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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



the Royal Military Asylum and Normal School 

 at Chelsea, the Royal Hibernian Military School 

 at Dublin, the Department for Instruction of 

 Artillery Officers, the Military Medical School, 

 and a varying number of garrison schools and 

 libraries. The army estimates for 1878-1879 

 provide for military education, 162,430. The 

 two principal educational establishments for 

 officers are the Royal Military Academy at 

 Woolwich, and the Royal Military and Staff 

 College at Sandhurst. In the army estimates 

 of 1878-1879 the cost of the Woolwich Academy 

 was set down at 39,281, and of the Sandhurst 



Colleges at 44, 827. At Sandhurst 40 "Queen's 

 Cadets " are educated for the Indian army, for 

 which 3,000 per annum is paid out of the 

 revenues of India. 



The navy consists of 64 ironclads, about 360 

 steamers, and 125 sailing vessels. Of this num- 

 ber 261 were in commission on September 1, 

 1878, 115 being at home, and 146 abroad. The 

 navy is manned by 46,590 seamen, 14,000 ma- 

 rines, and 21,420 men belonging to the Royal 

 Navy reserve. 



The value of imports and exports in the 

 years 1876 and 1877 was as follows: 



