On Monday the delegates were transported by launch and 

 carriage from Glorietta Bay to Roseville, carriages then 

 being taken to Point Loma, where an entertainment in their 

 honor was given by the children of the Raja Yoga Academy, 

 under the leadership of Mrs. Katherine Tingley. A buffet 

 lunch was served on the launches and the party conducted 

 again to San Diego where tally-hos were waiting and the 

 delegates were driven over the city and vicinity, visiting 

 the Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego Normal 

 School. 



The report of the Committee on Resolutions as presented 

 by its chairman, John S. Akerman, was as follows: 



Whereas, the Counties Committee of The California Pro- 

 motion Committee, representing the commercial interests 

 of the entire State of California, has discussed fully and com- 

 prehensively at this meeting, held in San Diego, December 15, 

 1906, the needs of the harbors of California, particularly in 

 relation to the duties and opportunities, with respect thereto, 

 of both the nation and the State, and 



Whereas, California stands at the gateway to the vast 

 commerce of the Orient and the islands of the Pacific Ocean 

 and to her ports comes the commerce of the whole world, and 



Whereas, it is notorious that the harbors of California, 

 which are among the best in the world so far as natural ad- 

 vantages are concerned, are deficient in those improvements 

 necessary for the present, and to meet the requirements of 

 such commerce as may be expected to come in the future to 

 our shores, and 



Whereas, every port in California is in need of attention 

 and all these ports are essential elements in the general pros- 

 perity of State and nation, and 



Whereas, not only adequate deepening and widening of 

 channels and waterways but also proper and adequate an- 

 chorage and dockage facilities ; a proper regulation of port de- 

 mands, pilotage charges, towage expense; and cost of water 

 supplies together with a ready opportunity for the interchange 

 of freight between docks, are essential in carrying on the 

 business of a port to the best advantage, be it 



Resolved, that the Congress of the United States be re- 

 quested to appoint at as early a date as practicable a com- 

 mission of federal engineers for the purpose of examining 

 into and reporting at as early a date as possible upon the 

 needs of all the harbors of California, and recommending 

 such improvements of the harbors of California as properly 

 lie within the province of the national government; be it 

 further 



Resolved, that the Governor, in consultation with the 



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