DINGWALL, Ross-shire, Scotland. Frith of Cromarty. Auth. Harb. Commissioners. Tr.-I. Manure, slates, coals, salt, &c.; E. Corn, potatoes, and timber. Accn. 690ft. AST. 11ft, ANT. 9}ft, E. 1ft more. P. NC., if master pilot his own vessel. P. for 4 miles up and down, 4d per reg. ton. Harb. dues 2d per reg. ton. LV. s.s. Doravewing, 229 tons reg. Ry. Highland and Sutherland. Good cranage.

Charges. Coals, 6d per ton, weighing ditto Id, timber Is per load of 50ft, pine 10d. Grain, 2d per qr. Iron and manures, Is per ton.

Official.-Harb. Master, G. Brown.

DONAGHADEE, Royal Harbour, Co. Down, Ireland. Pop. 1,881. Lat. 54° 38′ 45′′ N; long. 5° 32′ W. 16 miles NE. of Belfast. Ry. Belfast and Down. THW. f. and c. 11h 13m. Auth. Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, under Act 1 Geo. IV., c. 113. Accn. Area about 16 acres at HW, and 6} at LW. D. at entrance LWST. 12ft 6in; W. of En. 150ft, shallowing up to 8ft 6in at warping buoy in the middle of the harbour. Rise and fall ST. 11ft 6in, in NT. 9ft 6in. Used by vessels up to 200 tons. 2 hand and I steam cranes, to 3 tons power. Steam crane, unloading coke, 5d per ton, coal and all other traffic 3d per ton. W. prev. SSW., most dangerous SSE. Tr.-I. Coal.

Charges.-None. P. as per agreement.

Officials.-Sec., P. J. Tuohy, Esq.; Harb. Master, James Lance; Harb. Engineer, W. Elliot, C.E.

Hotel." Arthur's," and two others.

DONEGAL, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Lat. 54° 40′; long. 8° 7′ W. At the mouth of the Eask. THW. f. and c. 5h 18m. Auth. The Earl of Arran, under Donegal Harb. Order, 1897. Accn. Two quays with D. alongside of 7 to 11ft at HWST; Sp. rise 11ft and N. 8ft.

No Charges for quays.

Pilotage.-Doorin Rock to Green Island 1/6, Green Island to Quay 1/, out to sea 1/3 per foot.

Official.-Chief Coast Officer, George Kerr.

Hotels." Mrs: McGinty's,"

DOUGLAS.-See Isle of Man.

Arran Arms," J. Smullens.

DOVER, Kent. A seaport. Lat. 51° 7' N; long. 1° 18′ E. Pop. 42,000. Auth. Dover Harb. Board, consisting of members appointed by the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, the S.E. and C. Ry., and the Corporation. Very extensive works in progress. P. C. THW. f. and c. 11h 12m; Sp. rise 183ft; N. rise 15ft. D. in channel leading to Granville docks at LT. is: OST. 21ft; N. 16ft; other parts of harbour 4ft less. W. prev. SE. to SW.; most dangerous from SW. Rys. the S.E. and C. Ry. Tr.-I. Coal, timber, seed, &c.; E. Chalk, oil, oilcake, &c. LV. H.M.S. Himalaya. Accn. New commercial harb. 75 acres in extent, with a depth at low water varying from 15 to 40ft. Tidal

harb., 14 acres in extent, communicates with the Granville Floating Dock and the Wellington Dock. En. to tidal harb. is between two piers. W. of E. 140ft. Docks, &c.:

Quayage space about 2,400ft.
Wales pier, 31ft at LWOST.

Extensive pier accn., Prince of Cranes to lift from 3 to 30 tons.

Charges.-Tonnage dues 3d ton, in ballast 1d ton. using harb. tow-ropes pay 10/ per mast.

Pilotage. See London District.

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Vessels

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Towage. Out of the harbour to the edge of the flood-tide, for vessels of 100 and under 200 tons 1; rising 5/ per 100 tons. the steam is got up for a single vessel, a sum of £1 is charged over these rates.

Officials.-Registrar to Dover Harb. Board, Worsfold Mowll; Harb. Master, Capt. Iron; Man. L.C. & D. Ry., V. W. Hill, Coll. of H. M. Cust., W. E. Wolsey; Engineer, Arthur Thomas Walmisley; Lloyd's Agents, Hammond & Co.

Hotels."Hotel de Paris," "The Lord Warden," "The Grand," Metropole," 'Burlington."

