The papers of Monday published four important documents from the
Admiralty dealing with administration and discipline. The first two documents state and explain a new distribution of Admiralty business. The third provides for the better management of finance ; and the fourth, *hick is ths most interesting, announces changes in the regulations as to discipline in the Navy, and particularly as to summary punishments. The main object of the reforms in administra- tion at the Admiralty is to "divide and reorganize the work of the Controller's department." The ancient title of Con- troller, which has been borne by the Third Sea Lord, is abolished. The Third Sea Lord was recently relieved of the control of contract business by the creation of an Additional Sea Lord, and he is now relieved also of the duty of equipping and repairing ships. A new department will manage the latter business and will be presided over by a Director of Naval Equipment. The Third Sea Lord will, in short, be able to give his whole time in future to what was formerly only one of his dutiese–the business of design.
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