Excerpt from Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping: From 1st July, 1873, to the 30th June, 1874 The character 3 denotes ships which have been found on Survey fit for the safe conveyance of dry and perishable goods on shorter voyages. (vide Section 61 of the Rules.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.