LIBRARY ABO'iiiv a [Distributed to the Council and Q 72. M . 36. iQ25. V III. the Members of the League.] [f f -, ^ Sesgion ; p V ] LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneva, February 20th, 1925. ADVISORY AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSIT Minutes of the Seventh Session held at Geneva November 26th-29th, 1924. (With Annexes.) The Committee is at present composed as follows: Chairman : Mr, J. G. B a l d w in (appointed by the Government of Great Britain), Representative of Great Britain on the International River Commissions. Vice-Chairmen : His Excellency Dr. Aristides d e A g u e r o y B e t h a n c o u r t (appointed by the Cuban Govern­ ment), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin and Vienna. M. Bohdan W in ia r s k i (appointed by the Polish Government), Professor of Law at the University of Poznan. M. Francisco A m u n a t e g u i (appointed by the Government of Chile), Engineer of Bridges and Roads ; Secretary-General of the Mixed Courts of Arbitration. M. Guillermo B r o c k m a n x y A b a rzu za (appointed by the Government of Spain), Inspector- General of Roads, Canals and Ports; President of the Council of Public Works. M. Gaétan D o b k e v ic iu s (appointed by the Government of Lithuania), Engineer ; Counsellor of Legation. M. Silvain D r e y f u s (appointed by the Government of France), Inspector-General of Bridges and Roads ; Member of the Central Commission for Rhine Navigation. His Excellency Dr. J. Gustave G u e r r e r o (appointed by the Government of Salvador), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in France and Switzerland. M. O u a n g-H a n g (appointed by the Government of China), Engineer of Railways. M. Athanase P o l it is (appointed by the Government of Greece), Technical Representative of the Hellenic Government at Paris ; former Director-General of the Hellenic Railways. M. G. P o pe sc o (appointed by the Government of Roumania), Professor ; Director-General of the Société nationale de crédit industriel. M. Henri R e in h a r d t , former Ministerial Counsellor (Austria). M. Girolamo Si n i ga l ia (appointed by the Government of Italy), formerly Chief Inspector of the Italian State Railways ; Member of the Central Commission for Rhine Navigation. M. Gabriel Sm it h (appointed by the Government of Norway), Director-General of Ports. Dr. A. S t ie v e n a r d (appointed by the Government of Belgium), Inspector of Belgian Rail­ ways. M. Yotaro S u g im u r a (appointed by the Government of Japan), Counsellor of Embassy; Assistant Director of the Japanese League of Nations Office at Paris. His Excellency Dr. Francisco José U r r u t ia (appointed by the Government of Colombia), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland. One member to be appointed by the Government of Venezuela. Secretariat : Sir Arthur Sa l t e r , permanent representative of the Secretary-General of the League of Nations; Director of the Communications and Transit Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations. M. Robert H a a s, Secretary-General of the Advisory and Technical Committee; Member of the Communications and Transit Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations. x d‘ N. 475 (A.) 525 XF.) 3/55. Imp. Kundig. S p e c ia l Co m m it t e e s a n d S u b -C o m m it t e e s . i. Sub-Committee for Ports and Maritime Navigation. (a) Committee for Ports: Mr. S m ith (Chairman). Mr. B a l d w in . M. B r o c k m a n n . M. St ie v e n a r d . M. B. F e r n a n d e z y M e d in a , Minister Plenipotentiary of Uruguay in Spain ; former Chairman of the Ports Committee of the Second General Conference on Commu cations and Transit. M. G. I n g ia n n i, Director-General of the Italian Mercantile Marine. M. von L a h r , Ministerial Counsellor to the Reichswirtschaftsministerium. M. P. H. W a x ie r , Director of Navigable Waterways and Maritime Ports in the French Ministry of Public