Assistant Engineers in Making Good Defects of Fleet - 1859
• Engineers &c. - Pay &c. - 1860
• Assistant Engineers in Charge of Engines - 1860.
• Pensions to Assistant Engineers and Warrant Officers
• Admiralty to make Regulations for Admission of Apprentices and Factory Boys in the Dockyards and Factories, includes those in training with the view to becoming Naval Engineers - 1860
• 1861 - Instructions for Engineer Officers - per QR&AI 1861 go to Peter Davis' web site at www.pdavis.nl/Q54.htm
• Extra Pay of Engineers in Charge of Engines - 1863
• Regulations for the Education and Promotion of the Engineers Of The Royal Navy - 1863
• New Rank of Chief Inspector of Machinery - Increased Pay of Inspectors of Machinery - Pensions and Compassionate Allowances for Their Widows and Children - 1867
• Apr 1868 Engine-room Artificers - Qualifications, conditions etc
• Practical Qualifications of Second-Class Engineer Officers, Passing and Promotion at Home and Abroad
• Assistant Engineers in Charge of Engines.
• Engineers Eligible for Appointment as Interpreters - 1869
• Regulations for the Education and Promotion of the Engineers Of The Royal Navy - 1869
• Practical Qualifications of Engineer Officers, Passing and Promotion at Home and Abroad.
• Introduction of Engine-Room Artificers - 1870.
• Engine Room Artificers - Candidates for
• Qualifications for Engine-room Artificers and Stoker Mechanics - 1873
• Engine Room Artificers - Creation of the rating of Chief Engine Room Artificer - 1877
• 1879 - Uniform - Artificers and other Engineroom Ratings
• Certificates of acquaintance with the details of their ships to be obtained By Engineer Officers 1877. Certificate for competent knowledge of Watertight Flooding, and Ventilating Arrangements, &c. for a Chief Engineer or Engineer.
• Entry of Engineer Students in Her Majesty's Dockyards 1877. Engineer Students. Uniform, Holidays, Books, Sea Chest, &c.
• Regulations for the entry of temporary service Engineers, and Assistant Engineers - 1878.
• 1890 - Uniform - Artificers and other Engineroom Ratings
• Selborne and Cawdor Memoranda - A Brief Look at the Effects of Sir John Fisher’s Reforms on the Engineering Branch by the late Dave Perkins.
• Conditions of service for stokers, Mechanicians and Artificers inc ERAs &c. 1907-1947
• Qualifications and Examinations for Promotion - Engineer Branch - Per KR&AI 1913
• Officers Training and Examinations Generally - Engineer Branch - Per KR&AI 1913
• Engine Department - Per KR&AI 1913

Pay

• Pay 1860 : Leading Stoker, Stoker and Coal Trimmer, Second Class Stoker and Coal Trimmer.
• Pay 1870 : Chief Stoker : Leading Stoker, Stoker and Coal Trimmer, Second Class Stoker and Coal Trimmer.
• Pay 1879 : Leading Stoker, Stoker and Coal Trimmer, Second Class Stoker and Coal Trimmer.
• Pay 1885 : Leading Stoker, Stoker and Coal Trimmer, Second Class Stoker and Coal Trimmer.

Machinery etc.

• Steam Power Not To Be Used But In Cases Of Necessity
• January 1859 - Machinery, Examination of, on and after change of Engineer
• Paddle Wheels - Precautions To Be Taken Against Accidents When Men Are In Them
• Examination Of Screw Propellers
• Rules as to the Consumption of Coal - Circa 1870

• Regulations for Candidates for Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy - 1853
• Scale of Pay and Half Pay for Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors - 1855
• Scale of Retiring Allowances for Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors - 1855
• Introduction of the rank of "Staff Surgeon" - 1855
Position of and Accommodation for Assistant Surgeons, R.N. - 1855
• Medical Students to be employed as Dressers for temporary service on the Home or Baltic Stations - 1855
• Qualifications for Medical and Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals &c. - 1858
• Medical Officers, Royal Navy - Revised Pay, Half-Pay, Rank, &c. - 1859.
• Four grades of Medical Officers - 1859.
• Medical Officers Full-Pay - 1859
• Medical Officers Half-Pay - 1859
• Retirement Ages of Medical Inspectors of Hospitals and Surgeons &c. - 1859
• The relative ranks of the Medical Officers of the Royal Navy with Army Officers - 1859
• Medical Officers of the Navy - Re-Organisation - 1867
• Examination of Assistant Surgeons for the Rank of Surgeon - 1867
• Medical Officers of the Navy - Re-Organisation - 1867.
• Regulations Relative to the Examination of Candidates for the Appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy - 1867.
Testimonials

