Shipbuilding and Shipping Record . , and successfullyprevented the adoption of any which would have been dangerousand unworkable. He alsotook up vigorously thequestion of net ton-nage. The Association,under his presidency,helped to seciue for dock-owaiers the right to limittheir liabOity for damage done to ships. It has also aided in redressing aninequality imder which British shipowners, as well as dock-owaiers, sufiereilin the matter of net tomiage, by securing that a British ship sold to a foreigner should not reduce its net toimage below what it was when British owned. Mr. Beas-ley lately
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record . , and successfullyprevented the adoption of any which would have been dangerousand unworkable. He alsotook up vigorously thequestion of net ton-nage. The Association,under his presidency,helped to seciue for dock-owaiers the right to limittheir liabOity for damage done to ships. It has also aided in redressing aninequality imder which British shipowners, as well as dock-owaiers, sufiereilin the matter of net tomiage, by securing that a British ship sold to a foreigner should not reduce its net toimage below what it was when British owned. Mr. Beas-ley lately took a prominent part in the recent suc-cessful movement for securing that dock and harbour authorities should receive some payment for Admiralty vessels using their ports, the concession of which prin-ciple was strongly resisted by the Government for some time. Mr. Beasley will not sever his connection with the Taff Vafe Company altogether, but will be elected to a seat on the board. PORT NOTES. FINDING THE FOR Mr. A. Beasley, General Manager, Taff Vale Railway,1891-1917. Chemulpo.—The Board of Trade Journal states that at the endof February last four-fifths of the entire work in connection withthe harbour improvement at Chemulpo had been completed, andthe sea-wall had been almost entirely constructed. Work on thelock gates was started in April and was expected to reach completionby next October. Most of the material for the gates had arrivedfrom the United States and an American engineer is now at the portsurveying the work. Port of Adelaide.—In connection with the deepening andwidening of the Port Adelaide River, which is now in hand, theHarbours Board propose to improve the system of navigation lights,?which were of an inferior and obsolete character. The Board intendto instal the Aga system of lighting, and by this means effectgreat economy in working expenses. It is intended to providelights at regular intervals on both sides of the chamicl on the
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