Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of the Port of London, Vol. 2 of 2
After having settled their procedure at a preliminary meeting held a week after their appointment, the Commis sion paid a series of visits to the lower river, to the docks and warehouses of the four dock companies, and to the principal private Wharves of the Port. They also visited Liverpool and Manchester. Some of the members of the Commission visited other British ports and foreign ports. Questions on details germane to the inquiry were also put to the authorities of the principal British ports, Whilst similar information from the British Consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Dunkirk, Havre, and Rotterdam was obtained. The Committee also instructed Mr. R. C. H. Davidson, to report on the premises of the dock companies.
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