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Excerpt from Naval Administration: The Constitution, Character, and Functions of the Board of Admiralty, and of the Civil Departments It Directs
And now I have the pleasing duty of offering my most grateful thanks to all who have assisted me in this volume, for help without which it would have indeed been a far heavier labour than it proved. To Com mander Robinson's excellent work, The British Fleet, I am much indebted, as also to his literary experience for most useful hints as to the best method of procedure. But it is to Mr. John Leyland that I am the most deeply indebted. He has helped me throughout the work, and has paid special attention to the historical and constitutional aspects of Naval Administration. There are some parts I could not have written without his assistance, so cheerfully rendered. I am glad of the Opportunity of doing justice to his zeal and energy. For myself, I have learnt more of the interior work ing Of the Admiralty by the compilation of this volume than I did in five years at the Admiralty, Where the work in one's own department is more than sufficient for the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
