1. When the Titanic left Queenstown on or about April 11 last: (a) What was the total number of persons employed in any capacity on board her, and what were their respective ratings? (b) What was the total number of her passengers, distinguishing sexes and classes, and discriminating between adults and children?
Answer. (a) The total number of persons employed in any capacity on board the Titanic was 885.
The respective ratings of these persons were as follows:
| Deck department | 66 |
| Engine department | 325 |
| Victualing department | 494 |
| 885 |
N. B.—The eight bandsmen are not included in this number, as their names appear in the second class passenger list.
(b) The total number of passengers was 1,316. Of these:
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| First class | 180 | 145 | 325 |
| Second class | 179 | 106 | 285 |
| Third class | 510 | 196 | 706 |
| 1,316 | |||
Of the above, 6 children were in the first class, 24 in the second class and 79 in the third class. Total, 109.
2. Before leaving Queenstown on or about April 11 last did the Titanic comply with the requirements of the merchant shipping acts, 1894-1906, and the rules and regulations made thereunder with regard to the safety and otherwise of "passenger steamers" and "emigrant ships?"