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Title: Manual of Ship Subsidies

Author: Edwin M. Bacon

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Language: English

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MANUAL OF SHIP SUBSIDIES

An Historical Summary of the Systems of All Nations

by

EDWIN M. BACON, A.M.

1911

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PREFACE
I INTRODUCTORY
II GREAT BRITAIN
III FRANCE
IV GERMANY
V HOLLAND-BELGIUM
VI AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
VII ITALY
VIII SPAIN-PORTUGAL
IX DENMARK-NORWAY-SWEDEN
X RUSSIA
XI JAPAN-CHINA
XII SOUTH AMERICA
XIII THE UNITED STATES
XIV SUMMARY
INDEX

PREFACE

The intent of this little book is to furnish in compact form the history
of the development of the ship subsidies systems of the maritime nations
of the world, and an outline of the present laws or regulations of those
nations. It is a manual of facts and not of opinions. The author's aim
has been to present impartially the facts as they appear, without color
or prejudice, with a view to providing a practical manual of information
and ready reference. He has gathered the material from documentary
sources as far as practicable, and from recognized authorities, American
and foreign, on the general history of the rise and progress of the
mercantile marine of the world as well as on the special topic of ship
subsidies. These sources and authorities are named in the footnotes, and
volume and page given so that reference can easily be made to them for
details impossible to give in the contracted space to which this manual
is necessarily confined.

E.M.B.

BOSTON, MASS.
September 1, 1911.

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

The term _subsidy_, defined in the dictionaries as a Government grant in
aid of a commercial enterprise, is given different shadings of meaning
in different countries. In all