wards. Rates. Inwards, 1/ foot, and 2/6 for boat attendance. Outwards as per agreement. Towage.-As per agreement. Officials.-Town Clerk, W. L. Macindoe; Treasurer Harb. Dept. W. E. M. Maxwell; Harb. Master, Capt. Charles Hay: Coll. of H. M. Cust., Charles Allan. Hotels." Harbour Head," "National," "George," "Station." KIRKCUDBRIGHT, Kirkcudbrightshire. Lat. 54° 48' N ; long. 4° 5' W. On the River Dee. Auth. Town Council, under Act 16 and 17 Vict., c. 93, s. 12; and a Schedule of Rates, approved by Board of Trade, November 10, 1892. Accn. A small harb. D. 2ft LW. Used by coasters. THW. f. and c. 11h 10m. Officials.-J. Gibson, Town Clerk; Lloyd's Agent, A. Treche. KIRKWALL, Orkneys. Lat. 58° 59' 10" N; long. 2° 57' 30" W. Pop. 3,711. Auth. Orkney Harb. Commrs. ; under the Orkney Harbs. Act., 1887. P. NC. THW. 1oh 9m. Sp. rise 1oft; N. rise 7ft. W. prev. from SW. to a W.; most dangerous NE. Accn. The harb. is a small natural bay, sheltered from the northward by a pier, extending about 373yds from the shore, with a return head of 33yds pointing to the NW. There are warehouses, and the piers have 22ft at HWST. and 12ft LWST. There are also cranes to 3 tons' power, and other accommodation. Charges.-Harb. dues according to size 1d to 6d ton. Harb. lights 1/ for every vessel above 20 tons reg. Pilotage. For pilotage, from sea, into and out of the sounds and roadsteads in the Orkney Islands : Limits. 1st. From five miles seaward of Hoy 2nd. From sea through Hoy Sound to .... Towage. As per agreement. 160 Tons and 100 Tons and 220 Tons and upwards to upwards to 420 Tons. s. d. £ s. d. Officials. Clerk to Commrs., D. J. Robertson; Harb. Master, J. Smith; Asst. Harb. Master, James Scott; Cust. Officer, J. Wilson. Hotels." The Kirkwall," Castle, Royal," Queen's," "St. Ola," &c. 66 KITCHEN COVE, Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Lat. 51° 43' N ; long. 9° 35' W. This is fair shelter for craft drawing up to 13ft. KYLEAKIN, Inverness-shire. Lat. 57° 16' 39" N; long. 5° 44′ 28" W. Auth. Owner, Lord Macdonald. Accn. r, dry at LW.; the basin has 15ft at LW. THW. f. and c. Official.-Factor, James Mackintosh, Portree, Skye, KYLE RHEA, Inverness-shire. Lat. 57° 17' N ; long. 5° 40' W There is a good pier at this place. LAMBAY ISLAND HARBOUR, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Lat. 53° 30' N ; long. 6° o' W. D. at En. 10ft. Bricks, clay, building and draining material, &c., may be landed free. Owner, The Hon. C. B. Malatride. Official.-Officer of Coastguard. LAMLASH, Arran Island, in the Firth of Clyde. Lat. 55° 31' N; long. 5° 4′ W. A good anchorage and excellent harb. There is a good pier, &c., at this place, where steamers can go alongside at any time of tide with passengers. Charges. No harbour dues, but there are pier dues. LANCASTER, Lancashire, 5 miles above Glasson Dock, on the river Lune, 12 miles from the sea. Lat. 54° 3' W; long. 2° 46′ W. Pop. 20,000. Auth. Commissioners and Trustees of the Port of Lancaster. St. George's Quay, under Act 23 George II. and subsequent Statutes. P. C. THW. 11h 16m. D. at Lancaster ST. 12ft; NT. 6ft. W. prev. SW.; most dangerous from WNW. Rys. L. & N.W. and M. Tr.-I. Timber, grain, Spanish ores, &c.; E. Coal and salt. LV. at Glasson Dock at HWST. about 600 reg. ton. Glasson Dock, the property of the Commissioners of the port of Lancaster, is 500ft long and 200ft wide, with an entrance 35ft wide; depth of water over sill at ST. 17 to 20ft; NT. 12 to 14ft. The lock connecting this with the Lancaster Canal is 100ft long by 26ft wide. There is a graving dock attached 197ft long (187ft on blocks), entrance 35ft wide. Outside the dock there is 400ft of quay wall, dry at LW., and in dock there is 1,000ft of quayage space. Steam cranes, coal tip, &c. Morecombe Harb. is now closed, and Keysham opened (which see). Charges.