SAFETY OF GREAT SEAWAYS
The British Navy spends its , spare time in making seaways safe. The information is at the disposal of al! nations, and there is a free exchange of charts between the British Hydrographic Department and all others in the world. , . Eight vessels are engaged in Britain s service, four at home and four abroad. They correct all mails, charts, and directions used by seafarers. In 1932 corrections made and inserted by hand numbered 269.000. The department produced 335.476 charts for Naval and Government use, and over 200.000 for sale. The net receipts were £34.446. In the Foreign Service section surveys were made off Labrador. Palestine. Usliant, and Malacca, and in the Persian Gulf and Atlantic. During the same year 325 new rocks and other dangers wore noted. ______
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 147, 19 March 1934, Page 3
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130SAFETY OF GREAT SEAWAYS Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 147, 19 March 1934, Page 3
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