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LLOYD'S 'REGISTER OF

SHIPPING.

ITS ORIGIN, WORK, AND PROGRESS.

LECTURE BY MR. JOHN LAMBERT,

was decided

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7 1008..

then towed

are to be

bad that Lloyd's fearing that the abipping com will over the world together with their distinc as interesting examples of the requirements of which he has shown distinguished, ability, rare did not visit the later I was informed that the munity would be left without a Register at all tive flags, office bearers and member, and special trades and the varying conditions of devotion and dolkiling coundly and tact, and rails are very light." Threa thousand men ar initiated fresh action with a view to amalgama: rules in connexion with the building of navigation Tasse vessels, which have been which won the admiration and profound regard sald to be employed on this section of the line, tion of the "Green, and “Red" Books.: Fine wooden, componita or steel yachts and machia built on the Clyde, tre to be employed on the of every member of the Committee who grated but as it was raining at the time of my visit no ancial difficulty still beset them, the Govern, ery form separate volumes, BLA Great Lakes of North Amarica, but as their fully express their high appreciation of the work was in progress, Messra. Libart after meut even refusing free postal transmission for The Register of Shipping has become so length would prevent them from getting through evilment services which during his thirty-five moon launch from Hazah to Shanghai the Tung o the Anwas detained at the Costomus in the oven. thing it formed secuay volame the locks between Quebec and the Lakes.

worth having in those days. However, is the appendix in the form of a second volume arrangements have been made during con. Society of Lloyd's Register, and to the great ing and ordered to tow down two boatloads of eint def and the impending run of both made to the unit dhe Regis admited to struction to facilitate the cutting of each boat sipples mercantile interests which it part of those on board, to this content to the them amenable to reason, the amalgumation is printed in the printing works of the Sociate into two parts at Quebec, and the pans Kitakime and ihlorosting manner Sir John characteristic of the attitude of the Chinese in:

the Impending of be the most difficult printing is the world and

are: to some referring to the high position which the this part of the Province to the perpetra The Hop, Mr. F: H, May. C.M... presided was finally achieved and Lloyd's Register] A glance at the two handsome volumes forming Frejoined, Pately to the Lakes and there, rey of Lloyd's Register had attained, and to tor of Satataye outrage." They argued

It is of interest to note as a further indication

the extraordinary progress it had made during that of the applicability of the Society's rules to

noTroops, Thus we have the amalgamation of the Grat 50 years ago will give a slight indication of the different types of vessels that plans have been his first association with the Committee, of some if the dated,, the train kary

recently passed by the Committee for the new thirty-five years age. Auction Dredger which in now being built at At that time there were 14 millions of classed Birkenhead for the Mersey Docks and Hartonnage in the Register Book on against nearly bour, Board for the too Al class. This will be ao million tons at present. Thirty-five years the largest dredger in the world, with an ap ago the Society's Surveying Staff amounted to

The General Com 163 feet breadib, 60 feet; depth, 37 feet. It

mittes numbered 40 whereas, is understood that this dredger will be able to

60. pump 10,000 tons of sand in 50 minutes. An

an authority.

chants:

the current issue of Lloyd's Register of

British

A

the

would bo rabbed without loss of life, Whereas if they had röldinte on board, and they put up bad fight, the pirates might massacre, the entire crow. The Hangchow launches that arrived in the city during the night, en ronts to Shanghai, remained there until daylight to avoid passing the water way between Karay

These plans are proximate gross tonnage of 8,ono tona; lengil, 1.75; now it numbers 300 to-day it numbers a Fimaking in the dark. I came down on a

I will conclude my

e my paper with a a. few

and

Jaunch

(Tuesday). The journey to Shant, lini waith

of 10-day, the affairs of the Society now being not in accordance with the rules niso altered, Thames Conservancy, is under construction at of modern Naval Architecture and Engineerob the cadal banks, but we passed twa Chinens

Port Glasgow for the same class. amongst the large number of steam trawlers Reference may also be made to the fact that classed by the Society during the past years twn of 418 tons gross have bean baill at Dun. kirk. These two being the largest trawlers yet built.

ing skill, the construction of the Canarders," Zuffanie and that of the Mauretania,

