5 PREFACE both by Dr. Roy S. MacElwee, of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A., published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc., of New York, and obtainable in this country at the offices of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 6 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, E.C.; also to Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by MacElwee and Taylor, published by D. Appleton and Company, New York and London. Finally, the author desires to express his grateful acknow- ledgments to several friends who have kindly supplied data and made suggestions, and, in particular, for permission to use the photographs and plans. BROAD SANCTUARY CHAMBERS, WESTMINSTER, S.W.1. January, 1920. 71