Accn. Harb. dry at LW.; has an area of 7 acres, with an entrance about 55ft wide, and quayage of about 2,300ft in length. D. 29ft. HWST. and 18ft HWNT. The basin, 204ft wide, has an entrance 62ft wide. OTD. 27ft HWST. and 16ft HWNT. The pier or breakwater is about 574ft long, and the inner pier 238ft long. Accn. There is a ballast crane, staith from 150 to 200 tons per hour, and crane to 6 tons. W. prev. and dang. W. and SW. Pilotage.-2d ton reg. ships; rd ton reg. steamers. Charges.-Harb. dues, 4d per reg. ton foreign, and 2d coasting. Officials.-Dock Supt., J. Dunster, Paddington Station; Harb. Master, W. D. Lodge, Porthcawl; Lloyd's Agent, E. David. Hotel." Marine" (Private), PORTHGAIN HARBOUR. Auth. Porthgain Quarries, Ltd. Is midway between St. David's Head and Strumble Head. It is well sheltered from W. and SW. winds, and has a straight entrance channel with deep water up to piers. D. at En. 13ft 6in springs; 1oft 6in neaps. The mills, works and stock yards are adjacent to wharves. Vessels load alongside free at present. Two steam cranes. PORTHILLY, Cornwall. Fishing harb, on E. side of Padstow Haven. There is a large cavern near this place. PORTHLEVEN, Cornwall, situated in centre of Mount's Bay. A pier harb., with jetties in outer basin. The inner basin is protected in stormy weather by balks of timber placed across the entrance, which is 28ft wide, and affords safe discharging berths for vessels up to about 500 tons burthen. Auth. The Porthleven Harbour and Dock Co., under Act 32 & 33 Vic. ST. 16ft to 12ft, NT. 1oft to 9ft on sill of dock, but no vessel drawing more than 12ft should charter to discharge or load here. Tr. I. Coals, timber, bricks, slates, limestone, manures, salt, grain, &c.; E. China clay and china stone. Charges. Harb. dues, 3d to 6d per ton reg., but 4d is highest actually charged. Pilotage.--50 tons, 10/, and so in proportion to 30/ for 250 tons. Towage. As per agreement. Ballast from wharf, 6d per ton; dues, 3d; putting on board, 2/ for every 10 tons. Officials.-Sec., F. Harvey; Harb. Master, R. S. James. PORT ISAAC, Cornwall. Lat. 50° 36' N; long. 4° 48′ W. A small port available for small craft only. THW. f. and c. 5h 24m. A lifeboat station. PORTISHEAD.-See Bristol. PORTKNOCKIE, Banffshire, Scotland. Auth. Harbour Commissioners under Portknockie Harb. Order, 1893. Pop. 1,600. A small harb. declared open for trade in April, 1890. £4,000 has been spent on new breakwater. D. at ent. 16ft at LW, and the average rise is 12ft. There is a deepwater berth of 11ft NT. at LW. LV. 197 tons reg. Tr.—I. Coal, salt, fish; E. Herrings. Charges.-Harb. dues, 3d per ton reg.; P. the same; ballast, 1/ per ton on quay; discharging ballast, as per agreement. Local light / per vessel, water 1/. Harb. Master's fee. Officials.-Harb. Master, Jas. Monro; Clerk to Harb. Commrs., G. Donald. PORTLAND, Dorsetshire. Lighthouse at east entrance; ap. proximate position, lat. 50° 35' N; long. 2° 25' W.; is now constituted a dockyard port under Admiralty authority. Accn. Harb. is formed by breakwater, with three spacious entrances, and with the exception of a restricted area (which is likely to become more so) lying to the westward of two beacons in line and to the southward of the torpedo factory pier, is reserved for Government purposes. No bars; easy of access for all vessels, but steamers seeking shelter from westerly gales would find more room and better shelter outside the breakwater in Weymouth Bay. Castleton pier has depth of 6ft to 7ft at LW. on north side, with 4 cranes belonging to two stone companies. Winds prev. from SW. to NW. THW. f. and c. 7h 1m. No harb. dies. Coal can be obtained from hulks belonging to Messrs. Collins & Co., Powell Duffryn & Co., Channel Coaling Co., and Fox, Son & Co. Pilotage. See Weymouth. C. for Continental traffic. Officials.