The length of the Lusitania is 750 feet, 88, feet team, plated depth 6 feet, a displacement of 45,000 tons, and a speed of ast knots; she hat give decks in all, and is divided into 175 watertight compartments which surely estab ordinary disaster. In the construction of the lishes the claim that she is unsinkable by any hult 16,000 itsel plates were used, the largest of

at a meeting of the Hongkong Odd Velumes of British and Foreign Shipping was establish

and Foreiga Shipping compared with that of Society, at the City Hall, last Wednesday after.ed, and on a new basis. soos, when Mr. John Lambert delivered as

known register “ fataresting and instructive address, which

and of the Register. *''Lloyd's Registky of Shipping" progresi of shipping and was listened 10 with much

or "Green Book" representing the underwriters In order to thoroughly understand the work tion, on "The Origin. ppreciativa atten- with that of the "Shipowners and Registry" of Lloyd's Register, and the duties of tko, kur

and Progress of Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign which represented the shipowners and mer veyor, let us place an order with some firm, Shipping." Mr. Lambert, who is so engioset

who will draw out plans of a vessel of the A committee was appointed which consisted size and type required, of the R.N.B; is, well-knosasin Hongkong as

of eight underwriters, eight merchants and then submitted to the technical staff in Lon surveyor to Lloyd's Register; he is also an associate member of the American Society of eight shipowner with the chairman of each of dan together with plous of the machinery the old societies as ex-eficio, members, "Com and boilers. These plans are thoroughly over- Engineers, so that in dealing the subject of hit address, Bir. Lambert speaks as

There was a large attendance, representative in the hands of the following committee of the plans then being passed with these aler of the shipping and engineering community in chairman there are twenty-two membert repre- terial then receives attention and must be made management: Besjdes chairman and deputy-ations, are returned to the builder. The ma Hongkong, An org. Mr. P. 2 Collock, Kesenting Loudon, eight representing Liverpool, at works by surveyors to the Society who are F. H. May, the Hon. H. E, Arm, and the Missen Lambert, Mr. and Mrs, eight representing Glasgow, eighteen repte either stationed at the steel works or resident E. Shellim, Mrs. David, Capt. Jameison, Messrs.senting the principal outports of the country, in the vicinity, who make tests of the hinterist J. Nielsen and J. Von Riegen (superintendentt, elected by "The institution of Naval Aichi with the Society's tests. The material having A technical committee of four members rejecting any that may not be in accordance Audi la Cape PV, Chief niet tects, four elected by ike "Institution of Ship, been received with the Society's certificates and N. D. L.), Gapt. H. Pybus and Engineer Messrs. H. L. Fletcher and T. Brayfield (of builders and Engincess of the North East Coast," marks, the construction is commenced. The and a of composite-making a total of 807 which were 48 feet in length, and weigh 41

four elected by the "Institution of Engineers construction of ship, boilers, and machinery and Shipbuilders of Scotland" and two elected being carefully, watched by enmpsient sur Piercy and W. Parlane.

by the Iron and Steel Institute" There are veyors whose duty it is to see that everything cight Trustees, also. a' Liverpool Committen is in accordance with the approved plans and Mr. May briefly introduced the lecturer... MrCambert said:"A at Lloyd's" is an ex-f seventeen and Glasgow Committed of to reject had workmanship, or workmanship pression which is well known to everyong and has fifteen, together with chief ship surveyor, not in accordance with the roles,

chief engideer surveyor and secretary in Lon- The boiler plates and often used to indicate the state of one's health the world included in a surveying staff of 308 or prosperity, and has passed into common officers. The Home staff and 48 of the surve currency wherever English is

To spoken na.

a. tipity. ing excellence of condition, but to few is known or abroad, being all exclusive servants of the the origin of thean symbols or its interesting society, are eligible for pensions in the Society's pension scheme, and are required to devote sise so its pacacat prominent sition to which their whole time to the service of the Resister. it has allained in the world of commerce.

I will, however, refer later to the present day In the latter part of the 8th, or beginning operations of the Society. of the 17th century the coffee houses formed a feature of London life that has in counterpart to-day; they were at once a man's tavern, daily

Carmichael and F. Whyte, A.

Gordon, Rodger. Edward, Trickst, G.

vessels intended to be bullt of steel, 36 of wasd In the course of the year the plans of 769

vessels were submitted for the Committees consideration, with a view to the approval of the vessels for classification by the Society, Ju the case of steam vessels, plans of the boilers were also submitted."

in The tonnage course of construction under

miles,

become, so to speak, a household word, and ladon, principal surveyors at all large ports in large ship and engine forgal together with the inspection of the Society's Surveyors utg. The rudder weighs 65 tons, and the Hangchow route is quite safe from further :

to present

newspaper, club, debating society, business exchange and office, though, many of them have their distinctive characteristics, those

home and abroad, on 3 win the course of 1.045,944 tons, which following the Shipbuilding Industry, was-146,000-tone less than the total I reported twelve months pre- vinusly.

manu.

