3. In the actual design and construction of the _Titanic_ what special provisions were made for the safety of the vessel and the lives of those on board in the event of collisions and other casualties? 4. Was the _Titanic_ sufficiently and efficiently officered and manned? Were the watches of the officers and crew usual and proper? Was the _Titanic_ supplied with proper charts? 5. What was the number of the boats of any kind on board the _Titanic_? Were the arrangements for manning and launching the boats on board the _Titanic_ in case of emergency proper and sufficient? Had a boat drill been held on board; and, if so, when? What was the carrying capacity of the respective boats? 6. What installations for receiving and transmitting messages by wireless telegraphy were on board the _Titanic_? How many operators were employed on working such installations? Were the installations in good and effective working order, and were the number of operators sufficient to enable messages to be received and transmitted continuously by day and night? 7. At or prior to the sailing of the _Titanic_ what, if any, instructions as to navigation were given to the master or known by him to apply to her voyage? Were such instructions, if any, safe, proper, and adequate, having regard to the time of year and dangers likely to be encountered during the voyage? 8. What was in fact the track taken by the _Titanic_ in crossing the Atlantic Ocean? Did she keep to the track usually followed by liners on voyages from the United Kingdom to New York in the month of April? Are such tracks safe tracks at that time of the year? Had the master any, and, if so, what, discretion as regards the track to be taken? 9. After leaving Queenstown on or about April 11 last did information reach the _Titanic_ by wireless messages or otherwise by signals of the existence of ice in certain latitudes? If so, what were such messages or signals and when were they received, and in what position or positions was the ice reported to be, and was the ice reported in or near the track actually being followed by the _Titanic_? Was her course altered in consequence of receiving such information; and, if so, in what way? What replies to such messages or signals did the _Titanic_ send, and at what times? 10. If at the times referred to in the last preceding question or later the _Titanic_ was warned of or had reason to suppose she would encounter ice, at what time might she have reasonably expected to encounter it? Was a good and proper lookout for ice kept on board? Were any, and, if so, what, directions given to vary the speed; if so, were they carried out? 11. Were binoculars provided for and used by the lookout men? Is the use of them necessary or usual in such circumstances? Had the _Titanic_ the means of throwing searchlights around her? If so, did she make use of them to discover ice? Should searchlights have been provided and used?