Hamlin's JHntajjcriE JEagapra. 
EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN 
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No. 2 —Vol. 3. 
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INTROD 
By John O. Hamlyn. 
By the time this Magazine will have reached 
my numerous readers, I shall have sailed on the 
s.s. "Baltic" for New York. 
This will be my first visit to the United 
States. It has been brought about by the recent 
legislation prohibiting the importation of Wild 
Animals into Great Britain during the War. 
I am, however, allowed the privilege of tran- 
shipping live stock arriving from Africa and India 
to New York steamers under certain conditions. 
Therefore to perfect future arrangements, entails 
my visiting New York. Having thoroughly ex- 
ploded the "Cargo Food Space Theory," the 
officials now seek to exclude Wild Animals on the 
supposition of wasting food stuffs ! 
I have always imported the necessary food 
stuffs with every consignment, and even now hold 
a surplus of native food sufficient to feed several 
consignments. 
The question of "Wasted Tonnage" has been 
rather severely dealt with by the Dockers Union. 
The report below on the 23rd May speaks for it- 
self :— 
Dealing in his report, presented to the 
Dockers' Union to-day, with their experience 
of transport organisation, Mr. Ben Tillet said 
that although the congestion of traffic had been 
a scandal, the Union had not been consulted in 
any practical manner. 
Whole fleets of ships had been delayed for 
weeks by the incompetence of officials,, ships 
had been sent to sea with thousands of tons 
short of their carrying capacity at a period when 
the nation was on the verge of famine, vessels 
had been delayed in congested docks for weeks 
when other and proximate docks were idle and 
thousands of men wanting labour. 
UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. 
Inexperienced men had been appointed to 
supervise cargoes; cargoes had been put into 