During the year 267,000 tons of ship and barler steel wern tested by the Society's Sur vents.

at the present time there are 67 steel facturing firms in the United Kingdom, and abroad, recognised by the Committee for tion of vessels and machinery intended for the production of steel for use in the construe classification in 1 toyd's Register Book, Price to such recognition being extended to any es- tablishment it is necessary that the works shall fartorily by the Society's Furveyors. A full list of these steel works is contained in the. Bo- cie'v's Book of Rules,

in the West End attracting the politicaltv.perience and to the coit afthose who charter for the surveyor, Anding June 32th, have been inspected and reported upon satis. casing of the low plasstre turbina is an ener»'

literary and artistically minded patrons. whilst those

mord to the commercial classes.

are tested and watched in progress of construction, and any unsound material rejected and the utmost care taken to ensure no defects. The anchors and cables must be in accordance with the rules as to weight

Land size, and none can be accepted Unless made at wor's approved of and alan tested under supervision. The class of the The vessel is then given by the Committee is Lod- In the early days of Registerk there ex-don, but the duties of the surveyor da ant end isled na rutes for the building or classify here, for the vessel, her boilers, machinery and bei ganly as of vessels with a distinctive surveys according to the age of the vessel, ing of ships, these -called Registers equipment are subject to periodical and special privite mark ngain then indicating, die without which the vessel will lose her class. condition as was found out by actual ex- these duties are the most onerous and arduous

ed them, or chipped merchandise in them, or At the close of the year who insured the cargo which became damaged 1997, 10,185 merchant vessels registering in the itself appealed

Cily Play by being shipped in leaky vessels; it was these about 19 3/4 million tons held classes as the latter was the establishment of Edward experiences which caused the underwriters to signed by the Committee of Linyd's Register, Lloyd in Tower Steer; and was principals keep the information private amongst them- and when it is understood that all of these ate selves sind to place symbols opposite their subject to periodical survey, it will be recog- resorted to by seafaring prople, Tower Hireet

Dames which denated their condition and nised what an amount of work is done by the being the main thoroughfare of shipping which were not understood by those who might Society's Surveyors, and what an impoutant activity on Thames side and the city, the car- liest date of which has been traced to 1688. access to the Book or Register in which

part they play in the upkeep of the Mercantile these symbols were inscribed.

Marine. The hulla of vesicls and the mach!- Four years inter Mr. Lloyd removed to the

arry and boilers of steamers undergo period corder of Lombard Street and Abchurch Lane

cal surveys at intervals, not exceeding four and though probably losing some of the nastical

or annually as indicated by age. After the age of six years boilers are surveyed annually and propeller shafts every two years. All repairs rendered necessary by damage or otherwise are executed under the inspection of the surveyors, Full reports of these surveys have to be dis examined by the expert staff, and placed before natched to London, where they are carefully

a committee which sit twice a week. by the Committee.

During the year, 789 new vessels were classed Their registered gross

In the case of new vessels, they were classed not so much from the material they were

ed in the construction but by the place

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The total length of chain cable leated during the year at Public Proving House in the superintendence of the Society, was 431,38 United Kingdom, which are all vader the fathoms or nearly too miles, being an increase of nearly 17,000 fathoms or nearly 20 miles on the quantity tested in the previous years. The number of anchors tested was 9,196, an increase

customers, gained the patronage of merchants/constructed of or the workmanship embodi- | years, and occasional surveys when practicabl:, | of more than 500 over 1905-6.

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In conclusion, I have to exp css, my in debtedness to the Committee and to Mr H T. Cornish, Chief Ship Surveyor, for a large amount of information contained in this paper, (Applause.),

THE HUANGPU PIRACY.. «

and business men generally, but being a cap.

Or district bry were buili in, just able, man made his house the centre of marine as one would expect to buy an article in a shop intelligence,

which had a reputation of supplying good In these days there were ne shipping lists of staff, hat this style of classifying had soon to registers of ships, but private information wage rates were drawn up and surveys arranged. kept at Lloyd's coffee house of ships likely to be

The framing of rules for the.construction and offered to the underwrners who frequented that house for insurance purposes, and which was probably kept in manuscript, as it was not 1726 that they were put into type and cir culated as registers.

in these manuscripts were the names of the vessels, and the danger that progreis Aud tonnage amounted to 1,484,722 tous. Of these and 19 in the United States of America, which morning, the Hangchow service was interruptly well led, as iɛ"shown by the point thay