• Extortion from those who can least afford it in order for the few to Curry Favour with their patron.
Representations to the media....

• A Representation to improve Accommodation of Assistant Surgeons with a view to Aid their Study - 1847
• A Representation in the Lancet from a former Assistant-Surgeon regarding Unqualified Assistant-Surgeons in the RN being responsible for the Health of some RN Ship’s Companies - 1853.
• A Representation regarding Leave or Rather Lack of it for 'Civil' Officers in the Royal Navy - 1866

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• Revised Scales of Pay - 1851;
  Increased Provisions for ratings;
  Spirit Ration (Tot) reduced to ½ Gill &c.,
  Shipment of Spirits Duty Free Discontinued
• Brief Notes regarding Miscellaneous Circulars, mostly published in the 1850s, including some which do not appear to have been published in full in the Navy List with only a Date, Reference No. and Heading being provided.
• Advance [of Pay] to Subordinate and Warrant Officers - 1858.
• Books, Slates &c. for Schools on board HM Ships - 1857
• Stamp Duty on Commissions and Appointments, &c. - 1857.
• Clarification of Duties of Officer in Charge of the Watch - 1858.
• Caution Respecting Soundings when in the Vicinity of Land - 1858.
• Staying Masts and Setting-Up Lower Rigging - 1859

• Scales of Pay for P.O.s, Seamen and Boys and for the newly introduced rates of C.P.O. and Leading Seaman - 1853.
• Changes made to allow Men borne as Disposable Supernumeraries to allot monies to families - 1856.
• Pay and Allotments of Disposable Supernumeraries on board Her Majesty's Ships - 1858.
• Allotments of Disposable Supernumeraries - 1860.
• 1855 - Payments of Advance of Wages and other sums. ;
  Complements of gun-boats for the Baltic. ;
  Victualling of vessels preparing for the Baltic. ;
  No Foreigners to be Employed on CS Engagements.
• Irregularities in Officers' Pay Bills - 1856
• Paymasters' Extra Pay for doing Clerks' Duty - 1856
• Payment to Officers - 1857
• Paymasters' Stationery Allowance - 1858.
• Non-Entry of Men in the Navy Belonging to any Branch of the Army, &c. - 1858
• Pay and Conditions for Supernumeraries borne for Victuals only - 1858.
• Officers' Travelling Expenses - 1859
• Payment of Monthly Allowance Money to Men Newly Entered from the Shore - 1859.
• Extra Pay to be Paid in H.M. Ships at Home and Abroad - 1859.
• Stores for Repair &c., of Naval and Enfield Rifles - 1859

• Expense in Messes of Her Majesty's Ships - 1856.
• Regulations with regard to to the Mess Accounts of Mates and Subordinate Officers - 1856.

• Rules for the admission of Seamen into the Coast Guard Service; Pay and Allowances etc. - 1831
• Introduction of the new Coast Guard organisation - rules and regs - 1856
• Entry of Seamen into the Coastguard - 1856
• Allotments for the Families of Men of the Coast Guard Stations when Serving in the Fleet - 1859.
• Promotion of Officers from the Coast Guard Service - 1861
• Qualifications for Entry of men in to the Coast Guard - Circa 1866.
• Qualifications for Entry of men in to the Coast Guard - 1869.
• Coast Guard Officers - Pay - 1872
• Entry of Men into the Coast Guard - 1875.
• Coast Guard 1908 - 1943 and the changes that took place from 1923-43
• 1856 - The Grand Review of the Fleet At Spithead - Celebrating end of Crimea War
• Casualties incurred in actions against pirates and during the 2nd China War 1856-1859.

