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Report from a Committee appointed by the British Association to inquire into the defects of the present methods of measuring and registering the tonnage of shipping as also of marine engine power : and to frame more perfect rules, in order that a correct and uniform principle may be adopted to estimate the actual carrying capabilities and working-power of steam ships. Presented to the British Association, August, 1857., [Title along spine: Ship Registration and Tonnage - 1857]