No. 395.
Count Corti to Mr. Fish.
[Translation.]
Legation of
Italy,
Washington,
May 26, 1874. (Received May
29.)
Sir: The Italian minister of marine has just issued
a circular fixing the relation existing between the Italian ton and the
measures of capacity of foreign vessels.
I have received instructions from my government to transmit the inclosed copy
to your excellency. You will thereby see that, although no treaty
stipulations have been made on this subject between the two countries,
vessels belonging to the United States receive precisely the same usage as
Italian vessels.
I avail, &c.,
[Inclosure.]
[Circular.—Translation.]
Ministry of the Marine.—Direction of the
Mercantile Marine.—Section First, No. 5041.
Table for the conversion of foreign units
of capacity into Italian tons.
To Captains of Ports:
On and after the 1st of June next foreign units of capacity shall be
converted into Italian tons according to the table contained in the
present circular, and no longer according to the table referred to in
article 24 of circular No. 7950, dated June 18, 1873.
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Table showing the relation existing between the
Italian ton and the units of measurement used in the following
countries.
| Countries. |
Unit of
measurement used in each country. |
Factor by which each
foreign unit of measurement is to be multiplied. |
| America, United States of.
(See remarks at end of table). |
ton |
1.00 |
| Austria-Hungary |
do |
1.00 |
| Belgium |
do |
0.95 |
|
Do |
last |
1.81 |
| Bremen |
do |
1.89 |
| Denmark |
ton |
1.00 |
|
Do |
last |
1.92 |
| England |
ton |
1.00 |
| France |
do |
1.00 |
| Germany |
ton, (1,000
kilograms) |
0.75 |
|
Do |
last, (4,000 pounds) |
1.50 |
|
Do |
last, (5,200 pounds) |
1.95 |
|
Do |
last, (6,000 pounds) |
2.25 |
| Greece |
ton |
0.97 |
| Hamburg |
last |
2.77 |
| Holland |
ton |
0.89 |
|
Do |
last |
1.69 |
| Lubeck |
do |
1.89 |
| Mecklenburg |
ton |
1.09 |
|
Do |
last |
2.44 |
| Norway |
ton |
1.00 |
|
Do |
last |
2.08 |
| Oldenburg |
ton |
0.96 |
|
Do |
last |
1.50 |
| Portugal |
ton |
0.88 |
|
Do |
last |
1.50 |
| Principalities,
United |
ton |
0.97 |
| Russia |
do |
1.08 |
|
Do |
last |
1.89 |
| Servia |
ton |
0.97 |
| Spain |
do |
1.00 |
|
Do |
do |
1.00 |
|
Do |
last |
1.98 |
| Turkey |
ton |
0.76 |
remarks.
If on board of a vessel belonging to the United States of North America
there shall be a place having the properties mentioned in article 14 of
the royal decree of March 11, 1873, the captain of such vessel may ask
that the capacity of the place in question be deducted from the amount
of tonnage specified in his register, such capacity to be determined in
the manner prescribed by the aforesaid article 14 of the royal decree of
March 11, 1873.
And if, on board of a vessel belonging to the same nation, there are
spaces similar to those described in article 15 of the royal decree of
March 11, 1873, the captain of such vessel may ask that the capacity of
such spaces also (excepting those above the deck) be deducted from the
amount of tonnage specified in his register, such capacity to be
determined in the manner prescribed by articles 17, 19, and 20 of the
royal decree of March 11, 1873.
