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THE MERCHANT MARINE

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The cadets are of two kinds: those who are supported by loans from the Government or from some mercantile corporation, and those paying their own expenses.

Students of good character and ability, who are considered by the college authorities as of exceptional merit, may be regarded as honorary students, and are freed from their expenses.

The following is a list of the members of the college faculty:

A director; secretaries, 8; professors, 12; instructors, 8; associate professors and instructors, 8; official clerks, 16; lecturers, 12; hired clerks.

The number of cadets residing at the college is:

Navigation.

Engineering.

Total.

Honorary cadets

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

001

00

001

Cadets supported by loans

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

129

77

206

Cadets paying their own expenses

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

014

11

025

Total

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

144

88

232

The number of cadets residing at the special factories or on board ships is as follows:

Navigation.

Engineering.

Total.

Honorary cadets

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

002

01

003

Cadets supported by loans

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

149

40

189

Cadets paying their own expenses

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

082

09

091

Total

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

233

50

283

The grand total is 515.

In order to enable the cadets to have practice in the making of knots, splices, hitches, bends; in bending and unbending, setting and taking in sails; sending up and down yards and spars, a training-ship, named the Meiji Maru, is moored in the basin belonging to the college, where the cadets are instructed after their morning classes are over. They are also drilled in boating, sailing, and steering.

The Meiji Maru was built at Glasgow, being of 1,037 gross and 457 net tonnage.

The college owns another sailing vessel, named the Kotonoo Maru, used as a training-ship. This was built on the Thames,