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It may be noted that the diameter of the largest and link chain cables tested, which were intended for the "Lusitania" was 3 and 3/4 inches. The weight of each link of these cables being 1 and 1/4 cwt, and of each cam plete cable 174 tons. The heaviest anchor and is for use on board the latter vessel tested during the year weighed over 10 tons. In addition to the above establishment there are 27 Arches and Chain Cable Testing Ma. chines distributed over the continent of Europe 747 or 1,470,312 tons were steamers and 49 or have been recognized by the Committee 14,410 tons were sailing ships. These vessels after the machines bave been isspected by were all constructed in accordance with ap: the Society's Surveyors, for the testing proved plans, under the special supervision of of Anchors and Chain Cables to be supplied in the Surveyors to Lloyd's Register. intal, 70% or 1,233,300 tons were built for the lotended to be classed in Lloyd's Register Of the foreign owned vessels which are classed, ar

Foreign Countries and the British Colonies. United Kingdom, and 30% or 451,422 Inas for Book. In these cases the necessary testa zra

required to be carried out in the presence of million tons represents the greatest amount of

The present return of nearly one and a half the Surveyors to the Society, tonnage classed during any one year in the merchant vessels has now passed, the experi. The scam turbine method of propulsion in history of the society.

mental stage

and the Society has, fròm the

that left shortly after 6 am. yasterday lecidept. There were no signs of soldiers

naval pinnaces, one of them armed with maxim, towing boationds of soldiers, and also. privals labach with several boats of troops in tow. These boats were patrolling the canal between Ninghong and Kazayzjak najibik

What has become of the pirates who held op have defiate information as to their mora- the launches on Saturday? No one seems to

ments, though as usual, there is a plestifal erop of rumours. Some say the men, bare tons apiece. The frames and beams which retur.ed to work, as peaceful agricultural form the skelton of the ship would, if placed labourers; others again that they are moving end to end, extend a distance of 30 about will show which is correct, but it may be

N.W. towards the Taibu lake. Time alone and four million "rivets weighing

said were 500 tons

used to rivet the plat. that at the present moment the Shanghai-

together with the rudder weigh 280 toos. The castings" for stem, sternpost and shaft brackets piracies. If the men are making for Talbu.

laka they may betray their presence on the ship carries three to tons sachers and 1,200 Grand Canal between Kashing and Soochow fathoms of chain cable. From keel to the real possibly the attack on our Soochow cor of the pilot house of the Lusitania is 100 feet, respondent is the first sign. Reports have her toll draft is 37 feet 6 inches. Each of the appeared in our columns from time to tims four funnels are 24 feet in diameter, and 151

of the doings of fall-smugglers and des feet above the firebars, she will accommodate peradoes in this province and, Chèkiang, 2,200 passengers and carry a crew of 800, her

but it may be interesting to recount their totalcomplement being 3,000 souls. The design movements up to the present time. Chi. ed horse-power belog 70,000 but would probably nesa reports place the strength of the gang indicais caror 80,000. Steam is supplied by 25 anywhere between 200 and 3,000. The fini boilers with a consumption of probably 45 ions conspicuous robbery was at Sbentang, in per hour or about 1,100 tons per day, and for a

October Inst, when the bandits, who are supe single trip across the Atlantic must carry inposed to have assembled near Haiyan, entered her bunkers about 7,000 tons of coal. The the former city in broad daylight and held it up for five hours. Thence they moved due Enst to Shenwang, where they are said to mous casting and the finished internal diameter is cő and ††æ fent. All the turbines have been staved off by the mediation of laken together call for separate fitting- ní gunboat captain, who raised money.from the vessels were built under special supervision of this gentleman afterwards resigned, the gen no less than 3,000,000 blades. These inhabitants to keep them away. Although Surveyors to Lloyd's Register and mark an important spoch in the annals of modern ship-

try prevailed upon him to retain his post because of his influence with the robbers building and the progress of Lloyd's Register Crossing the border by a course between Pinghu of British and Foreign Shipping.

and Chapoo the marauders escaped into Klang. su province, after defeating the Imperial troops on the boundary line. Returning by the same route they threatened Haiyep, and thence

narched to Tungyun; between these two. places a desperate battle, in which four buns dred men were engaged on each side, was fought in December. The robbers effected. their accapala,s place known as the Three Arch Bridge where they rallied, impressed boats A TRIP TO KASHING,

into their service, and again entered Kiangan. Writing In the N. C. D. Newi of 29th uli, 11ere they held up wealthy pantry to raKSON, the special correspondent of our Shanghi Finally came the outrage of Saturday, Jast, the Contemporary says Owing to the piratical logical sequence of allowing the bandits to get Kashings bound for Shanghai, on : aturday knowledge of the water-ways, and are evident. attacks upon the faunches that passed through joto Kiangsu The robbers have an intimate

