(_f_) The disproportion between the numbers of the passengers saved in the first, second, and third classes is due to various causes, among which the difference in the position of their quarters and the fact that many of the third-class passengers were foreigners, are perhaps the most important. Of the Irish emigrants in the third class a large proportion was saved. The disproportion was certainly not due to any discrimination by the officers or crew in assisting the passengers to the boats. The disproportion between the numbers of the passengers and crew saved is due to the fact that the crew, for the most part, all attended to their duties to the last, and until all the boats were gone. 22. What happened to the vessel from the happening of the casualty until she foundered? Answer. A detailed description has already been given (see pp. 32-34). 23. Where and at what time did the _Titanic_ founder? Answer. Two twenty a. m. (ship's time) April 15. Latitude 41° 46´ N., longitude 50° 14´ W. 24. (_a_) What was the cause of the loss of the _Titanic_ and of the loss of life which thereby ensued or occurred? (_b_) What vessels had the opportunity of rendering assistance to the _Titanic_ and, if any, how was it that assistance did not reach the _Titanic_ before the steamship _Carpathia_ arrived? (_c_) Was the construction of the vessel and its arrangements such as to make it difficult for any class of passenger or any portion of the crew to take full advantage of any of the existing provisions for safety? Answer. (_a_) Collision with an iceberg and the subsequent foundering of the ship. (_b_) The _Californian_. She could have reached the _Titanic_ if she had made the attempt when she saw the first rocket. She made no attempt. (_c_) No. 25. When the _Titanic_ left Queenstown on or about April 11 last was she properly constructed and adequately equipped as a passenger steamer and emigrant ship for the Atlantic service? Answer. Yes. 26. The court is invited to report upon the rules and regulations made under the merchant shipping acts, 1894-1906, and the administration of those acts and of such rules and regulations, so far as the consideration thereof is material to this casualty, and to make any recommendations or suggestions that it may think fit, having regard to the circumstances of the casualty, with a view to promoting the safety of vessels and persons at sea. Answer. An account of the board of trade's administration has already been given and certain recommendations are subsequently made. VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS. The following recommendations are made. They refer to foreign-going passenger and emigrant steamships: WATER-TIGHT SUBDIVISION.