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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY SOTH, 1924.

VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE

SCHEEPVAARTMAATSCHAPPIJ

(United Netherlands Navigation Company)

HOLLAND-OOST AZIZ LIJN

(Holland East Asia Line)

(Members of the Straita, China and Japan Centarenone).

Regular monthly Service between

JAPAN PORTS, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND MANILA

AND

AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND BREMEN

Taking cargo for Belgian, Netherlands, German and all North European ports ap direct or optional Bill of Lading, also to United Kingdom ports on options! Bills of Lading only.

88. "MAPIA"

Arrivals from Europe.

5.S. "OOSTKERK"

3.3. “ÕUDERKERK”

due Eengkong 17th Feb., 1914.

11th Mar.. 8th Apr,

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Sailings to Europe subject to alterations.

For

8.8. "OLDEKERK" | Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Bremen S.S. SAPAROEA" Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg & Bremen SS. MAPIA" Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Breman S.S. OOSTKERE" | Botterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg & Bremen

Pav tall particuları niesTM apply to--

York Building.

Sailing on or

about"

8th Feb, 1924.

1 Beg. of Mar.""" | Bog. of Apr..

Beg. of May..

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

General Agent,

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SHIPBUILDERS, MARINE) AND LANDJENGINEERSI vilders of Vessels up to 1,500 Tone; Fast Steam Launcher and Motor Och al all kinds: Tags, Barges, Oil Tankers, Light-draft and River Steamers Vesela built and shipped for re-erection abroad,

GIL-FIRMY TUG BOAT "1200" JUNI 27 W. L. TAMIY & 00, 123.

"AI AT LLOYD'S" HOW SHIPS ARE CLAESED. –

classification shown in this colour. The Maltese cross, which botokens that a vessel has been surveyed" specially and continuously urtag construction, was instituted in 1833

[DY SIR HERBERT RUSSELL.]

Lloyd's Yacht Register was established The expression Al has long since in 1877, chiefly through the activity of passed into one of the most familiar Mr. Dixon Kemp.

Everybody. In this article. I have merely endea terms of everyday speech. knows that it is borrowed from Lloyd's voured to give a brief account of the method of alussifying ships, and that it symbols of classification employed by

its ira-well, just "

their

Frlative value as an indication of Lloyd's, with, some details

signification. Any attempt to describe and geteral seaworthiness is what very few the metal by which these symbols are outside of shipowning and underwriting determined would carry me into a fold cireles could precisely define, Therefore

of technicalities infinitely boyciul muy pré some details upon the subject may not

sent scope. prove without interest.

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The necessity for clasifying ..... ships. according to their degree of seaworthiness was the obvious outcome of maritime in- surance. The oldest copy of a Register of Shipping in the library of Lloyd's Re gister Offic-and believed to be the uld. est book of its kind in existence-ia dated 1.764-65-66. The classes assigned to the vessels listed in ite 35 10.

designated by the initial red to the condition and U" which

their hulis, whilst the lettersG" middling," and "bad "-related to their vquipment,

of

were E

31," ave B."-meaning "good"

THE ROMANTIC STORY OF ZAM-BUK. WORLD SEARCH FOR RARE. HERBS USED IN GREAT SKIN-CURE.

o far apart as China and Spain, Japan and It is not commonly known that countries England, and Tasmania and France, have to be searched for the right species of herba ...at which are need in the various processes. manufacture of the uatural healing balm The next Register preservak at Lloyd's bearing the world famous name of ZAM-BUK

and is dat d 1768-40, but although issued These herbs are, many of them, raro

neither kill nor expense is spared soon after its predresser, it shows con- costly, and widerable changes in the symbols of clasi- to see that they are gathered just at the right fication. Instead of the capital letter and modicinal contents are at their best

jaces season of the year when their natura! indicated above the small letters 1. ab," and

Zam-Buk is the only true successor of those are employed, whilst the

ters of Ancient figures 3 and 4 are herbal balms used by the gladiat r

with this important advantage-Zam- al in this Bak,

has behind it, twentieth century

skil DAL

manufactoring This knowledge and research have brought Zam-Buk to a pitch of perfection probably beading, It paver equalled in the annals of instantly soothes pain, swiftly allays swelling ind inflammation, expels deep sented disease, and grow new healthy skin.

The different medicinal qualities in Zam- balanced the healing side with the germicidal; it is penetrative got not too stimulat ng, and has just the right fabricity for remov- ing superficial swellings, sprains and pairs.