sailed on the Tai Sin chong launch that left ed for twenty-four hours. Your correspondent selected to attack the launches The telegraph line from Kashing goes to Sanchow, and thence just after 5pm on Sunday. The launch should to Shanghai, and thus the pirates worn derinin have saded at 4 p.m. Dui was'delayed for some ofa few hours in which to make good their that had been promised by the Tantai. graph station. The Provincial authorities are time awaiting the arrival of the native soldiers escape before the launches cd reach a, tels-

station off the Arsenal it was not untir by the sympathy of the inhabitants, And Another long wail took place at the Customs hampered in their efforts to break up the band

this point that they were allowed to proceed. to level down the rich and level up all the boat trains that were leaving for even of the soldiers, with thele cause Hangchow that afternoon had arrived at rubbers declare that it is their intention

withio sight of each other, in responds to haul, as they rightly expected that a large shipe rezhout the night a slow speed was main- the poor. They bave doubtless been tained, and the launches with their tows kept grostly disappointed at the result of Saturday's inquiries as to the whereabouts of the military ment of sycos, would be made on that day in view of the approach of China Now Year. escort the laodah informed me that the soldiers were no the Japanese launch. This, indeed, Patrolling the waterways after an outrage cam proved to be the case, for early the following not be expected to bring about any sathlactory

Chiocas soldiers and a Japanese in naval uni- well armed with mauser rifles," weh organized, bound, with a large houseboat in tow. Several better than the troops; they are desperate men, morning we met the Loyang Maru, downward result: The robbers"know the water-routes

form, were standing on the deck as the launch able to scatter and to rally at a few hours passed us, he presence of several Japanese notice, and well paid and fed. 1 mesilon for on board doubtless accounted for the report by what it is worth a rumour that I heard in the launch isodabs to the Kashing Customs, Kashing to the effect that a foreigner li selling arms and ammunition to the malcontents on There are at present twenty-one-vessels that wenty Japanese sailors were on board. with turbine engines now selling sanging from telegraph station, at the soldiers camp, which I shall describe later, and from other in- 1,000 to 30,000 tons, and all classed with Lloyd's formants in the city itself. Register.

About half an hour after the It is a matter of much satisfaction that ser had passed up we met a flotilla of small native The Manila Hotel Company has bien OF

Layang

Mara vices of the Bociety's expert Surveyors in in spection of Refrigerating Appliances in vessels Orladen with soldiers, and proceeding in panized for the purpose of bullding an, sp-to- engaged in carrying frozen or chilled meat, the directius of Kazay. These troops were all date hotel on the new. Luncis site, Leports the

of coolie.type, dressed in black uniforms, with Cablenews-American of 18th ult. The

Hincot advantage of by those interested in that trade,

porators of the Company are Thomas 14. their heads. (ne or two of the boais, slightly ertigan, Charles D. Palmer, M. F. LowED Certificate for Refrigerating Machinery which,

loating guns.

Prieto, Walter E. Olsen, Francisco Ortigas, We reached the Custos fenty at Kashing and Joss F. Fernandez The company will mutton. The Committee believa varied experience, which has been gained in with regard to the attacks upon the launches The hotel will be of modern construction, and Society's Rutes embody the best results of ed that in Shanghai we had fuller information First Mortage Bouds to the amount of 100,900. this important and growing trade. assignment of Freeboards under the Merchant kong conveyed the news of the outrage to the ae arrangement can be made by which the Phi

An important work of the Society is the handhad been received there. It was not until equipment, and will have 150 rooms in will,

Saturday evizing that

a telegram from Sogog, cost, completed, P800,000. It is believed that Shipping Act, and the number of voters which launch offices, The Prefect, was at once-lippines government, will take up the bonds of have had freeboords assigned by them up to formed, and though he stated that he must the and of June 1906, was 14,073,685 wait instructiondiers from the 36th Feiyang value of the stock is Pros per share, and sub

the company, and large portion of the cDEN assigned during the past year representing dispatch 200

be cid, as a matter of fact, stock has already been subscribed for. The par

thereof, whether a single or twin screw, and if result of their great national endeavour to independent of or tell him the same after looking in his banky listed when her last survey was done, when regain for Great Britain the proud pra-easinments which numbered 4,460 vessels,

large number of re-assign Sunday more g. Considerable suxiety was felt the Hoard of Directors, and to per cent mosibly scriptions are payable, 10 per cent on sail of or lead the said book to hi such member shall forfeit the sum of ss. 3d., and for the the next is due, when the boilers were examidence in Atlantic steaming which, undrecent The Committee have been in communication concerning the fate of the launch that left Kash thereafter until paid for. This subscription: ing on Saturday afternoon, with the mails books are open to the public. and it is hoped ed last, when the machinery was last surveyed, dy, is held so long. second breach of this bye-law the sum of os. 6d., and for the third breach thereof the sum of

