50 REPORT OF AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE COMMISSION.

Eighth. From a port of the Pacific coast of the United States, via
Hawaii, to Japan, China, and the Philippines, on steamships of the
United States of not less than sixteen knots speed, for a monthl y service
at a maximum compensation not exceeding three hundred thousand
dollars a year, or for a fortnightly service at a maximum compensation
not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars a year.
Ninth. From a port of the Pacific coast of the United States to Japan,
China, and the Philippines, on steamships of the United States of not
less than thirteen knots speed, for a monthly service at a maximum
compensation not exceeding two hundred and ten thousand dollars a
year; or for a fortnightly service, at a maximum compensation not
exceeding four hundred and twenty thousand dollars a vear.
Tenth. From a port on the Pacific coast of the United States to
Mexico, Central America, and the Isthmus of Panama. on steamships
of the United States of not less than twelve knots speed, for a fortnightly
 service at a maximum compensation not exceeding one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars a year: /%ovided, That the requirements
of this section as to the rates of speed shall be deemed to be complied
with if said rates are developed during a trial of four hours’ continuous
 steaming at sea in ordinary weather in water of sufficient depth to
make the test a fair and just one, and if the vessels are maintained
in a condition to develop such speed at any time while at sea in
ordinary weather. This trial shall be made under the direction and
supervision of a hoard of naval officers which the Secretary of the
Navy shall appoint upon the application of the owner or owners of
the vessel to be tested.
SEC. 7. That all contracts hereafter made pursuant to the act of
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, before mentioned, or
pursuant to sections five and six of this act, shall provide that on
each voyage the following proportion of the crew shall be enrolled
naval volunteers: After July first, nineteen hundred and seven, oneeighth;
 after July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, one-sixth; and
after July first, nineteen hundred and sixteen, one-fourth: /ovided,
That if the foregoing stated proportions of naval volunteers can not
he obtained at a foreign port with reasonable etfort, as certified by the
consul, other persons may be substituted until the first return of said
vessel to the United States, without forfeiture of the compensation.
Sec. 8. That a duty of eight cents per net ton, not to exceed in the
aggregate eighty cents per net ton in any one year, is hereby imposed
at each entry by sea on all vessels which shall be entered in any port
of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America,
Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the
Bermuda Islands, the coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean
 Sea, or Newfoundland; and a duty of sixteen cents per net ton,
not to exceed in the aggregate one dollar and sixty cents per net ton
in any one year, is hereby imposed at each entry by sea on all vessels
which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any other
foreign port or place, not. however, to include vessels in distress or
not engaged in trade.
Src. 9. That on proof to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of
Navigation that a vessel of the LTnited States has on any foreign voyage
 carried a boy or boys, a citizen or citizens of the United States,
under twenty-one years of age, suitably trained during that voyage
in seamanship or engineering, in the proportion of one for such vossol.