Commercial No 18 1890 Summary Of The Protocols And Final Act Of The International Marine Conference Held At Washington October To December 1889 PDF Download

Excerpt from Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference, 1890, Vol. 2: Held in Washington, D. C., United States of America, October 16 to December 31, 1889 This programme was completed on the 3oth ultimo, and is herewith inclosed. The correspondence between the State Department and the British Government on this subject was examined, and, in conformity with the intentions of our Government therein expressed, a consideration of the International Code of Flag Signals was excluded from the pro gramme and a consideration of the load line was included. With this exception and this addition, the entire subject-matter of the act of Congress of July 9, 1888, was arranged in general divisions, following as nearly as possible the precise language of the act. These general divisions were then carefully considered, and each was arranged under subdivisions and subheads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.