whether the vessel is fitted with electric light" Altogether 43 steamers of over 5,000 tons an International Agreement la respect to load and a large quantity climactic said to amount that every citizen of Manila who can do so

to an nou on board. When she passed Fung subscribe for some of the stock, Subscripli LII and for the fourth (all of them in manner or refrigerating machinery her freeboard, each have been classed by the Society during lines and is a step in the right direction, having aforesaid and within the year) bir book shall when the propeller shaft was last teen, whether the past year, the following larger ones bave such an important bearing on the safety of life king, however, the robbers bad disappeared, blanks may be obtained af ho Ba

and alia reached Shanghai in safety paper Espanol Filipino, the Hongkong and Shangha not be posted any more except he

been built and classed :- the vessel kas bad any other name, or names,

and property at sea,

My fist visit in the cit was to the premises of Banking Corporation, the international Bank qurn of two guiness and all former forfeitures giving those names, the name of her present Lusitania 30,822 tons Cunard Steamship Co. L. Reference may Ottingly be made to the

the Southern Presbyterian Mission. Here I mog Corporation, the Chartered Back of In The Register at this time was known as the master, and a hundred and one things which Araguaya 1,537 Royal Mail Steam Packet | Shipping Law which the Government of Nor Green Boo, but the shipowners being dissatis would only weary you to recount, but all parti Arawa... 9,372 Sharavill & Albi 6 Coway has recently brought into operation zo. Dr. Yenablo, who had at that time only heard dia, Australia and Chine, and from fed with the 'unreasonable and inequitable transact his business without leaving his desk.

culars which would enable.ffic business man to Cassandra 8,435

Donaldson Bros. garding the public Inspection of vessels sailing unchable rumour of Haffray. He showed the above mentioned incorporators Subs

Subscrip me over his hospital. At the present moment Hans made will not be binding najeks and unij character' of the system adopted the Green There is no secrecy about it now as in the

Oronso... 1,970 Ortega... 7,970 Pacific Steam Nay. Co, under the Norwegian flag, with a view to la

dearly all the beds are occupied by soldiers the entire amount of Proo,ase is subscribed" Book Committee, protested, held meeting olden days which I have depicted.

suring seaworthinen.

who have been wounded in and passed resolutions denouncing the system where is also a list of the committee

Robiki.. 2044 . " Brush India 5. NGƯỜI The Norwegian Government have agreed to

unded in affrays in the count and until arrangements have been made, for.

Belling the P6:0.000 adopted by the underwriters, predicting that in

The tonnage classed during the year also recognise under this Law the classification of ry round about.

Under the kindly

ly guidance of the Rev. J.The above is the announcement made 3. great messure the shipping of the country of management and technicial Committees, includes vessels, of a variety of types to which Lloyd's Register and, to accept for the pur. Murcer Blain I then paid a visit to the farge Aublic by the entering company or othe would be destroyed, and great lojury to in names of principal surveyors, names, pastal the A1. class has been assigned: Thereversals poses of the law surveys carried out by this Buddhist temple where the sau troops, of the 26th build the Lancia hiel, Maurices Trowe dividual abipowners and merchants result, and telegraphic addresses of the Society's are intended for special trades, and comprise Society's Surveyors, Finding, however, that their arguments and surveyore atquch part in the world, illustra several for which & high rate of speed, The Committes have been the means of Peiyang Regiment, who have recently, came tein, one of the directors, Gave a lunchpres down from m Kiangyin, 1 have bcon quartered, At the press Sunday Bijbs Army and Navy Cla denunciations fell upon heedless ears, the ship- tions of various types of vessels, keys to all low draft is requisite. Instances of this kind bringing about an International Conference on

mentioned above, 20 of these mes bad been and told the plans of the incorporators, He which was practically managed by the ship characters of the vessals, both in English; and Railway Turbine Steamers "Immingbam » | have been built to julen.agreed to by this Insent down to Kazay, and the rem The men those in America and Europa, was sadly owners and merchants started a new. Register abbreviations used in describing the different may, be mentioned in the Great Central Yacht Measurements and a number of Yachts

ware that the need of a grat-class hotel, que es fine. owners and was called the Shipowners Registry French, an appendix giving postal and tele and Marylebone” which hava bees ternational Conference, and which bare, be expected to follow the next day...

