INDEX. 23 



Narratives of the loss of the Birkenhead at Simon's Bay, 7, 8 



,, of the loss of the cable steamship La Plata in the Bay of Biscay, 



8,9 



,, of the loss of the Teuton, 11, 12 



Northjleet, loss of the, 4, 16 



Number and capacity of boats provided for saving life at sea, inadequacy of 

 the, 6, 7 



Ocean-going steam and sailing ships, boats provided for, 5 



Pacific, loss of the, i8 



Passenger steam and sailing ships, boats provided for, 5 



Portable life-saving appliances, 14, i8 



President, loss of the, 4 



Price, G. E., Captain, R.N., M.P., report on inadequacy of provision of boats 



by, 6 

 Princess Alice, loss of the, 4, 10, II 

 Provisions and conditions for saving life at sea, 3, 5, 6 

 ,, government authority for enforcement of, 3 



Royal Charter, loss of the, 4 



Royal Commission to inquire into the means provided for saving life in cases 



of shipwreck, &c., proposed appointment of, 19, 20 

 Royal Navy, ships of the, 3 



,, ,, aggregate armament, 3 



„ „ crews, 3 



,, ,, equipment, 3 



,, ,, steam power, 3 



„ ,, tonnage, 3 



Saving life at sea, 3-20 



,, ,, appliances for, 7, 1 4, 18 



,, ,, provisions and conditions for, 3, 18-20 



Schiller, loss of the, 4 



Selwyn, Admiral Jasper, on insufficient boat accommodation, 6 

 Singapore, loss of the, 9 



Teuton, narrative of the loss of the, il, 12 



"Top Hamper," 15 



Transactions of the United Service Institute, Meeting of 17th March, 1878, 6 



Typical cases of disasters at sea, 4 



Waitara, loss of the, 4 



Wanton waste of human life in connection with the English Mercantile 

 Marine, 3 



