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upwards of 13,100 veggels. Moreover, the superintendence of the Public Proving Houses throughtout the United Kingdom under the Anchors and Chain Cables Act, 1899, is vested in the Committee by the Board.
The Committee have not taken steps to ascertain what privileges are allowed in foreign and continental porte to vessels holding thie Society's classification, or what exemptions are ranted in consequence of survey s carried out by this Society's Surveyors, by various
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Governments and Local Authorities, but they think that the following instances which have casually come to their
notice show a deserved appreciation of the confidence
with which this Society's certificates should be regarded and a very proper desire not to cause unnecessary incon- venience and expense to the shipping community:- (1) Vessels holding valid docking certificates granted by this Bociety are exempted by the Government Authorities at New York from the necessity of being docked it that port: (ii) Under the New South Wales Navigation Act, 1901, all vessels holding the 100A1 classificution certificate of this Society are exempt from survey: (iii) The Canadian Government come years ago instructed their Inspectors to deal with marine boilers built under the supervision of this Society's Surveyors in the United Kingdom, and to allow them the same working pressure, a5 if they had been built under the inspection of the Inspectors of the Canadian Government. This practice, as far as the Committee areaware, is still in force.
The Committee hope that, in view of this recapitula- tion of the consideratione bearing upon the matter, the
Board will see its way to advise the Authorities at Indian and Colonial porte to accept certificates granted
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