-Harb. light and buoyage dues, 4d per ton, Foreign 9d to 1/ per ton. Ballast loading 1 ton, discharging 2d to 6d ton. Pilotage.-River Pilotage : : River Pilotage. Within Line from Abbey Lower Lighthouse to Sunderland Point for or from Glasson :- Under 200 tons register Per Foot of s. d. Within Line from Abbey Lower Lighthouse to Sunderland Point for or from the Old or New Quay or Jetty at Lancaster or other place within the said line : Under 8 feet draught... 8 feet and under 10 draught.. 10 feet and upwards For removing any vessel which on her passage to or from the Old Quay or Jetty at Lancaster shall stop and moor at the New Quay, 5/ extra. But all charges by arrangement. NOTE.-The Commissioners rebuilt and have extended the New Quay and built the Ford Quay at Lancaster. SEA PILOTAGE :-On vessels employed in the "Oversea" Trade. On Vessels employed in the "Coasting" Trade one-half of the above rates. NOTE.-Masters of outward bound vessels may, at their option, dispense with the services of pilots at Danger Patch Buoy. Towage. Ships under 300 tons £6 6s; 400 tons £7 7s; 500 tons £8 8s; 600 tons £9 98; 700 tons 10 10s; and every additional 100 tons 1 Is extra. From Glasson Dock to Lancaster or vice versa, 6d per ton; and 9d if towed up and down. Officials.-Gen. Man. M. Ry., J. Noble, Derby; Gen. Man. L. & N.W. Ry., F. Harrison, London; Harb. Mast. and Clerk to the Commrs., A. Russell; Harb. Mast., Morecambe, O. Carr; Dock Mast., Glasson, W. N. Greenwood; Lloyd's Agent, R. Nicholson. LAND'S END, Cornwall. THW. f. and c. 4h 30m. LANGSTONE HARBOUR, creek under Chichester and Portsmouth. Rys. LB & SC, and L & SW., at Havant, one mile off. D. 12ft ST. 9ft NT. Open to S. winds. Charges.-Harb. dues, buoys, d ton; boomage, 2. Quay dues, coal, 3d ton; stones, 6d ton; bricks, 1/ per 1,000; P. 2/ per ft; ballast, 1/ ton. Officials.-Quay and Harb. Mast., E. Little; Coastguard Officer, G. Mills. LARGO, Fifeshire. Lat. 56° 13′ N; long. 2° 56′ W. The birthplace of Alex. Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe). Ry. N.B. Auth. Owner, Geo. Johnston. Esq., of Largo. Accn. A pier carried out to half tide; D. 8 to 1oft ST. Used by coasters loading potatoes and linseed cake. W. prev. E. and N., most dangerous E. THW. f. and c. 2h 20m. Charges. Dues id reg. ton. Cargoes from Id up. Ballast free. Officials.-Harb. Master, A. Simpson. LARGS, Ayrshire. Lat. 55° 50' N ; long. 4° 50′ W. Rys. Glasgow and South-Western. A small harb, used by passenger steamers and coasters. D. 14ft at ent., 12ft at berthage, rising gradually to nothing on beach. Rise and fall about 11ft 6in OT. Auth. Joint Stock Co., under Act 2 William IV., c. 44. Vested in Glasgow and South Western Rly. Co. in terms of Sec. 34 of their Act of 1899. THW. f. and c. 11h 42m. Charges.-Vessels under 10 tons 1/ gross, 10 to 15 tons Indieg. ton, over 15 tons 2d reg. ton. Loading and unloading, tariff. Officials.-Sec., Peter Campbell; Treas., David Couper ; Harb. Master, W. Wright. LARNE, Co. Antrim. Lat. 54° 51′ N; long. 5° 47′ W. Rys. per schedule; weighing, id per ton. Lloyd's Agents, LAUGHARNE (Barks-under-Clyffe), Carmarthenshire. Lat. about 51° 22′ N; long. 4° 20′ W. A harb. used by small colliers. W. prev. SW. No harb. authority. THW. f. and c. about 5h 45m. Official.