• 1858 - On Floating Batteries, A Lecture given by By Capt. Fishbourne, R.N.
• 1858 - On Lowering Boats At Sea - Mr. Clifford's system.
• 1858 - lowering, and disengaging Ships' boats - The Mr. Russell's system.

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Pay &c.
• Ratings - Pay - 1860
• The issue of Commissions and Warrants to Officers on being Appointed to Ships to be Discontinued - 1860
• New Flags for Ships - 1864
• Time of Service of Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants - 1864
• Revision of the Complements of Her Majesty's Ships and the Introduction of a number of New Ratings - 1860 :
• The Yeoman of the Signals to be a 1st Class Petty Officer and the Yeoman of the Signals on a Flag Ship to be paid as a Chief Working Petty Officer.
• A new rating of Signalman established as a 2nd Class Working Petty Officer,
• The Armourer to be a 1st Class Petty Officer
• New ratings of Plumber ; Tinsmith ; 2nd Class Stoker ; Sick Berth Steward ; Shoemaker ; Lamp Trimmer ; Engineer Engineer's Servant ; Engineer's Cook ; Captain's servant ; Captain's Cook Assistant ; Ward Room Servant ; Ward Room Cook's Assistant ; Gun Room Servant ; Gun Boom Cook's Assistant established.
• Conditions of Service for the Sick Berth Attendant amended.
• Gunnery Lieutenants, Gunnery Instructors, Badges for Seamen Gunners, and Trained Men - 1860. Includes both Order in Council and Circular to the Fleet.
• Gunnery Lieutenants at sea entitled to an addition Shilling per day.
• Introduction, for the first time, of the Gunnery Instructor.
• Introduction of the Trained Men.
• Description of Badges for Seamen Gunners.
• Rank of Warrant Officers - 1860.
• Establishment of Chief Gunners, Chief Boatswains, and Chief Carpenters for the Navy - 1864.
• Good Conduct Badges - see below.
• Former Greenwich Pensioners Re-entering the Service - 1856.
• Payment of Stores Allowance To Ships' Stewards - 1860
• Classification, Pay, and Allowances of Ships' Stewards - 1864
• Loss of Mess Utensils - 1860
• Salvage Claims - 1856.
• Seamen Gunners' Pay and Pension - 1859.
• No Period of Time to Count for Pension during which a Seaman or Marine shall not have Maintained a Good Character in his Ship or Division - 1862

• Regulations for the Entry of Seamen-Riggers - 1848.
• Entry of Riggers in Dockyards - 1860.
• Pensions and Superannuation Allowances to Dockyard Riggers and Seamen in Yard Craft - 1861

• Continuous Service Engagement - Qualifications - 1853
• Pay and Engagement Structure - New Rules - 1860
• Signalman, Plumber, and Tinsmith Allowed to enter as Continuous Service men - 1860 - see above for announcement of introduction of these ratings into the Service.
• Regulations for the Entry of Boys and Men into the Navy - 1853.
• Physical Fitness Requirements for Re-engagement - 1857.
• RN Engagements to Marines granted free discharge who enter the Navy - 1860.
• Engagements for Continuous Service - 1862.

• Stoppage of Allotments to Families - Admiralty Instructions - 1860
• Record of Conduct of Seamen, Parchment Certificates, &c. - 1860.
• RC Excused CoE Divine Service - 1859.
• Wine And Medical Comforts For The Sick - 1860
• Issuing Prices of Marks of Distinction - 1860.
• Issuing Prices of Marks of Distinction for Gunnery Instructors and Seamen Gunners - 1860.
• Extra Issue of Spirits to Engineers and Stokers - 1860.
• The supply of shoes to HM ships - 1860