wore peak-caps, black uniforms with the here. Tourists avoided Manlix because of "Red Book", and the symbols of classifi- Kraphic address of shipowners and firms in-built for the Grimsby Hamburg service. aldare proving themselves anriable racers, shoulder straps worked in red. They appear absence of thosa, comforts to bich the cation adopted were the fetters-A.E.L,O. and Uterested in shipping and ships, of shipbellding At the present time there are under construc. proved themselves to be comfortable crossed to be of good physique, though, Ith the accustomed it papitalist the deanting the condition of materials, and the and engineering firms, particulars of the differ- tion with a view to this special class, even in the exceptionally tough weather experienced exception of the officers, they did not look very pusded so invest here failed to see parod figures 1.2.3.4. and s, the equipment, t

ent harbours in the world with sizes and die vessels intended for Channel Service; three in the past yachting season. mansions of doçka,, drydocks, floating docks, twin crew steamers for the Loades and North "An important event in the history of the smart. In the afternoon went out to the because they desired luxury while they lámraz 'ips and wharf accommodation at each port, Western, Railway Co one Torbine steamer progrcise when work on, the

An embankment has been partly bean subscribed, and that it was: hoped. together with depths of water in connection for the Great Western Railway, one Turbine of Sir John Glover from the position of complated, but not ballasted, and no rails public would take the remainders Tu with each,, Aliq a list of ships owned by each steamer of nearly 3,000 jops for the lals of Chairman, which office he had filled bavo, as yet, been laid at ibih point. A piles water in it, and all are on the shipping company and lists of ships, built by Mon: Steam Packet. Company, and two Tor with great distinction ince 1859, and driver was at work driving piles for the lound. He believed the Assembly could be Barist plate guida je everything shipping is Two other vessels intended for the At clear that the claims of advancing yours made it where canal is to be cut after it is completed spoke in the same vete, and it wDM

A Yacht Register giving particulas of all of 5,800 tons each belonging to the Canadian necessary for him to retire from the position of Quantities of one, aleepers and galleyware that the nawapepers,g Filipino,, SpRADENTO jachts cleaned or unclared, a list of pachi çithe Pacific Railway Company, may he mentioned. Chairman of Lloyd's Register, a poolton in stored in sa yurt, slose at hand, and though Americas, ara malt on Larkanatten

ing twelve months, which, with the exception tion of this new type of mating engine. Many As compared with the figures for the preced-beginning, been closely associated in the evolu- of those for 1901-2, were the highest on record, turbine vessels, whether intended for occan, these for the year under review show an in- coasting, channel navigation or pleasure pur crease of 61,733 tons as regards steamers, and poses, have already been chassed with Lloyd's of 10,344 tons for sailing vessels,

Register, their total tonnage amouuting to Whilst the bulk of new vessels which have been 88,865 tons, Ten others of 92,480 tons are at ordinary cargo carrying vessels, the Society's inspection of the Society's Surveyors, the latter classed during the year under review have been present in course of construction under the classification has been arsigned to many other figure ineludes the "Mauretania 32, fons, vessels embracing a great variety of types, and two vessels of 13,50 tons built at Nagasaki, the Society's Rules allow ample scope for deal and two of 11,300 tons each which are intended ing with veisels of all types, and admit, of the for the Egyptian Mail service from Marseilles highest class being assigned to any vessel, proto Alexandria.. vided that the necessary structural strength, is maintained.

classifying of ships will be readily acknowledged to be a dimenli, task needing great circum: spection and caution, when it is considered that they are to apply to all sizes and types of

vassals with their respective masters, their ton-sules, together with the constant care to ensure development might be obstructed by these pages, their equipment of guns, and the num

of life and property at sea. The first fron safety ber of their crews, whiist a private mark against vessel to be built under special survey and cach denoted the rotative merits or condition. classed in. Lloyd's Register was the "Sitius" of For this purpuss the letters "G", "M" and "E" 10 tons and was built in London in 1817, and were used, denoting "Good", "Middling" and "Bad," but later these letters were substituted but no definite rules were laid down at that time was owned in Marseilles. She was classed A by the tetiers "A" "E" "1" "O" and "U,” denoting the separat degrees of comparison, of iron without any definite rules to guide and the Society continued to class vessels built and which relerres more particularly to the hulls them preferring to wait further experience, of vessels. It was then found that a vessel and hesitating to lay dowe hard and fast rules, might have a good hull represented by the letter the industry being then in its infancy. To 4 and have bad equipment or a bad hull consider what the work of many eminent men's represented by the letter "U" and have a good brains must have been and the magnitude of equipment of sails, etc., that in addition to these letters A. E. 1. O. U., the figures 2.3; huilding of this vessel of 180 tons in 1837, and the work done is formulating rules since the 4 and 5. were requisitioned and which denoted that of a liner such at the "Lusitania" in 1907, the comparisof equipment, thus Ag. was understood to denote a good thip with: bare of 30,000 tons, a space of 77 years,