-The Senior Naval Officer (cx officio) and the King's Harb. Master. PORT LETHEN, Aberdeenshire. A small harb., dry at LW. PORT LETHEN, Kincardineshire, near Gridleness. harb., dry at LW. A small PORT LOGAN, Wigtonshire. Auth. Owner, J. McDoual of Logan. The only harb. between the Mull of Galloway and Corsewall Pt. that fishing boats can make for. Accn. Area 2 acres. Dry at entrance LW. Harb. is so silted up that there is only accommodation for one or two smacks at present time. W. prev. and most dang. SW. Harb. dues at option of proprietor. PORT MCADAM.-See Gatehouse. PORTMADOC, Carnarvonshire. Lat. 52° 53' N; long. 4° 25. W. No harb. authorities. A small tidal harb. with quays on N. side 3,031ft, and on S. side_1,630ft. D. 13 to 15ft at berths HW., dry at LW. alongside. THW. f. and c. 7h 27m.; ST. 14ft; NT. 9ft. Pilotage. In ballast in and loaded out, 4d per reg. ton; loaded in and out, 4d per reg. ton; foreign id extra. Towage.-Loaded in ballast out, 6d per reg. ton; loaded ia and out, 7d. Charges.-Harb, dues on all vessels taking in ordischarging cargo, 3d per reg. ton; foreign, 44d per reg. ton; windbound, Id per reg. ton for buoyage. Strangers may get a pilot at St. Tudwall's Roads by sending to Portmadoc, at a charge of 10. Discharging ballast, 1/ per ton. Tr.-I. Timber, coal, limestone, flour, &c; E. Slates. Officials.-Harb. Master, R. J. Morris; Rec. of Harb. Dues, R. J. Morris; Coll. of Customs, H. Jones. PORTMAGEE, Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Harb. Master, T. O'Neil. PORTMAHOMACK, Ross-shire. On Dornoch Frith, E. coast of Scotland. A small tidal harb. Auth. Constituted by Act of Parliament 25 and 26 Vict. c. 105, with a pier 30cft long. Dry at LW.; used by vessels drawing 10ft at HW. Official.-Factor for Cadbolt, W. G. Paterson. PORTMORE, Island of Colonsay, Hebrides. A safe harb, with a sandy beach, but with numerous off lying rocks. P PORT MUCK, Island Magee, Co. Antrim, Ireland. now dilapidated and disused. Harbour PORT MULGRAVE, Yorkshire, between Runswick Bay and Staithes, north of Whitby and Scarborough. Auth. Sir C. M. Palmer, Bart., M.P. Used by Palmer's Ship. building Co. PORT NA HAVEN, Island of Islay. A shelter for fishing vessels. D. at entrance, 6 fms. PORT NA LONG, Oronsay, Hebrides. There is a narrow inlet on the W. side two-thirds of a mile long, with a sandy beach, where boats can find ample security. PORTOBELLO. A pleasant seaport and watering placc, 3 miles E. of Edinburgh. Ry. N.B. There is a pier belonging to the Galloway Steam Packet Co. PORT ORIEL, Co. Louth, Ireland. There is a fishery pier at this place, 4 miles north of Drogheda Bar. Accn. HWST. about 30ft, and 15ft. at LW.; NT. 25ft; pier, about 300ft long; good anchorage. Vessels of 240 tons have discharged here afloat at LW. There is a small harbour inside the per, where a few vessels drawing not more than 11ft co ne in and discharge, but it is dry at LW. Pilotage. By agreement. Charges.-Harb. dues, 3d per reg. ton, and id per ton whar'age of ballast. Official.-Har. Con., Patrick Neacy. PORT NESS, Isle of Lewis. Auth. Harb. Trustees under Port Ness Harbour Order, 1889. D. PORTPATRICK, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Lat. 54° 50' 20" N. long. 5° 7' 2" W. No harb. authority. at En. 30ft HWOST, 21ft LWOST. Since the mails ceased running hence, the port has been allowed to become dilapidated, and trade is now almost nil. Ry. C. (E. J. Brooks, chief coastguard officer). THW. f. and c. 1th 10m. PORT PENRHYN. (See Bangor.) Lat. 53° 13' N; long. 4 10' W. Dry at LW. 17ft HWST. A private port belonging to Lord Penrhyn. Tr. Shipping slates. Official.