Works. (b) Committee for Maritime Navigation: M. d e A g u e r o y B e t h a n c o u r t (Chairman). M. P o p e s c o . M. Su g im u r a . Sir Alan A n d e r s o n , Vice-President of the British Chamber of Shipping. M. G. B r e t o n , Director of Chargeurs Réunis. M. D. B ia n c a r d i, E xpert Adviser to the Italian Delegation in the Ports Committee of the Second General Conference. M. A. G. Iv r o l l e r , Member of the Council of the Economic Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at The Hague. A member to be appointed by the Greek Government. Secretary: M. R o m e in . Technical Committee for Buoyage and Lighting of Coasts: M. P. H. W a t ie r , Director of Navigable Waterways and Maritime Ports at the Ministry of Public Works, France |Chairman). M. P. van B raam van V l o t e n , Chief Engineer, Technical Lighthouse Service, Netherlands. Commander (retired) G. D e l a n o (Chile). M. E. HXgc,, Director-General of Pilotage, Lighthouses and Buoys, Sweden. M. N. N a g a o k a , Secretary at the Ministry of Communications, Japan. Commander R azicotsicas (Greece). M. A. d e R o u v il l e , Chief Engineer of Roads and Bridges, France. Commander L. Tonta, Director of the Hydrographic Institute, Royal Italian Navy. Baron G. W r e d e , Director-General of Naval Administration, Finland. Secretary: M. R o m e in . 2. Sub-Committee for Inland Navigation. M. Silvain D r e y f u s (Chairman). Mr. B a l d w in . M. D o b k e v ic iu s . M. P o p e s c o . M. R e in h a r d t .1 M. St ie v e n a r d . M. W in ia r s k i. M. T sang-O u , Chinese Delegate to the Barcelona Conference. Secretary : M. Romein. Tonnage Measurement Committee : M. B o u c k a e r t (Belgium), Director-General at the Ministry of Public Works, Brussels (Chairman). M. B e d r e a g (Roumania), Chief Engineer ; Director of the Naval Dockyards at Turnu- Severin. M. D. B o u r g e o is , Inspector-General of Bridges and Roads at the Ministry of Public W orks of France. M. O p p e r m a n n , Ministerial Counsellor at the Ministry of Communications of the Reich. M. R. V y s o c k is, Naval Engineer at the Ministry of Communications, Kaunas. A member to be appointed by the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. A member to be appointed by the LTnion of the Socialist Soviet Republics of Russia. Secretary: M. R o m e in . 1 See page 22 j. Sub-Committee for Transport by Rail. M, S in ig a l ia (Chairman). M. A m u n a t e g u i. M. B r o c k m a n n . M. O u a n g -H a n g . M. POLITIS. Sir Francis D e n t , Chairman of the Railways Committee of the Second General Conference on Communications and Transit; ex-Managing-Director of the South- Eastern and Chatham Railway (for whom Mr. M a r r io tt may act as a substitute). M. S c h w o b , Director-General of Railways in the French Ministry of Public Works (or a substitute appointed by him). M. R. H e r o l d , Director of the Railway Division of the Federal Department of Posts and Railways at Berne. M. I s a b e l l e , Engineer; Rapporteur of the Railway Committee of th e Second General Conference on Communications and Transit. Dr. Otokar L a n k a s , Director at the Ministry of Railways a t Prague. M. P. W o l f , Ministerial Counsellor at the Ministry of Transport at Berlin. Secretary: Colonel T. A. H i a m . 4. Sub-Committee on Electric Questions. M. D o b k e v ic iu s (Chairman). M. B r o c k m a n n . M. P o l it is . M. P. B ig n a m i, Engineer; former Under-Secretary of State (Italy). M. J. Ch u a r d , Engineer; Director of the Electrical Enterprises Bank at Zurich. M. F. W. H a n s e n , Director-General of Hydraulic Power and Canals in Sweden. M. P. A. H o l c k -Co l d in g , Director of the First Section of the Danish Ministry of Public Works. M. M a g n ie r , Director of Hydraulic Power and Distribution of Electric Energy in the French Ministry of Public Works. Secretary: M. R omf.i n . 5. Budget Sub-Committee. Mr. B a l d w in (Chairman).