Navy (order in council, 5th February 1872). Copy of the seventh and eighth sections of the order in council of 5th February 1872; and, return of the number of sub-lieutenants, mid-shipmen, and naval cadets on 1st January 1872, and at the present time; the number of promotions to the rank of lieutenant in the interval; the number who have retired under the provisions of the above-named sections; and the number of naval cadets entered in the same period [electronic resource].