• Officers - RN - Pay - 1860
• Full Pay of Officers to be paid by Paymaster of each ship in Commission - 1857
• Officers' Full Pay Bills - Method of Payment to Officers - 1857
• Regulations for the Payment of Full Pay to Officers of all ranks in Her Majesty's Navy and Marines - 1857.
• New System of Keeping Ships' Books and Accounts - 1858 you can't see it here, but the result of this order probably gives us the first view of something that was to develop into the ledgers we were familiar with until the introduction of computerised pay in 1971, but from what I've seen very, very simple at this date.
• Regulations for Paying the Officers and Crews of Ships - 1860
• Regulations for Paying the Officers and Crews of Ships - 1861
• Officer - RN and RM - Half-Pay - 1860
• Clothing Gratuities granted to Petty Officers promoted to Warrant Officer - 1858
Clothing Gratuity to Warrant Officers on Promotion - 1861
• Lodging Money - 1860
• Mates to be Borne on Flag Ships' Books on Being Paid Off - 1860
Warrant Officers and Widows - Pensions
• Rules for Granting Pensions to the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the RN - 1830.
• Restoration of Pensions to the Widows of Warrant Officers - Order in Council - 1860
• Pensions to Widows of Warrant Officers - 1860.
• Time of Service of a Warrant Officer to Entitle his Widow to a Pension Reduced from 10 Years to One Year - 1860.
• Pensions to the Widows of Warrant Officers - 1860
• Pensions to Widows of Naval Instructors and Chief Warrant Officers - 1964
• Warrant Officers' Retirement - 1860.
• Pensions to Assistant Engineers and Warrant Officers - 1861
• Relative Ranks with the Army - 1860.
• Entry, Examination, &c., of Assistant Clerks and Clerks, and Assistant Paymasters in the Royal Navy - 1860.
• Mates : Failure to Apply for an Appointment - 18??
• Agents of Transports &c. - Service to Count as Sea Time - 1857.
• Bonds For Paymasters - 1857
• Time Required to Qualify a Captain for his Active Flag - 1853.

• Precautions To Be Observed To Prevent Accidents When Saluting - 1856
• Caulking of Topsides of Ships - 1860.
• Coaling Issues - 1860
• Consumption of Coal - 1869.
• Award of the Beaufort Testimonial - 1860.
• Award of the Beaufort Testimonial - 1861.
• Warning to Boys attempting to join the Service who may be Apprentices - 1860..
• Railway Passes - 1860
• Cancelling Circular No. 91, Relative to not Saluting Dutch Consular Authorities - 1860.
• Regulations Respecting Rewards for the Apprehension of Deserters and Stragglers - Circa 1861.
• Deserters - Rewards and Expenses - 1862
• Bills of Exchange. &c. - 1863
• Field Allowance to Naval Forces - 1863
• Assistance to be Rendered to the Acclimatisation Society - 1863.
• Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society

• Imprisonment By Court Martial - 1856.
• Classes and Denominations of HM Ships – 1856
• Returns of Seamen For Registry Office - 1859.
• Manning the Navy : a further small Improvement in Provisions &c. - 1859

• Regulations for Paying the Navy - 1860.
• Monthly Advances to Officers and Crews of HM Ships &c. - 1860.
• Scales of Pay for Ratings - 1860.
• Care of Rudder Heads - 1860.
• Sea Service Rifles, Bayonets and Cutlasses to be Numbered - 1860.
• Congreve Rockets - 1860.
• Royal Naval Reserve Volunteers - 1860.
• Revised Queens Regulations and Admiralty Instructions - 1861
• Seamen's Wills - Inspector of Seamen's Wills - 1862.
Royal Marines
• RMLI - Officers and Other Ranks - Pay - 1860
• RM Artillery - Officers and Other Ranks - Pay - 1860
• Regulations for the Admission of Seaman and Marines to Greenwich Hospital - 1861

