An abstract of the returns made to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, of wrecks and casualties which occurred on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom, from the 1st January to the 31st December 1857; with a statement of the number of lives lost and saved; of the amounts granted out of the Mercantile Marine Fund as rewards for the salvage of life, for contributions towards the maintenance of life boats, and for expenses in connexion with the mortar and rocket apparatus for saving life, during the same period; and a precis of the special inquiries instituted into the causes of such wrecks and casualties, by order of the Board of Trade. A wreck chart of the United Kingdom is appended.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Series:

Accounts and papers.

[1857-58] ; [2339]

Accounts and papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--History--19th century--Sources.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 pages: Table).

Other Title:

Cockton index title: Abstract Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of United Kingdom, 1857

19th century House of Commons sessional papers

Parliamentary papers

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [eng.] : Proquest LLC, 2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Vol.LII, 52 pp.

Notes:

Title from front cover.

1 online resource (52 p.: Table). Cambridge, UK.

Copyright (c) ProQuest LLC 2010. All rights reserved.

Local Notes:

Microfilm. Cambridge : Chadwyck-Healey [19801983] Fiche no. 63.477-478.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.