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America to the laws of the separate States, p. 24

Pilots and Pilotage dealt with very fully by the fifth section of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, p. 312 Pitt, Mr., general principles of the Bill introduced by him to regulate the commerce between America and England, p. 56 —— resigns on the rejection of his Bill, by a combination of English Shipowners and the Loyalists of the American colonies, pp. 56-7 Plantation Trade, rules of, under the Navigation Acts, pp. 95-9 ——, rules with reference to, considerably modified by the Customs Act of 1825, p. 98 Plimsoll, Mr., carries his first Resolution in 1870, p. 474 —— publishes, January, 1873, a sensational book, entitled 'Our Seamen,' p. 476 ——, inaccurate in his statements, or ignorant of the power really possessed by the Underwriters at Lloyd's, p. 477 ——, the Bill proposed by, could not possibly be entertained with any regard to the great maritime interests of this country, p. 478 ——, Bill by, practically, proposed that some officer of Government should survey every ship built and sent to sea, p. ibid.

——, most of the grievances urged by him have been met, so far as they could be, by legislation, by the "Merchant Shipping Consolidated Act" of 1854, and subsequent Acts, p. 485

——, statements by, carefully analysed by the Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, ibid.

——, violent conduct of, in the House of Commons, on withdrawal of Government Shipping Bill, 1875, p. 518, and notes

——makes grave assertions and charges, alike, against Government and private individuals, p. 525

Porter, Mr. G. R., in his evidence before Mr. Ricardo's Committee, shows that England has been in nowise benefited by the Navigation Laws, pp. 138-9

——, a hard-working honest man, of little or no knowledge in commercial matters, 137

—— shows the enormous increase of shipping between 1833 and 1846, p. 139

—— suggests that Prussia at the head of the Zollverein States, would impose differential duties on foreign states, p. 140

Possession or établissement, settlements specially created for the purposes of trade, p. 434

Portugal, trade with, not worth considering in any alteration of English law, p. 370

Portugal, King of, special trading allowances made to, on his emigration to the Brazils in 1808, p. 99

Potato Disease and Irish Famine, 1845-6, cause the repeal of the Corn Laws and the suspension of the Navigation Acts, pp. 78-9

'Powhattan' The, dreadful loss of, April 16, 1854, pp. 324-5

Protection, the system of, renders English Shipowners less inclined to compete with foreigners, p. 28

Protection, under the form of the Navigation Laws, renders foreign ships and sailors superior to those of England, p. 41

—— generally prevalent abroad as well as in England, pp. 55-6

——, there was an actual decrease of tonnage under, p. 378

Protectionists assert that foreign vessels would practically obtain all the long oversea carrying trade, if British ships could import non-prohibited articles, p. 69

Protectionists, French, succeed in nullifying, by the decree of June 8, 1866, many Free-trade provisions of the Act, May 19, 1866, pp. 448-9

Punishments inflicted by Government, cannot he heavier than the loss of his vessel to the owner who does not insure, p. 483


Receiver of Wrecks, great power given to, under Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, p. 317

Reciprocity Treaties, under, the trade