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DOWNS, THE. A roadstead on the SE. coast, between Ramsgate and Deal, the Goodwin Sands forming a breakwater, and affording a valuable refuge from all but NE. and SE. winds.

the sea.

DROGHEDA, Louth. On the river Boyne, four miles from Lat. 53° 43′ N; long. 6° 18' W. Pop. 14,400. Auth. Port and Harbour Commissioners, under Act 5 Vict., c. 56. P. NC. THW. f. and c. 11h 45m; Sp. rise 11ft; N. rise 9ft. D. on bar 6ft LWST. W. prev. SE. to W. They increase the height of the tides, but they do not form heavy seas; the most dangerous are from SE. to NE. Ry. G.N. (I.) Tr.-I. Timber, grain, coals, slate, salt, iron, and general goods; E. Cattle, horses, pigs, and agricultural goods. LV. Vessels of 17ft dft. have entered the river and arrived in their berths in the harb. on the same tide. Accn. The area of the harb. is 15 statute acres, with a quayage of 1,000yds in length on N. side, and 1,100ft on S. side (Sooft lin. of which is not available to the public). Depth. of water at quay Sp.21st; N. 14ft; medium 16ft. Good warehouse accn. Charges. Harb. dues, including deck cargo, 6d per reg. ton Plankage 1/ each for discharge, 1/ each for ballasting or loading.

Towage.-Vessels from foreign parts including deck cargo ton 61; vessels to foreign parts in ballast 5d. Coasting vessels with cargoes or limestone 4d; coasting vessels in clay ballast or light 3d reg. ton. NOTE.-Should vessels from foreign parts, oncoasters, sail in without the aid of the Commissioners' tugboat, the former

shall be charged 6d ton, and the latter 4d ton outward towage. Minimum charge for towage £1.

Pilotage.-District. From between Clogher Head and the Skerries to quays of Drogheda, and from quays to bay. Rates :—

Officials. Chairman to Commrs., The Mayor; Engr., Silvester Roche; Harb. Master, Captain Leach; Sec. and Coll. of Harb. Dues, Thomas Byrne.

DRUMORE, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Near Mull of Galloway. Auth. Owner, the Earl of Stair, K.T. Accn. Dry at half tide. D. at HWNT. 8 to 9ft, and at HWST. 12 to 13ft. W. prev. SE. to SW. THW. 11h 5m. Used principally by local

boats and wind bound vessels entering at HW.

Charges.-Loading or discharging 2d per ton, windbound Id ton. Officials. Agent, T. C. Greig, of Stanraer; Harb. Master, Alexr. McGuffog.

DUBLIN, Dublin. On the river Liffey, 7m from the Irish Sea. Lat. 53 21 N; long. 6° 16′ W. Pop. 414,597. Auth. Port and Docks Board, under Act 30 Vict., c. 81. P. NC. THW. f. and c. at Dublin bar (Poolbeg lighthouse) 11h 12m; Sp. rise 12 to 14ft; N. rise 9 to 11ft. D. on bar at LWST. about 15ft, and at the following docks :

M.G. W.; D.W. & W. Tr. (chiefly cross Channel)-I. Sugar, grain, ice, timber, merchandise, manure, &c.; E. Grain, manure, whisky, beer and porter, linen, merchandise, &c. The largest vessels that come up at LW. are steamers of 400 to 480 tons of 13ft dft. The Great Eastern lay alongside Northern Quays for a winter. The En. to the harb. between the North Bull and Poolbeg lighthouses is 1,cooft wide, and is formed by the channel of the Liffey, which is quayed on both sides through the city. The area available for shipping extends from the entrance of Alexandra Basin to Butt Bridge, and, inclusive of the Alexandra Basin, the Custom House, and the Royal and Grand Canal Docks, it is 205 acres in extent. The Alexandra Basin contains 50 acres of water, having a depth of 24ft at LW. over three-fourths of its area, and 2,355 lin. ft of quay wall, on the S. and W. sides, with 22 to 24ft in line of keel at LW. The Grand Canal Docks, on the S. side of the harb., have an acreage of 25 acres, and about 2,000 yards of quayage. George's Dock (inner) is 650ft long by 300ft wide, and (outer) 320ft by 250ft wide; W. of E. 36ft. The Spencer Dock (belonging to the Midland Ry. Co of Ireland) has about one mile of quayage, is 26ft wide at entrance, and has 5ft on sill at LW. The Custom House Old Dock is 413ft long by 210ft wide; W. of E. 35ft. Ringsend Dock has a lock 140ft long and 32ft wide, 14 to 15ft deep. There is also a smaller private dock, 110ft long, not under control of the Board, in which 3d. per net reg. ton is charged, besides port dues, 64d; merchants always pay the former. The river, or harb. channel, is about 7,633 yards long, varying in width from 80 to 334 yards, with a depth at LWST. of 13ft. There are timber jetties, 3,925ft in length, outside some of the old quay walls, along both sides of the river, so as to permit the berths to be deepened from 5 to 8ft in line of keel at LW. Quays on N. side, 6,930ft; D. at LW., 8 to 22ft; crane to 3 tons. Quays on S. side, 5,670ft; D. at LW., 5 to 22ft; 4 cranes to 4, 5, 10 and 25 tons respectively. There is a length of 3,352ft of sheds, chiefly in connection with the cross Channel trade, and tramways to an aggregate length of 14,49Sit on the quays, connecting these with various railways.

