X FOREWORD 



equipment, exist for the prosecution of any line of work and 

 where those facilities are located ; or what work is being done 

 in any field of administration or research, such as the promo- 

 tion, protection and regulation of the maritime interests of the 

 country, the planning and execution of works of an engineer- 

 ing character, or the collection, compilation and publication of 

 statistical data, or what differences of practice prevail in re- 

 spect to organization, classification, appointment, and promo- 

 tion of personnel. 



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 ministration and popular control, and of laying the basis for 

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 responsibility for such work primarily rests. 



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 ports has been employed, and it has not been practicable in all 

 cases to make specific indication of the language so quoted. 



