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? Answer. These have been already described. 4. (_a_) Was the _Titanic_ sufficiently and efficiently officered and manned? (_b_) Were the watches of the officers and crew usual and proper? (_c_) Was the _Titanic_ supplied with proper charts? Answer. (_a_) Yes. (_b_) Yes. (_c_) Yes. 5. (_a_) What was the number of the boats of any kind on board the _Titanic_? (_b_) Were the arrangements for manning and launching the boats on board the _Titanic_ in case of emergency proper and sufficient? (_c_) Had a boat drill been held on board, and if so, when? (_d_) What was the carrying capacity of the respective boats? Answer. (_a_) 2 Emergency boats, 14 lifeboats, 4 Engelhardt boats. (_b_) No, but see page 38. (_c_) No. (_d_) The carrying capacity of the 2 emergency boats was for 80 persons; 14 lifeboats was for 910 persons; 4 Engelhardt boats was for 188 persons; or a total of 1,178 persons. 6. (_a_) What installations for receiving and transmitting messages by wireless telegraphy were on board the _Titanic_? (_b_) How many operators were employed on working such installations? (_c_) 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? Answer. (_a_) A Marconi 5-kilowatt motor generator with two complete sets of apparatus supplied from the ship's dynamos, with an independent storage battery and coil for emergency, was fitted in a house on the boat deck. (_b_) Two. (_c_) Yes. 7. (_a_) 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? (_b_) 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? Answer. (_a_) No special instructions were given, but he had general instructions contained in the book of Rules and Regulations supplied by the company. (See p. 24.) (_b_) Yes, but having regard to subsequent events they would have been better if a reference had been made to the course to be adopted in the event of reaching the region of ice. 8. (_a_) What was in fact the track taken by the _Titanic_ in crossing the Atlantic Ocean? (_b_) Did she keep to the track usually followed by liners on voyages from the United Kingdom to New York in the month of April? (_c_) Are such tracks safe tracks at that time of the year? (_d_) Had the master any, and if so, what discretion as regards the track to be taken?