France, history of the use of subsidies in, the navigation laws of, the disappearance of the domestic mercantile marine of, commercial treaty between England and, the Merchant Marine Act of, organization of steamship companies in, granting of "shipping premiums" in, total cost of bounty system in, capacity of, for building steamships, grants of, _Franklin_, the steamer, Frye, William P., GAFFNEY, T. ST. J., U.S. Consul, Gallinger, Jacob H., _Georgia_, the steamer, German-Australian line, Germany, history of the use of subsidies in, first steps in domestic shipbuilding in, establishment of a subsidized mail service in, building of large steamships in, extraordinary growth of the merchant marine in, grants of, _Great Britain_, the steamer, _Great Western_, the steamer, Great Western Steamship Company, Green, John R., _reference to his_ "Short History of the English People," Greener, Gen. R.T., U.S. Con., _reference to_, Grosvenor, Charles H., HAMBURG-AMERICAN lines, Hanna, Mark, Harris, Arnold, _Hermann_, the steamer, Hitchcock, Postmaster-General, _reference to_ Report of, Hoar, George Frisbie, Holland, maritime supremacy of, granting of subventions for carrying mails in, _Humboldt_, the steamer, Hungary, _see_ Austria-Hungary _Illinois_, the steamer, _Indiana_, the steamer, Inman, John, "Inman Line," "International Mercantile Marine Company," International Navigation Company, _see_ American Line Italian General Navigation Company, Italy, history of the use of subsidies in, construction, subsidies provided for in, mail subvention system of, increase of tonnage in, grants of, JAPAN, history of the use of subsidies in, Japan Mail Steamship Company, _see, Nippon Yusen Kaisha_, the Japan Year Book, _reference to_, Jwasaki Yataro, the Japanese merchant, LAW, GEORGE, Lindsay, W.H., _reference to his_ "History of Merchant Shipping," _also his_, "Our Navigation Laws," _Lloyd Brazileiro_, the, Lloyd Italiano line, Lloyd's Register, _reference to_, _Lusitania_, the steamer, Lynch, John, Lynch bounty bill, MACGREGOR, JOHN, _reference to his_, "Commercial Tariffs," Mellvaine, Bowes, Mail Ship Bill, the, Maritime Charter of England, Great, Marvin, Winthrop L., _reference to his_ "American Merchant Marine," _Mauretania_, the steamer, Meeker, Royal, _reference to his_ "History of Ship Subsidies," Merchant Marine Commission, the, Miller, Con. Gen. H.B., _reference to_, Mills, Edward, Mordecai, M.C., Morgan, J. Pierpont, "Morgan Steamship Merger," _see_ "International Mercantile Marine Company" NAVIGATION, Report of (U.S.) commissioner of, _reference to_, Navigation law, first English, New Orleans packet line, New York, Havre, and Bremen line, New York and Chagres line,