As the Country wisely permits the Marine, in common with all the subordinate servants of his Majesty, an œconomical communication with his dear and remote friends, by the abolition of every postage excepting the payment of one penny, no occasion should be lost of availing himself of this valuable privilege. From this item being lodged with each letter into the office from whence it is dispatched, I am afraid, however, it often happens, when on the eve of putting to sea, that those poor fellows, in the hurry of the occasion, entrust their money and their secrets to unprincipled watermen, who may be tempted to pocket the one, and destroy the other without a chance of detection. _Were the receivers_ of each letter obliged to pay this little impost, correspondence might be more regular, such frauds prevented, and the revenue continue unaltered. By the benevolent Act of 1792 Non-Commissioned Officers and Private Marines were allowed the privilege of allotting a portion of their pay (usually a moiety) to their wives, families, or others, which, till that period, was confined to the Seamen alone. Immediately after embarkation, he who has a relative or a friend to whom he inclines to allot such a part, should execute this instrument, which the Captain of the ship he may belong to, will forward to the Navy Board; the Treasurer of which, authenticates the ticket and transmits it to the person for whose benefit it is designed. The Receiver General of Land Tax, Collectors of Customs or Excise, and Clerks of the Checque, are _officially_ obliged to pay these allowances to the holder of it, every four weeks, and should no money be in hand for the purpose, one or other must name _a day of recall within a fortnight_, under a penalty, as likewise if any deduction shall be made from the net sum. Tickets of allotment are irrevocable by the grantor, while he lives and is in public pay, unless he shews a very solid cause for cancelling them. If a wife who holds one, having children _under fourteen_, shall die, the fact must be attested by the Minister and Church Wardens of the parish, a person named who undertakes to receive _their_ future allowances, and all the circumstances thus established must be remitted to the Navy Board for its sanction. He who becomes the representative ought to appear in person to receive such monies, unless prevented by sickness. But should a wife die (leaving children of the above description) and if no steps are taken or any claims made for their benefit, _within six months_, such allotments become void, and they will in future be paid either to the grantor himself, or his heirs and executors after his decease.