• Directions for the Examination of Officers, Men, and Boys for Admission into the Royal Navy and Marines - 1866
• Regulations under which Boys are Entered in Her Majesty's Navy - 1864
• Regulations under which Boys are Entered in Her Majesty's Navy - 1868
• Discharges by Purchase - 1864
• Privileges to Time Expired Men who Renew their Engagements Abroad - 1866
• Colours of Badges showing Marks of Distinction - 1868
• Regulations under which Ordinary Pensions are Awarded to Petty Officers and Seamen.
• Gratuities to Widows of Men Slain, Killed, or Drowned, whilst Serving in the Royal Navy.
Ships or Naval Police
• Entry in New Naval Police Force - 1864
• Revised Rules for Entry into the Naval Police - 1868
• Ships or Naval Police 1873.
• When Sick on Shore following on from leave a Sick Note from a Doctor is required : a Magistrate has no authority to grant an extension of leave - 1866
• Royal Navy - Beards and Moustaches - 1869.
• Royal Marines - Beards and Moustaches - 1869.
• Master at Arms - Pay, Messing, Uniform etc. - 1867.
• Pay, Pension, Allotments, Unclaimed Pay, Stoppage of Pay by "R," Medals and Decorations, Prize Money - 1866 or 68.
• Pay 1870 - Ratings
• Allowances 1870 - Ratings
• Introduction of the Rating of Carpenter's Crew, 2nd Class - 1866.
• Writers - Introduction into the Royal Navy - Entrance, Pay, Rating, Messing, Uniform etc. - 1867.
• Naval Schoolmasters Established
• Naval Schoolmasters - Entrance, Pay, Rating, Messing, Uniform etc. - 1867.
• Head Naval Schoolmasters - Messing, Uniform, Pension - 1867.
• Distinctive Badges - Circa 1870.
• Commuted Allowances in Order that Flag Officers &c. may pay for their Servants in Lieu of at Public Expense - 1870.
• Naval Officers Pay - circa 1870
• Allowances and Extra Pay - circa 1870
• Leave on Full Pay to Commissioned and Warrant Officers on Return from Service Abroad - 2 Circulars - 1867 & 1868.
• Appropriation of Cabins - 1866.
• Employment of Privates of Royal Marines as Personal Servants of Ward Room Officers - 1869.
• Re-adjustment of Relative Ranks of Certain Officers - 1867.
Interpreters

• Interpreters - Exams - 1865.
• Interpreters - 1866.
• Interpreters - Exams - East Indies Station - 1867.
• Interpreters - Engineers now permitted to become Interpreters - 1869.
• Prize Money - 1866
• Officers - Conditions for Entry into the Reserve, and Conditions of Service etc. - 1864.
• Address of Officers Appointed to Foreign Stations - 1869.

• Officers Pay - Circa 1870
• Ratings Pay - Circa 1879
• Royal Marine Officers, NCOs and Other Ranks Pay - Circa 1879
• Additional Pay & Allowances - Circa 1879
• Distinctive Badges and equivalent rates to CPO, PO 1st & 2nd Class
• Half-Pay and Retiring Allowance of Officers of the Royal Navy and Marines
• Forfeiture of Pay and-Half-Pay by Loss of Seniority
• Forms of Half-Pay Declarations
• Regulations for placing Officers on Half-Pay or Retired Pay
• Rank and Command
• Relative Rank of Officers of the Navy
• Relative Rank of Officers of the Army and Navy
• Uniforms Naval, Regulations for
• Uniforms Royal Marines, Dress Regulations of Officers

• Victoria Cross
• Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
• Albert Medal

• Cadets Naval, Examination for
• Cadets Naval, whilst in Training Ship
• Passing Certificates of Midshipmen
• Periodic examinations of Junior Executive Officers.
• Torpedo Officers, Qualifications for
• Torpedo Officers, Examination of Officers studying for
• Chaplains and Naval Instructors - 1875
• Regulations for Chaplains and Naval Instructors
• Naval Instructors, Regulations for Examination and Instruction
• Regulations for the Medical Service
• Medical Officers, Rank, Pay, and Position
• Staff Surgeon, Examination for
• Carpenters, Examination of
• Assistant Paymasters - Pay & Benefits
• Assistant Clerks, Regulations for Entry
• Royal Marines, Commissions in, Rules for obtaining
• Navigating and Pilotage Duties
• Examination of Interpreters
• Full Pay Leave Regulations
• Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Regulations for
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant and Navigating Sub-Lieutenant, subjects of Examination, &c at College
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Rejection in Gunnery Examination
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Examination in Navigation to precede that in Gunnery

