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to her colonial ports was jealously reserved by England, p. 65

Reciprocity Treaties of Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson, pp. 182-6; their general character, p. 65 —— of little or no use in checking the anomalies of Protection, p. 68 —— serve as a wedge to break down the "great tree of Protection," p. 71 Registration, the question of, fully dealt with in Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, under 91 clauses, p. 310 Registry Laws compelled British Shipowners in 1847 to use the dearest ships in the world, p. 92 Retaliation, Principle of, proposed by foreign nations and adopted (as against England) by America in 1817, p. 55 ——, naturally to be expected when one nation excludes the vessels of another from its trade, p. 58 Returns, Statistical, of the highest value to Merchant Shipping, pp. 376-9 Ricardo, Mr., proposes a Select Committee to inquire into the Navigation Laws, Feb. 1847, p. 83 ——, details of his speech on motion to inquire into the Navigation Laws, pp. 84-88 ——, motion for committee carried by 155 to 61, p. 90 ——, list of members who served on his Committee, p. 92, note

——, Committee of, make five reports, but limit themselves to the evidence they had taken, p. 92

——, vigorous speech of, pp. 223-4

Richmond, Mr., sent by the Shipowners of Tynemouth to advocate the cause of the Navigation Laws before Committee of Mr. Ricardo, p. 147 —— urges that shipowning in the Baltic trade had been for twenty-five years a losing matter, ibid.

——, views of, as enounced before Mr. Ricardo's Committee, pp. 147-152

—— urges that (in the north), Shipowners and merchants were distinct, the former having been so for generations, p. 148

—— holds that the captain of the present day is fully equal to the captain of former days, p. 149

—— considers English sailors less given to spirit-drinking than the Germans, p. 149.

Richmond, Mr., accuses, with some reason, Mr. Porter of unfairness in his statements, p. 152 —— urges the abolition of all Reciprocity Treaties as injurious to England, p. 151 Robinson, Mr., and Protectionists deceived by the mild wording of the Queen's Speech, p. 162 —— claims indemnity for the Shipowner, in case the Bill should pass, p. 242 "Rule of the Sea," together with the number of boats to be carried by ships, clearly laid down in 4th Section of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, pp. 311-12 Russell, Mr., a leading merchant of Boston from 1786 to 1798, p. 7, note

Russell, Lord John, action of, as leader of the revolt against Protection, pp. 72-4 —— carries the measure for equalising the sugar duties, p. 81 ——, letter from, to Mr. Lindsay (1875), p. 82, note

—— compelled by the Irish famine to suspend the Navigation Laws (Jan. 1847), ibid.

—— suspends the Bank Charter Act, Oct. 25, 1847, p. 160

—— asserts, in his final speech on the third reading, that the fullest reciprocity would be conceded by America, p. 262

Russia, system in, for encouraging seamen, called the "Corporations of Free Mariners," p. 30

——, treaty made with, on the same principle as those with Austria and the Zollverein, p. 113

——, exports from, generally, in British ships as there was not a sufficient Russian marine, p. 155

Russia and Prussia require the officers of their ships to have some knowledge of English and French, pp. 29-30


Sailors, as distinguished from mechanics or servants, have every facility in retaining their earnings, p. 543

Salvage, conditions under which it is