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liaison should be established between this officer and
the local American Consul. A similar liaison should
be established in any other British colony in which this is necessar,, and aliaison should also be estab-
lished between the American and British Consul er
representatives at such ports as Hamburg, Antwerp and Havana. In every case the officers concerned should
consult one another freely, and infors one another at once of any matter of interest.
3.
Special liaison in tendon.
The United States Consul-Coneral in London
should keep in touch with the Registrar-leneral of Shipping and Season and other British Government
officers, so that he may obtain on requent on the
usual terms-
(a.) Information as to whether a vessel flying
the British flag has been given a provisional or permanent British Register. (b.) Information as to whether the name of a
vessel flying the British flag has been
changed lawfully.
(c.) Information as to the names and addresso8
of the registered owner or owners and
mort sees of a vessel under the British
flag, and, if a company or corporation,
the registered office of that company or corporation, as well as any information that can be given as to the shareholders.
(d.) The Mercantile Navy List and monthly
supplements.
(e.) Cortified copies of registers and of all
documents relating thereto.
(f.) Any information that can be given, by
reference to Lloyd's publications or
otherwise, as to the movements of suspect
vessels or cargoes.
4.