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INDEX. PAGE. PAGE. Accommodation .. .. ..12-14,24-33,37-47 Nationality of officers on British ships .. .. 55-56 Address by Chairman .. .. .. .. 1-2 North Atlantic mark, application of, to ships sailing Articles of agreement, olauses in .. 57-58, 79,127-131 via Cape Horn .. .. .. .. 136-140 Australian conditions, applicability of .. .. 58-78 Payment of wages .. .. .. .. 121-127 British seamen, encouragement to employ .. 97-100 Press notices .. .. .. 4-5,34-36,58,78-79 British shipping, treatment of, as compared with Printing of report .. .. .. 168 forciL'ii shinning .. .. .. .. 159-162 ._._.__.. 6 " Provisions .. .. .. .. .. 12,21-24 Brussels Conventions as to collisions and salvage .. 106-108, 132, App. C. _D. Ratin <? of AB ' B 47 - 50 Bills of lading, stipulations in .. .. .. 100-104 Resolutions of Conference- .. .. .. 159,166 Coasting trade .. .. ... 58-69,78, 162-166 Scope of Conference .. .. .. 51-52,54,84-85 Coloured labour, employment of .. 100,108-116 Seamen, definition of, in Merchant Shipping Act .. 96-97 Compasses .. .. .. .. .. 120-121 Secretaries, selection of .. .. .. 5 Compulsory insurance for seamen .. .. 133-136 Shipowners, memorandum by representatives of .. 13 & Desertion, Imprisonment for .. .. 143-148,167 App. A., 169 Engagement of seamen .. .. .. 142-143 Sir William Lyne, memorandum by, in reply to shipExamination of masters and mates, regulations as owners' memorandum .. .. 15, App. B. to .. .. .. .. 132-133,154-155 Memorandum on Brussels Conventions 132, App. D. Eyesight tests .. .. .. 79,116-120 Suez Canal, representation on administration of .. 79 Fiji, trade between Australia or New Zealand Survev 6-12 16-21 and .. .. 64,70-71,72-78,81-83,85-86 _~ ~ . ". ' ,_„ Third-class engineers .. .. .. .. 151-152 Imprisonment for desertion .. .. 143-148,167 Treaty obligationB , 54 _ 159 Lascars, employment of .. .. 100,108-116 .. , , . ~-,_• ,_,. 1 • Vote of thanks to Chairman .. .. .. 167 Licences to engage in coasting trade .. .. 69 WageB 71-76, 81-83, 121-127 Light-load line .. .. .. .. 141-142 ... . .. .. ..„ ,_„ Watertight compartments .. .. .. 148-150 Lyne, Sir William, memorandum by, in replv to ship- .... , ~ _ ~„ ... ' , , j>ej ikatj Wire-less telegraphy .. .. .. .. 150-151 owners memorandum .. .. 15, App. B. e e j Memorandum on Brussels Conventions 132, App. D. Workmen's Compensation Act, application of, to Manning .. .. .. .. 27,53-55,84-96 seamen .. .. .. .. .. 133-136

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