* For vessels of 200 reg. tons. + For vessels of 500 reg. tons.

Charges.-Harb. dues 10ld ton, if foreign or colonial; coastwise 6d. Rates on goods as per resolution, Sept. 22, 1904. Net rates commencing on the 1st Jan., 1905.

Pilotage. District. On the north an imaginary straight line drawn from a point between Balbriggan and Skerries, and through Rock-a-bill Lighthouse to a point at sea three leagues distant from the nearest land on that part of the Irish coast. On the south an

imaginary straight line drawn from a point in the same latitude as the South Arklow Lightship, and through the lightship on the south end of the Arklow Bank, and thence to a point at sea three leagues distant from the nearest land on that part of the Irish coast. On the east by an imaginary line drawn from the seaward extremity of the northern boundary line of a point at sea three leagues eastward of the Nose of Howth, thence to a point at sea three leagues eastward of Wicklow Head, and thence until it joins the seaward extremity of the southern boundary line. DIVISIONS OF DUBLIN PILOTAGE DISTRICT. No. 1.-Inner Pilotage Division. The Inner Pilotage Division comprises the area which would be enclosed by straight lines drawn from Bray Head to the buoy on the south end of the Kish Bank, and from thence to the Kish Lightship outside the Kish Bank, and from thence on to Ireland's Eye, except so much of that area as is comprised in the Bay Pilotage Division. No. 2.-Bay Pilotage Division. The Bay Pilotage Division comprises the whole area of Dublin Bay outside the bar, and is formed by an imaginary straight line drawn from the north headland of Dublin Bay called Howth Bailey, to the south headland of Dublin Bay, called the Land's End of Dalkey. No. 3.-Outer Pilotage Division. The Outer Pilotage Division comprises the area which would be enclosed on the north by the northern boundary line of the Dublin Pilotage District, on the east by the eastern boundary line, on the south by the southern boundary lire, and on the west by the lines forming the boundary to seaward of the Inner Pilotage Division. Rates. Inner Pilotage District. British or foreign vessels from or to foreign ports to the quays or docks of Dublin 3/ foot; into Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 2/ foot; to the quays or docks of Dublin from Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 2/6 foot; from the bar to the quays or docks of Dublin 1/ foot. For piloting (not in ballast) outwards, to any part of this division, from the quays or docks of Dublin to Poolbeg 1/ foot; from Poolbeg over the bar 1/ foot; from Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 2/ foot. Colliers or coasters, to the quays or docks of Dublin 1/6 foot; into Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 1/ foot; to the quays or docks of Dublin from Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 1/6 foot; from the bar to the quays or docks of Dublin 6d foot. For piloting (not in ballast) outwards, or to any other part of this division, from the quays or docks of Dublin to Poolbeg 1/ foot; from Poolbeg over the bar 1/ foot; from Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 1/ foot. British or foreign vessels from or to foreign ports, and colliers or coasters, in ballast, from the quays or docks of Dublin to Poolbeg 1/ foot; from Poolbeg over the bar 1/ foot. Bay Pilotage Division. British or foreign vessels from or to foreign ports, to the quays or docks of Dublin 2/6 foot; all other charges identical with the rates of pilotage of the Inner Pilotage Division. Outer Pilotage Division. British or foreign vessels from or to foreign ports, to the quays or docks of Dublin 4/ foot; into Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 3/ foot; from the quays or docks of Dublin 2/ foot; from Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 2/ foot. Colliers or coasters, to the quays or docks of Dublin 2/6 foot; into Kingstown, Dalkey Bullock, or Sutton 2/ foot. The rates in the several divisions are charged for every foot of water the vessel draws, and in proportion for every half-foot. A fractional part of a foot less than half a foot is in all cases reckoned half a foot.