The Superior Council of Health superintends sanitary matters.
The Council of Captures and Losses regulates prizes and reimbursements.
The Lighthouse Committee controls all lighthouse affairs.
The Forestry Committee has charge of all standing timber and timber lands.
The Committee of Inspection of Fuel has charge of the purchase, storage, and issue of fuel.
The Permanent Commission of Control and Revision of the Regulations, Armament, and Clothing attends to all matters of change of regulation.
The Consulting Commission for the Arrangement of Disputes has general consultation superintendence.
The Superior Commission of Submarine Defences has control of torpedoes.
The Central Commission for the Examination of Works of Officers is a committee through whose hands pass all the naval reports made by officers for the benefit of the service.
The Permanent Commission of Libraries has charge of libraries for naval stations, ships, and prisons.