Excerpt from Measurement of Vessels for the Panama CanalThe question is often asked why charges for the use of ocean - ship canals, such as the Suez, Kiel, and Panama Canals, ' are imposed upon the tonnage of vessels instead of upon the tonnage of the cargo carried by the vessels. The report seeks to explain why the capacity of merchant vessels for the accommodation of passengers and the stowage of cargo, rather than the cargo and passengers carried, is the more equitable and more practicable basis of canal charges, and the report also states the reasons why warships should pay tolls upon their weight or displacement tonnage, and not upon the kind of tonnage that is made the basis of charges upon vessels of commerce.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.