-The Recorder, William Jeremy. LEIGH, Essex. River Thames. A fishing harb., 17 miles SE. of Chelmsford. Ry. London, Tilbury & Southend. Official.-Principal Coast Officer, F. Harris. LEITH, Midlothian. On the Firth of Forth, adjoining Edin. burgh, with which it forms practically one town. Lat. 55° 59' N; long. 3° 10' W. Pop. of the combined towns 400,000. Auth. Commissioners, under Docks Acts, 1875, 1892, and 1899. P. NC. THW. f. and c. 2h 17m; Sp. rise 164ft; N. rise 12ft; R. of N. 9ft. D. on bar 10ft LWST. W. prev. W. Rys. Cal. and N. B. to and from ships' sides throughout the harbour and docks. Tr.-I. Grain, hemp, provisions, esparto, fibre, ores, timber, manure, wines, sugar, fruit, &c.; E. Iron, hardware, coal, canvas, machinery, chemicals, fire-bricks, manures, herrings, spirits, ales, &c. LV. Knight Bachelor, 6,391 tons. The En. to the harb. and docks between the two piers is 77yds wide. Accn. Area of harb. and docks: In addition there is the entrance channel, between the piers, 3.000ft long, the inner portion of which is part of the harh., but the outer portion is not used for vessels lying to discharge cargo, but simply as an entrance to the docks and harb. and a anding stage for passenger steamers. Dry Docks, &c.: The docks are fully equipped with sheds, steam and hydraulic cranes to lift from 1 to 65 tons, hydraulic coal hoists, capstans, and other appliances for facilitating traffic. There are rails on all the quays in direct communication with the Cal. and N. B. Railways. There are sheds for storage of esparto, and extensive yards for timber. Charges. Rates on goods. Rates on vessels, coasting 2d per reg. ton; Continental between Dunkirk and Baltic ports 5d; Baltic ports 7d; Mediterranean, America, Asia, and Africa 10d; after 8 voyages in one year vessels only pay 2d per reg. ton. 2d per tor. Coal Pilotage. (Leith Harbour and Docks)-District. The limits of the port and harb. of Leith extending from a point at a bridge beyond or east of Seafield Toll Bar eastward of Leith to Wardie Brow or Brae westward of Newhaven, and half-way across the Firth of Forth. (These limits are extended for pilotage purposes by Article 8 of the Bye-laws and Regulations.) Rates per foot. Inwards :-7ft dft. and under 5/10; above 7 and not ex. 8ft 8/; above 8 and not ex. 9ft 9/9; above 9 and not ex. 10ft 11/8; above 10 and not ex. 11ft 13/9; above 11 and not ex. 12ft 16/; above 12 and not ex. 13ft 19/6; and for every foot or part of a foot above 13 an additional charge of 1/6. Extra attendance:-For each 24 hours extra attendance on board, when requested by the master, to the master pilot 3/, and to each of the boatmen 1/6. Pilot boats and crews -For vessels from foreign ports under 70 tons 4/; for vessels from foreign ports of 70 and not ex, 120 tons 5/; for vessels from foreign ports ex. 120 and not ex. 250 tons 6/; for vessels from foreign ports ex. 250 tons 9/. Coasting vessels of any size which take a pilot boat to be charged 2/6 for boat's and men's attendance, besides the pilotage. Outwards :-Outward rates one-half of those inwards. (Leith, Trinity House.) District. The Firth of Forth from Fife Ness on the north to St. Abb's Head on the south; the Corporation also have power to license pilots "for seas and firths and along the coasts and islands of the Northern and German Oceans." Rates. For piloting vessels from St. Abb's Head or Bell Rock to Harb. Pilots limits or Leith Roads, and from there to Carron Roads, &c., and vice versa : |