PRIZE-MON E . All the Acts relating to army prize money have been repealed by 2 & 3 Win. IV. c. 53, which also enacts that all captures made by the army shall be divided according to such general rule of distribution as the king shall direct. Appraisements and sales of prize and capture are made by agents appointed by the commanders and other commissioned officers. A certified list of the persons entitled to share in the capture is transmitted to Chelsea Hos pital by the commanding officer. There is a penalty of 5001. for altering names. At the end of three months from the receipt of prize-money, the treasurer of Chelsea Hospital is required to notify in the London Gazette ' and in two Lon don morning papers that distribution will be made at the end of oue month In this notification the share of an in dividual in each class must be declared. Shares of prize-money due to a non-com missioned officer or soldier, will be paid only upon personal application, or to his wife, or child, father or mother, brother or sister, or to the regimental agent of his regiment, or to any other regimental agent. If discharged, a cer
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este mast accompany the application, signed by the clergyman and one of the churchwardens or overseers. Person ating or falsely assuming the name and character of a person entitled to prize money with fraudulent intent is punish able with transportation for life, or not less than seven years. By 3 & 4 Viet C. 65, the Privy Council may refer to the High Court of Admiralty matters con cerning booty of war (property captured by land forces). The Prize Court of the Admiralty is the propercourt for de ciding on matters captured by naval forces. [AnatIRW rT Conan, p. 29.]