for men for the navy was less than half that of 1794.  The utmost, therefore, that Sir T. Byam Martin desired to establish was that, on a single occasion in an unusually protracted continuance of war, the strength of our merchant service enabled it to reinforce the navy up to the latter’s requirements; but its doing so prevented it from giving much help afterwards.  All the same, men in large numbers had to be found for the navy yearly for a long time.  This will appear from the tables which follow:—­

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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|       |           |           |          |   Total    |
|       |  Seamen   |           |          | additional |
|       | voted for |           |          |   number   |
| Year. | the navy  | Increase. | ‘Waste.’ | required.  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1794  |   72,885  |  36,885   |  2,160   |   39,045   |
| 1795  |   85,000  |  12,115   |  4,368   |   16,483   |
| 1796  |   92,000  |   7,000   |  5,100   |   12,100   |
| 1797  |  100,000  |   8,000   |  5,520   |   13,520   |
| 1798  |  100,000  |     --    |  6,000   |    6,000   |
| 1799  |  100,000  |     --    |  6,000   |    6,000   |
| 1800  |   97,300  |     --    |    --    |      --    |
| 1801  |  105,000  |   7,700   | Absorbed |    7,700   |
|       |           |           | by       |            |
|       |           |           | previous |            |
|       |           |           |reduction.|            |
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NAPOLEONIC WAR
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|       |           |           |          |   Total    |
|       |  Seamen   |           |          | additional |
|       | voted for |           |          |   number   |
| Year. | the navy  | Increase. | ‘Waste.’ | required.  |
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|       |  38,000\ |           |          |            |
| 1803  |  \77,600 |  39,600   |    --    |   39,600   |
| 1804  |   78,000  |     400   |  3,492   |    3,892   |
|       |           |           |(for nine |            |
|       |           |           | months)  |            |
| 1805  |   90,000  |  12,000   |  4,680   |   16,680   |
| 1806  |   91,000  |   1,000   |  5,400   |    6,400   |
| 1807  |   98,600  |   7,600   |  5,460   |   13,060   |
| 1808  |   98,600  |     --    |  5,460   |    5,460   |
| 1809  |   98,600  |     --    |  5,460   |    5,460   |
| 1810  |  113,600  |  15,000   |  5,460   |   20,460   |
| 1811  |  113,600  |     --    |  6,816   |    6,816   |
| 1812  |  113,600  |     --    |  6,816   |    6,816   |
| 1813  |  108,600  | Reduction |    --    |      --    |
|       |  86,000\ |           |          |            |
| 1814  |  \74,000 |    Do.    |    --    |      --    |
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(No ‘waste’ is allowed for when there
has been a reduction.)