• Flag Officers Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants - 1870
• Flag Rank, Active and Retired, Qualifying Service for - 1873
• Commanders and Lieutenants, promotion of, and Sub-Lieutenants, retirement of - 1872
• Retirement and Promotion, Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants - 1875
• Retirement and Promotion, Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants - 1878
• Retired Promotion for Commanders - 1876
• Navigating and Civil Officers, which includes Chaplains, Naval Instructors, Secretaries and Paymasters, Staff Commanders, Medical Officers, Inspectors of Machinery, Engineers - 1870
• Service on Committees, Officers in Civil Employment, Promotions, and Retired Promotions - 1870.
• Chaplain, Retirement - 1872
• Paymasters and Assistant-Paymasters, Retirement - 1873
• Navigating Sub-Lieutenants, Retirement of - 1872
• Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals - 1872
• Medical Officers, Retirement of, &c, - 1875
• Engineer Officers, Retirement of
• Retiring Pensions to Chief Gunners, Chief Boatswains, Chief Carpenters, and Warrant Officers
• Good Service Pensions - 1876
• Royal Marine Officers, Promotion and Retirement - 1878
• Compassionate Allowances

• Flag Officers
• Captains
• Commanders
• Lieutenants
• Navigating Officers [Including Masters].
• Limiting to 2 Years the Time for Out-Pensioners of Greenwich Hospital to apply for arrears of Pension

• Pensions to Seamen
• Men discharged the service on account of injuries and wounds, or disability attributable to the service
• Greenwich Hospital Pensions
• Special Pensions
• Gratuities to Widows, Parents, and Children of Men killed in the Service,
• Admission of Boys to Greenwich Hospital Schools.
• Education of Greenwich Hospital Schools, Daughters of Seamen and Warrant Officers.
• Admission of Children of Commissioned Officers to Greenwich Hospital.
• Proceedings in Vice-Admiralty Courts Abroad
• Prize Money - Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864
• Prize-Money, Ships' Agents
• Capture of Vessels Engaged in the Slave Trade, &c. Expenses Incurred in Prosecuting, 1866.
• Slave Captures, Costs of Prosecution, 1874
• Freightage - Greenwich Hospital Proportion

• Medical Examination for Admission into the Service for Officers, Men, Boys and Marines
• Entry of Second Class Boys
• Boys' Allowance towards Kits
• Entry and Examination of Dockyard Apprentices
• Entry and Position Writers and Boy Writers - 1873
• Naval Schoolmasters
• Ship's Cooks and Cooks' Mates
• Skilled Shipwright Artificers
• Torpedo Artificers, &c
• Circulars respecting Distinguishing Flags, Blue Ensign
• Foreign Awards - including some for ratings

• Examination of Second Class Boys on Entering the Navy.
• Regulations for the entry of Apprentices to Shipwrights and Fitters in HM Dockyards.
• Artificers - Recruiting
• Wages Table - Ship's Company
• Chief Engine Room Artificers and Engine Room Artificers
• Stokers - Entry
• Encouragement to Officers to Learn Foreign Languages
• Medals and Annuities for Conspicuous Gallantry in Action
• Regulations Respecting Medals Granted for Acts of Bravery in Saving Life
• Humane Society's Medals
• Officers and Men of H.M. Coast Guard who have received Medals or Clasps from the RNLI 1884/85.
• Officers and Men of the RN & Coast Guard who received Medals from the Board of Trade during 1884 for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea.
• Officers and Men of the RN who have received the Stanhope Gold Medal.
• Officers and Men of the RN & RM who received Medals from RHS 1884/5
• Royal United Service Institution - Prize Essay Gold Medallists.- Naval
• List Of Prizes, &c. - Salvage
• Officers whose Deaths have been reported since 20th March 1885.
• Officers Removed from the Active List.
• Books of Reference for use on board H.M. Ships.
• Alterations in Queen's Regulations, Addenda, &c.

