Naval Administration: The Constitution, Character, and Functions of the Board of Admiralty, and of the Civil Departments it Directs

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G. Bell and sons, 1896 - Great Britain - 214 pages
 

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Page 188 - The First Lord being responsible to your Majesty and to Parliament for all the business of the Admiralty...
Page 34 - ... unto you, or any two or more of you, full power and authority to cause...
Page 192 - Territories as shall, from time to time, be assigned to him by the...
Page 190 - Naval Lord to be responsible to the First Lord of the Admiralty for the Administration of so much of the business relating to the " Personnel " of the Navy, and to the movement and condition of your Majesty's Fleet, as shall be assigned to them or each of them, from time to time, by the First Lord.
Page 30 - The more I have investigated the matter, the more I am satisfied that, like the common law in aid of the statute law, the power exercised by the Board of Admiralty and the different members of it rests more upon usage than upon the Patents, uninterrupted usage from a very early period.
Page 19 - An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Business of the Civil Departments of the Navy, and to make other Regulations for more effectually carrying on the Duties of the said Departments.
Page 33 - WHEREAS, we did by our letters patent, under the Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the fifth and twenty-sixth days of December, in the first year of our reign...
Page 192 - And we beg leave most humbly to acquaint your Majesty, that the Lords of the Treasury have signified their concurrence in the financial part of these arrangements.

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