Contents: The ship / J.S. Harrison -- The engines / John Rennie -- The deck / J.W.Harris -- The engine room / s.b. Freeman -- Victualling and the purser's department / H. Bell -- Trade routes / A.B. Hughes -- The shipbroker / J.H. Batty -- Passengers and emigrants / Frank Bustard -- Shipping office organizations / Robert B. Paul -- Trade organizations / F. Fletcher Hunt, Thomas Scott -- Navigation, weather, and tides / Hugh F. David, M. Cresswell, A.T. Doodson -- Salvage / G. R. Critchley -- Ports and harbours / T.H. Hawkins -- Towage and bunking / Philip Russel Rea -- Stevedoring / T. Murray -- The coasting trade and inland water transport / Maurice H. Hulme, J.A. Saner -- Warehousing and cold storage / William J. Smith, G.W. Daniels.