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GREAT LAKES REGISTER | RULES AND TABLES The following Rules and Tables for the Construction and Classification of Steel, Iron, and Wooden Vessels navigating the Great Lakes, have the approval and endorsement of Bureau Veritas of France, and the existing alliance of Burzav Verrras with Great Lakes REGISTER enables the Committee to issue Certificates of Classification, for over-sea navigation, to lake-built vessels whose construction and equipment are suitable for ocean navigation, and are approved and accepted by the Committee. The endorsement of Grear Lakes Recister Rules and Tables, by the departmental chiefs of Bureau Veritas, whose names are given below, enhances their value in connection with the shipbuilding and commerce of the Great Lakes. BUREAU VERITAS COMMITTEE EDMOND BAL, Esa, O 3 Actinc Director To BurEAu VERITAS W. DE GELDER, INSPECTOR-GENERAL TO BUREAU VERITAS A. BORJA pr MOZOTA, Esa., O 34 CuieF of ADMINISTRATION DEPT. TO BUREAU VERITAS