-E. A. Young, Agent to Lord Penrhyn. PORT QUIN, N. Cornwall. A small harbour for small craft. PORTREATH, Cornwall. Lat. 50° 15' N; long. 5° 17′ W. Auth. A. F. Basset, Esq., of Tehidy, Camborne; retained in own hands, and used for importing and exporting merchandise, chiefly coal and ores. Accn. A tidal port, dry at LW. No. 1 Dock, 195 × 105ft; No. 2 Dock, 279 × 95ft; No. 3 Dock, 180 × 160ft. En. 26ft wide. D. 17ft HWST.; 9ft 6in HWNT. There are two steam cranes. Ry. Branch line GW. Ry. Charges.-Harb. dues, 61 per ton reg, which includes pilotage. Officials.-Man. and Hatb. Master, F. D. Bain, PORTREE, Inverness-shire. Raasay Sound, Island of Skye. Lat. 57° 24' N ; long. 6° 7′ W. Auth. Owner, Lord Macdonald. A spacious harb. with good anchorage and good pier. D. at entrance, about 40ft. Tr. I. From U.K. only, coal, salt, and general merchandise; E. Cattle and sheep to U.K. Charges.-3d ton on goods discharged. Harb, dues, 2d reg. ton. Official.-Harb. Master, Norman Beaton. PORTRUSH, Co. Antrim. Auth. Harb. Board, under Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV. A harb. used by coasters and cross-channel passenger steamers. D. at ent. 14ft LW., 17 to 18ft HW. Steam crane 3d per ton discharging coals. Pilotage. C. Charges.-Harb. dues, sailing vessels 6d. reg. ton, steamers 44. Officials.-Sec. and Man., D. MacLaughlin; Harb. Master, W. Mann; Receiver of Dues, John Bamford. PORTSEA.-See Portsmouth. PORT ST. MARY.-See Isle of Man. PORT SCALLOMEE, near Cape Wrath, Sutherlandshire. There is a quay at this place in 6ft LW. PORT SETON, Haddingtonshire, Frith of Forth near Cockenzie. Auth. Harb. Commrs. D. HWS. 16ft ; IIWN. 12ft. Chiefly a fishing harb. Charges.-Herring boats 1 pay. able at end of each herring fishing; yawls £1 10s. per annum. Official for the Judicial Factor, John Walter Thomson. PORT SKERRA, near Thurso, Caithness. A fishing station between Armadale Port and Sandside Harb. Auth. Harb. Commrs. under Sutherland Piers' Order, 1892. PORTSMOUTH, Hampshire. Lat. 50° 48' N ; long. 1° 6' W. Pop. 189,907. Auth. Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; the Portsmouth Corporation own the Camber and Flathouse Wharves, under Acts 2 and 3 Vict. c. 72, and 31 and 32 Vict. c. 128. THW. Dockyard 11h 41m; Sp. rise 12ft; N. rise 1oft. D. of water ST. 30ft; N. 173ft. W. prev. SW.; most dangerous S. Rys. L. & S. W. and L. B. & S. C. Tr.-I. Timber, coal, grain, guano, and Government stores; E. Government stores, grain, &c. LV. 1,350 tons. Accn. Portsmouth is the chief naval station of England. The Royal Dockyard covers an area of 500 acres. En. to harb. about mile wide, and extends several miles N., between the W. side of Portsea Island and the mainland, gradually widening out until near the northern shore it is about 3 miles. Harbour affords ample accn. for the largest man-of-war. Crane power, one 10 ton and three 5 ton cranes. Pilotage.-District. From the Owers, within and without the Isle of Wight, to Peverell, and vice versa, and to and from, and 50 14 30 12 9 22 8 4 23 8 4 SHIPPING WORLD into and out of all ports and places within those limits, excepting those within the Poole and Southampton districts. Rates: FROM ΤΟ 17ft and and not ex 20ft. Upwards of soft. .. Foot. Foot. Foot. Stokes s. 526 d. s. d. s d. 696 66 5 I Spithead, Motherbank, Yarmouth or Lymington Roads.. Fareham or vice versa.. vice versá Between Bullock Patch and Horse Fort, and vice versá 3 1 3 5 667 37 536 606 66 606 600 6 from Lepe Buoy to Lee Point.. I Lymington Harbour Yarmouth Harbour Bembridge Harbour 606 000 32 2 2 о 2 a 4 6 7 6 425 324 606 5 6 7300 090 3 3 о 906 900 4 6 O 2 0 2 6 2 6 Bosham or Dell Quay Langstone or Chichester Harbs., 00 Steamers or vessel in tow a reduction of one-fourth of foregoing rates on distances steamed or towed. Ships returning by stress of weather, contrary winds, or on account of accident, into ports within the Isle of Wight district, pay one-half these rates. A |