is equal to a river 50 miles wide, 1,000 feet deep, current four miles an hour, with a temperature of 65° Fahrenheit, cooling down to 40° as it gets north. One Sailing Knot, 6,174 ft. One Statute Mile, 5,280 ft. (5-6 knot). с RATES OF FREIGHTS ON CERTAIN ARTICLES, AT THE FOLLOWING DATES, IN THE UNDERMENTIONED TRADES. (Extracted principally from the Circulars of Messrs. Galbraith, Pembroke & Co. TABLE OF COAL CONSUMPTION IN TONS, PER DIEM. NOTE. To find the consumption of a vessel, say, of 5,500 I.H.P. at 1'4 lb. per I.H.P. per hour, take the 5,000 in the first column, which gives 75'0 tons then take the 500 in the same column, which gives 7'5 tons, and add the two together = 82'5 tons per 24 hours; or, for example, 5,500 I.H.P. x 14 lb. x 24 hours 2,240 825 per day. TABLES OF DISTANCES. NORTH SEA, ENGLISH AND ST. GEORGE'S CHANNELS, ETC. Brest outside Ushant 627 Glasgow by Channel.. 766 Inverness.. ...896 Amsterdam Canal......188 Wick. 48 .85 210 Bordeaux. ...915 Havre .185 .198 Berwick .1120 LIVERPOOL to 52 137 1230 Londonderry .695 Stranraer. Bergen, N. Channel.. ..431 Milford Swansea SUNDERLAND to Cardiff (North about) Bristol .170 Stettin Rotterdam Canal ·370 237 Amsterdam Canal......353 .266 Ostende -386 Belfast Dublin. ..610 Southampton 470 Christiania -558 Hamburg -387 45 Rotterdam Canal 195 Liverpool. 720 Campbelton -74 Amsterdam Canal. 198 880 Stranraer ..87 Ostende 205 808 Belfast 116 Antwerp 263 SLEEVE, CATTEGAT, BELTS, BALTIC, GULFS OF FINLAND |