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Mr. KING
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will give the number of deserters from the Navy and Royal Marines for each year from 1903 to 1912?
Dr. MACNAMARA
The numbers of deserters were as follows:—
| 1903–04 | … | … | … | 2,247 |
| 1904–05 | … | … | … | 2,008 |
| 1905–06 | … | … | … | 2,134 |
| 1906–07 | … | … | … | 1,897 |
| 1907–08 | … | … | … | 2,185 |
| 1908–09 | … | … | … | 1,829 |
| 1909–10 | … | … | … | 1,593 |
| 1910–11 | … | … | … | 1,407 |
| 1911–12 | … | … | … | 1,634 |