Thay equipment and U. & bad ship with gand The Register Book of to-day, instead of being

be imagined. equipment, and this is where we get the gymbala private book, is a bank which is in ispensi Als meaning a good ships with gond equipmble in the shipping, man and merchant. What and the only

one goed at the present day, the the English Dictionary is to the English lan. others having dropped out use, as vesselas res being kept up to A1. standard bave that unge so is Lloyd's Register to shipping, only distinctive mark expunged from the Usthe more in, for whilst the dictionary contains all the words for the English language, Lloyds classed ships. This familiar symbol an Fegister contains all ships in the world, Deared for the first time in the third earliestrah, and Foreign, over 10 tons. Register in 1775-6,

It is not now necessary for the man who bine steamer Lusitania built by Messm, John The oldest copy of a Reghter tol Shipping which is now in existence is dated 1764-6 wishes to buy a vessel, to charter, o'ship cargo, Brown and Company Limited for the Cunard The next oldest Register now preserved for to insure due, to go out into the harbour and Steamship Company Limited, the performance the years 1768-9, having the small, letter innk at a nice looking white painted ship made of which magnificent vessel on her early voy to look nice ler the occasion, a thing that he ages across the Atlantic has aroused so much ab, nad e denoting the character of the vestel, and also contained referenced probably now's nothing, about which he will public interest. This vessel which marks an repair which the veisel hid undergone y probably fall you'ro, except that she looks nice, epoch in the progress of modern shipbuilding fruit and dairy produca' continue' to be taken scarlet characters on the breast, and turban on | but it was not till 1775-6 that the now familie He will not leave his desk, but whit refer to the ❘ and marine engineering Society's Surveyors and at present rs2 vessels hold the Society's larger than the rest, mounted obsoletá muzzle. | stein, E. C. McCullough, M, 'A Claikė, MJURO

has been built under symbol appeared in the third earliest Re-ristel Book, and in it will find all the parti- the special survey of the gister which we now possers and in this Re-culars and more chi he requires. On finding and classed to Ar in Lloyd's Register, and it gister the drait of vessels is also recorded the name of that particular vessel, he will nole

the high expectation of both owners and build- These Registers were known'ns Underwriters whether the vessel is classed one or not, her Registers and were intended for their sole us tonnages, her nationally, the date of build, the official number, her signal letters, the different

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The fire sister ship "Mauretania" which has and named Lloyds Register or "Green; Book There were fringeat rules put in force against name of builder, and place where built, the port been constructed by Mesus. Swan, Hunter Lay member of the Society possessing a copy breth aid depth of vessel, the parli been built under the special survey of the of registry dhe name owner, the length, and Wigham Richardson, Limited, has also permitting anyone else having access for it.

cular type of vessel whether she has "ociety's Surveyors and there is every season One rele ran as follows: ány. member sball show or give bis, hook to any person of bulkheads, the material of which she is as the "Lusitania" bas proved herself to be.

single, the number to believe that she will he as great a success n- double bottofn or whatever, not a member of the Society, to built the size and particulars of boilers,

The Directors of the Cunard Company are read the description or character, therein ol any ship, or shall read the sanie to him the horse power of machinery and particulars to be heartily congrat ilated op the gratifying grozs toupage-01 1.388,000, tons, this is quite Regiment to the scene of the trouble, early on

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I will not weary you with an account of the *Ups and Downs of these two. Socletier, but the concorrect existence of these two Registers was soon found to be productive of incon venience andiotbar wassiisfactory consequou. then appealed to and although there were no lack of fair, words, the national purse strings mare noi Jogtened, and by: 1833 things were so

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Chief among such vessels is the Express names in the Register book of vessels fitted heard this report, not only there, but at the the Chêkiang-Kiangan border," "DOVA, ASME

carcases of

NEW HOTEL FOR MANILA,

COMPANY INCORPORATED.

is most pleasing to know that she has justified | have a capacity of about 12,000,000 that the between 9 and to a.m. on Monday. I discover have a capital of P300,000, and will, itsus.

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wwws, and Anancial difficutin Parliament was each firm, of shipbuliders, and; in fact a combina stesṁera'to be employed in Japáneosad Athon Committee recorded their, dean regret "ations of a bridge that la boilding on a spot) to look favourably on the bonding PROVID