History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce (Paperback)

1. Progress of the United States of America; 2. Necessity of proper education for merchant seamen; 3. High estimate abroad of English Navigation Laws; 4. Lord John Russell's first steps as Prime Minister: the equalization of the Sugar Duties; 5. Progress of the changes in the Navigation Laws; 6. Witnesses examined by Mr Ricardo's committee; 7. New Parliament, November 18, 1847; 8. Motion of Mr Herries, 1848; 9. The debate, March 1849; 10. Debate in the Lords, May 7, 1849, on second reading; 11. Despondency of many shipowners after the repeal of the Navigation Laws; 12. Parliamentary inquiry, 1854?5, on passenger ships; 13. Scarcity of shipping at the commencement of the Crimean War; 14. Further returns of the Board of Trade, and address of the Shipowners' Society to the electors, 13th April, 1859; 15. First Navigation Law in France, AD 1560; 16. Recent legislation relating to the loss of life and property at sea in British vessels; 17. Loose statements with regard to the loss of life at sea; Appendices; Index.