• Vol 7 - 30th January 1893 to 26th November 1897
• Vol 8 - 3rd February 1898 to 16th December 1902
• Vol 9 - 16th February 1903 to 21st December 1907

• The Flying Squadron's World Cruise - A Midshipman's Diary
• Australian Newspaper Reports of the Flying Squadron's World Visit
• The Flying Squadron - A World Cruise - As seen through the eyes of an officer serving on HMS Liverpool in his letters home - for UK - NZ see the Naval Review for Feb 1925 : http://www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-1.pdf and May 1925 http://www.naval-review.org/issues/1925-2.pdf [cut and paste the URL.]

• Fifty Years in the Royal Navy by Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Bt. - who, relative to most senior officers of the period, pulls few punches regarding the negligence of the Admiralty during the latter part of the 19th and into the early part of the 20th Century with respect to what the layman might consider their prime responsibility - efficient Gunnery.
• Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor - Vice-admiral Sir William Kennedy, K.C.B. - 1851-1895 : includes experiences from the Crimean and 2nd China Wars, and service on the North and South America Stations, amongst others.
• Links in my life on land and sea by J.W. Gambier.
• From Sail to Steam - Naval Recollections, - Admiral C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald - 1878-1905 : includes service in the Mediterranean, North America and Far East Stations, along with the cruise undertaken by the young princes to Australia.
• Commander R.N. by Commander G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.) - 1898-1922.

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• Revision of Punishments - 1859
• Punishments Per KR & AI - 1861 - www.pdavis.nl/Q12.htm
• Summary Punishments Per KR & AI - 1913 - www.pbenyon1.plus.com/KR&AI/Discipline.html

• RN Victualling - 1824
• Extra Rations of Tea and Sugar in lieu of the Tot - Circa 1847-8
• RN Victualling revised for 1851 and the Tot halved in size.
• Whole Peas to be replaced by Split Peas - 1856.
• Increased Allowance of Biscuit, &c., and Gratuitous Issues of Bedding, Clothing, &c. - 1859
• The allowance of biscuit increased from one pound to one and a quarter pound per man per day.
• The allowance of sugar also increased.
• Extra allowance of chocolate and sugar for consumption during the silent hours, for a drink known as Kai/Kye [Assume that it was already being used on board ship and that this was the formal approval for Pusser to pay for it?]
• On joining H.M. ships ratings to be supplied with Bedding free of charge.
• On entering the Navy Continuous Service ratings to be issued with some uniform [but see below].
• Mess Utensils to be supplied to a ship being commissioned.
• Revised rules for Gratuitous Issues of Clothing, &c. - 1859
• Accounting for Bedding and Clothing Issued Gratuitously - 1859
• Quarterly Return of Badges Conferred and Worn - 1859.
• Some comments on Victualling in the Royal Navy circa 1824 - 1907
• Victualling Instructions - 1913

• Periods for which Men are required to enter and serve in the Royal Navy under the new Regulations for Continuous Service (C.S.) - 1853.
• Irregular Ratings Allotted to Continuous Service (C.S.) Men ; (or C.S. personnel being incorrectly allocated to ratings or posts which should be filled by N.C.S. ratings.) - 1858
• Revised Conditions for Continuous Service Pay and Engagements - 1859.
• Continuous Service Engagements - Returns of Forms - 1859.
• Bounties paid to promote Recruiting - 1859-60

• Good Conduct Badges, Good Conduct Pay, aka Badge Pay.
• Erroneous Awards of Good Conduct Badges - 1857.
• Award of Good Conduct Badges extended to ratings other than Seamen - 1857.
• Award of Good Conduct Badges and Pay to Petty Officers.
• Revised Rules for Award of Good Conduct Badges and Pay to Petty Officers - 1859.
• Grant of First Good Conduct Badge Reduced from 5 to 3 Years - 1860.
• Entitlement to Good Conduct Badges on Rejoining the Service - 1865
• Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and Gratuity - Introduction 1831
• Medals for Long Service and Good Conduct - 1860.
• Long Service and Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities - 1875
• Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities - 1880
• For the rules for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities circa 1913 see Chapter XIX - Discipline - for KR&AI 1913 see below.
• Long Service and Good Conduct Medals and Gratuities - 1957
• Crimea Medal, Sebastopol and Azoff Clasps - 1856.
• Applications for Replacement of Lost Medals and Clasps.

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