ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Petroleum Basin (Port of Venice) Lrontispiece Embarking Passengers at Liverpool Landing Stage ‘ 2 Cross Section of Mound Breakwater (San Pedro, Cal., USA) . 6 Cross Section of Wall Breakwater (Dieppe Harbour) . 6 Vessel in Dry Dock (Dunkirk) . Laz S.S. Berengaria Docked in the Floating Dock, South- ampton . ; 25 Plan of Leith Harbour and Docks Facing p. 29 Aerial View of Avonmouth Docks, Bristol ; 33 Loadlines on Steamships ; 7 North-West Lightship at Entrance to River Mersey : 14 Bucket Dredger, “ David Davies ” (G.W.R.) South Wales Ports : . 2 Dipper Dredgers “ Gamboa ” and “ Paraiso ” (Panama Canal Works) : 3 Drag Suction Dredger (Port of Buenos Ayres) showing Suction Nozzle . . Fo A Port Sanitary (Quarantine) Station (Port of Venice). 53 Double Storey Shed with Quay Crane Unloading Vessel, Vancouver, B.C. : 61 Coaling Cranes at Work on Jean de Bethencourt Quay, Rouen . 63 Interior of Transit Shed, Houston, U.S.A. 2 65 Tractors and Trailers at Port of Wellington, New Zealand 67 Grain Discharge Overside at the Port of Rouen : 69 Warehouses and Industrial Establishments at Trafford Park, Manchester, adjacent to Ship Canal and Docks. 27 Aerial View of King George V, Royal Albert, and Royal. Victoria Dock, London ; 110 Liners in one of the Docks at the Port of Liverpool IT3 The Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff 117 1X