worked out in relation to a basic vessel of fair average capital_value, and are not divided into two parts, as are those for deep-sea liners. From March 1, 1940, the rate is 6s. per deadweight ton per month for steam vessels of 8,000 tons dw. and over, with a scale of rates for vessels below that tonnage increasing to 8s. per deadweight ton per month for vessels of 5,000 tons dw. Before March 1, 1940, the rates are lower by 5d. per deadweight ton per month. The relevant scales are annexed. In the case of motor vessels, 1s. extra per deadweight ton per month is payable.

The increases introduced into the rates for liners and tramps as from March 1, 1940, are due mainly to the increases in pay and bonus of ships' crews which came into operation on that date.

Additional payments will be made for refrigerated cargo space on liners, and also in respect of certain expenses, e. g., increases in costs of marine insurance, which cannot suitably be included in the general rates.

Scales of rates of hire for deep-sea tramp ships of 5,000 tons dw. and over, requisitioned under the conditions of Charter Party T. 99A:

Motor vessels will be paid in every case 1s. extra per deadweight ton per month on the rate applicable to a steam vessel of the same deadweight tonnage.

The payment made in respect of a vessel in any tonnage division of the above scale shall not be less than the maximum payment applicable to the next lower tonnage division of the scale.

In reply to a question in Parliament as to whether the amount set aside for depreciation, under the agreement between the Government and the shipowners, was the only provision to be made for replacement, the Minister of Shipping stated that the rate agreements outlined above would be reconsidered after a time when their results had been observed for an initial period.

URUGUAY

The Uruguayan Government did not regulate freight rates to oversea ports in any way following the outbreak of the European war in 1939. Agents of shipping companies were free to charge what the traffic would bear. There was only one oversea merchant ship carrying the Uruguayan flag, Presidente Terra, which carried River Plate grain to Europe and returned with coal. It is understood that, because of its slowness, its rates were generally less than those of competing services.

Appendix. PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF MATERIAL

Argentina. Joe D. Walstrom, American vice consul, Buenos Aires.
Australia.-Lacey C. Zapf, American trade commissioner, Sydney.
Belgium.-William H. Beach, American consul, Antwerp.

Brazil.-William C. Burdett, American consul general, Rio de Janeiro.
Canada.-Avery F. Peterson, American consul, Ottawa.
Chile.-Renwick S. McNiece, American consul, Valparaiso.

Colombia.-Clarence C. Brooks, American commercial attaché, Bogota.
Cuba.—Charles H. Ducote, assistant commercial attaché, Habana.
Denmark. Jules B. Smith, Foreign Service officer, Copenhagen.
Egypt.-James T. Scott, American commercial attaché, Cairo.
France. Benjamin M. Hulley, American consul, Paris.
Greece.-H. Lawrence Groves, American commercial attaché, Athens.
Italy.-Malcolm P. Hooper, assistant commercial attaché, Rome.
Japan.- Carl H. Boehringer, Foreign Service officer, Tokyo.
Netherlands. Frank C. Lee, American consul general, Amsterdam.
New Zealand.-George Bliss Lane, American consul, Wellington.
Norway.-A. R. Preston, American consul, Oslo.

Peru.-Milton K. Wells, American vice consul, Callao-Lima.
Portugal. John C. Shillock, jr., Lisbon.

Sweden.-George C. Howard, American commercial attaché, Stockholm.
Turkey.-Gardner Richardson, American commercial attaché, Istanbul.
Union of South Africa.-Russell M. Brooks, American consul, Johannesburg.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.-Charles E. Dickerson, first secretary,
Moscow.

United Kingdom.-Alexander V. Dye, American commercial attaché, London. Herschel V. Johnson, counselor of embassy, London. Hansard, House of Commons, March 16, 1940. Annual Report for 1939-40 of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. Annual Report of the Liverpool Steam Ship Owners' Association for 1939. Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette. Shipbuilding and Shipping Record. Uruguay.-Augustin W. Ferrin, American consul, Montevideo.

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