Thus

Buk is a useful, reliable, and

equipment. For exunple,

used to describle the cultion of the Bon addition to its pure and rare burkal Register denoted a first-class ship, thor-40 knowledge

oughly well-found, whilst he denoted medical a second-class ship with inferior equip

ment:

In the third existing register, dated 1775-78, Rona capitals are again restor ed, and the figures** and only are retained for equipmen, thess follow

ing the letters instead of preceding them, Buka the southing with the

Thus, for the first time, we come upon the familiar classification of "Al."

THE OREAN AND RED RIVALS.

In the Register Book for 1787-08 new style of classification made its appearance, which, being scarcely equitable in its opecially suited for use in hot climates and it may

highly-concentrated medicinal product spe ation, caused considerable dissatisfaction amongst shipowners. The changes were of be applied with the perfect confidente and two kinds. The conditions of classifica. knowledge that it is a refined herbal skin baim tion and the symbols indicating the cases and not a pore-elegging dressing or oint- were altered. The characters assignement composed of ranuid animal fata and

crada mineral druga

wera M, G., and Z." in Zam

order of merit, with the numeralss and attached. A vessel built upo the Thames was entitled to continue on the first-class for 13 years: a correspond ing vessel built in other ports was only eligible for S years.

So strong was the resentment caused by

Pullers, Makers Founders and Constructional ¡Engineers and Repairer this unfair advantage to London-omift

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ships that a rival Register to Lioyd's came into existrace in 1790, called "The Society of Marcharts Shipowners, and Under writers, and produced The New Regis Ler Book of Shipping.' known as

The Red Book. The characters assigned by b new ombination were the capitais

A,

and 3" for the figures and O," and the condition of the materials, as equipment

thea

called. The new society appointed a surveyor at Plymouth the first of whom any then- tion is made. The older society had sur- veyors at Dartmouth, Exmouth, Exeter, Falmouth, Starcross, Teignmouth, and Topsham, so that we get a good idea of the activity of the shipbuilding trade in thou places at the end of the eighteenth century. At the beginning of 1800, the

Green Book"

of the original society numbered 233 subscribers; and the "Rat. Book

125, but before the end of that year the former had received an accession of 76 Tha subscribers, and the latter.

only 31. result was that the Committee of the Un derwriters' Eegister, or Green Book," returned to the use of the former symbols, stated on the title-page that, they were Instituted in 180, and announced several rather obscure modifications in their system of classifying.

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The Register Book for 1761-85-08 gives details of 4,500 vessels. In 1800 the num- ber had increased to 8,271, whilst the new "Red "Book" contained particulars of 7,754 vessels. Chain cables appear to have. hern introduced in 1813, verses supplies! words Iron with them having the

In Cables

noted against their names. 1918 the initials P.I.C. first appeared. that the chain had been proved, denoting

first mention of stenra in "Underwriters Register is in the year 1829 In the supplement to the book there occurs the entry of a steam packet.-named the James Watt. of 204 tons, built at Greenock

ip 1821, and classed “Al." The rivalry between the two registers continued for years. In 1833, despite

each many attempts at reconciliation. struggling on, but, we are

told,

both the registers had got into such a a desperate would bo state it was not expected able to carry on their operations beyond

Probably another усах or two!! this situation which brought about a com promise. Anyhow, in 1834 the Erst edition of the well-known Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping" appeared, this £2059 and rivalry was at an end. In book the character. "E," appeared for the first time as indicating a vessel of the

econd description in the first class...

FIRST REGISTERED IRON SHIP. The first roference to, an iron ship appears in the register for 1837, when the steamer Sirius, of 150 tons, received a character, without a term of years, and the notation built of from But no definite rules governing the classification of iron ships were introduced by Loyd's until 1855. The first composite ship to appear in the Register was the Tubat Cain, 787 tons, entered in the edition for 1851, with the character, A," but for no term of years and the mutation

iron frame planked."

The introduction of iron and steel ship building

necesitated a considerable exten- sion of the methods of classification. In the first place iron ships were graded An," "Ab," Aa," which denoted how fur, they had been built in accordance of the with, or equal to, the requirements rules. In 1870, however, an important de parture was made in the rules for iron ships, and the symbols. 100A, 00A 80A, &c. were introduced, these Justifications chiefly affecting the terms of survey. The Bed" clars had been introduced in 1857, to mark a second degree of the

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WOSANG

Thursday, 31st Jan, 7am.

"YATSHING

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1st Feb 7 E.

LEESANG "SUISANG

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...Friday,

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Saturday,

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Friday,

p.m.

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LOKSANG"

... "MAUSANG"

"LAISANG "KUTSANG" HOBANG".

Wednesday, 6th Feb, Thursday, 7th Feb, Now

Friday,

8th Feb. 19.

Sth Feb, Wednesday, 18th Feb, Noon, Friday 13th Feb, Friday, 2nd Feb. Neon.

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