pilot taken on board a vessel outside the Needles Point or Náb Light, is entitled to the following additional pay, viz.: Under 500 tons ; 500 tons and upwards £2. The pilots of the Isle of Wight district have authority to supersede such of the London or Cinque Port pilots as are licensed for the charge of vessels to the Isle of Wight, when they arrive near the channels leading into the ports and harbs. within the Isle of Wight; but no master of a vessel is compelled to take an Isle of Wight pilot until at St. Helen's, if he be piloted thereto by a duly licensed London or Cinque Ports pilot. The following rates are chargeable for transporting vessels from one berth to another in Portsmouth or Cowes Harbs., but no pilot shall be entitled to claim these in respect of any vessel which he has brought into harb. unless he can prove to the Sub-Commissioners that the vessel could not be placed in her berth for discharging during the tide in which she came in, viz.: Not ex. 200 tons 10/6, ex. 200 and not ex. 300 tons 15/, ex. 300 tons 21/. If a master choose to retain or employ a pilot whilst at anchor, the rate for the lay day is 7/6, not including the day coming in or going out.

Towage.-From Spithead to any of the following places, and vice versa, for vessels of 100 reg. tons and upwards:Camber or Gosport Beach 1d reg. ton, if towed in and out 2d ton; Gosport afloat, Logo, Haslar, Weovil, or any part of the harb. between the Camber and the north course of H. M. Dockyard 13d reg. ton, if towed in and out 3d ton; Extension Works, Gas Works, Flathouse Quay, or Hardway 2d reg. ton, if towed in and out 3d ton; Fareham 4d reg. ton; Langstone to Brading 6d reg. ton; Emsworth or Itchenor 6d reg. ton. Vessels under 100 tons, yachts, and steamers, in tow from or to other places, by special agreement.

Officials.-Harb. and Dock Master, T. Meades; Coll. of H.M. Cust., F. W. Wood; Lloyd's Agent, R. W. Beale.

Hotels." Miller's Solent Commercial and Family," "George', "Dolphin," and "Star and Garter."

Auth. Harb. Company Accn. Dry at LW. Vessels Boats are beached by traction

PORTSOY, Banffshire, Scotland. under Act 1882. drawing about 1oft enter at HW. engines.

Officials.-Sec., James Young; Harb. Master, Capt. H. Smith. PORT TALBOT, Glamorgan, between Porthcawl and Neath. Auth. Owners, Port Talbot Railway and Docks Co., under Statutes 57 and 58 Vict., 1894. Tr.-I. Tar, pitch, gas coal, copper, silver, lead, tin, iron ore, steel, pig iron, castings, deals, timber, pitwood, bricks, slates, and general merchandise; E. Coal, coke, patent fuel, copper, spelter, iron, steel, rails, castings, tin plates, terne and black plates, timber, bricks, fireclay, and general merchandise. Accn. Old Dock.-Harbour protected by two breakwaters, 700ft apart at entrance. Area 90 acres Depth, 14 acres with 26ft. 800ft wharves for discharging and loading. Two coal tips, 20 ton power hydraulic, and 6 hydraulic and 5 steam cranes. Old Dock connected with New Dock by a channel, 8oft wide. New Dock.-Area 24 acres. Depth 28ft 6in. Number of tips 4, hydraulic, 20 ton power, with lifts varying from 35 to 40ft. Fine graving dock within New Dock, 450ft long, 6oft wide at entrance; capable of accommc dating 2

large ships side by side. Entrance Lock.-Length 450ft. Width of gate; 6oft, and, including lay-by for three ships, total width 120ft. En. Depth of water HWOST, 33ft; depth of water, HWON г, 28ft 6in. Capacity of tips, 260 tons per hour. Lift of cranes, 30cwt. to 12 tons. Nearest port to Rhondda Valley. Coal fields surrounding dock.

Charges,-Harb. dues and charges guaranteed as low as any in Bristol Channel.

Pilotage,-NC.

Officials.--Sec., Edward Knott; Harb. Master, Humphrey Jones; General Man., Edward Lowther; Lloyd's Agent, D. Jenkins. PORT WILLIAM, Wigtownshire. A small port, dry at LW., with 14ft at HWST. Pop. 700. Accn. 12 vessels of 100 tons each. Auth. Sir H. E. Maxwell, Bart., M. P. LV. 300 tons. P. NC. Harb. dues 3d per ton coastwise; 4d per ton foreign; windbound id per ton; ballast 2d per ton. Official.-Harb. Master, Peter Duff.

PORT WRINKLE, Cornwall, nr. Looe. Small harb., dry LW. PORTYNLLAEN. A sub-port of Carnarvon, used by a few small vessels bringing coal.

PRESTON, Lancashire. Dock about 17 miles from outer bar. Lat. 53° 44' N; long. 2° 45' W. Pop. 112,892; centre of great Pop. near Wigan Coal Fields. Auth. Corporation of Preston, under Ribble Navigation Acts, 1853 to 1896. P. Trinity House outport district.“ THW. 11h 49m ; Sp. rise 16ft.; NP. rise 8 ft. W. prev. SW., most dangerous NW. Rys. L. & N.W., L. & Y., P. & L. Jn. (L. & Y. and L. & NW) Tr.-Timber, deals, wood pulp, grain, coal, whiting, china clay, and pig iron. LV. 3,000 tons burthen. Accn. The harb. extends from Preston to the sea, a distance at LW. of ST. of about 16 miles. The Albert Edward dock is 40 acres in extent, together with tidal basin, 41 acres, &c., 294ft dft ST. and 234ft NT. on dock sill. Depth in river is 10ft less. Ten cranes, from 15 to 20 tons per hour each. Warehouses and transit sheds are provided for the storage and manipulation of cargoes.

Southport Pier
Lytham

St. Anne's-on-the-Sea

Length.

yds.

Depth at ST

ft.

There is a slipway for vessels of 100 tons, and two gridirons, 120ft and 450ft long; 10 hydraulic and 3 steam cranes, one 25 ton coal crane, one 20 ton coal hoist, and a number of hydraulic capstans.

Charges.-Harb. tolls are payable in respect of vessels entering or using the harb. of Preston, although not using the docks or quays of the Corporation or the harb. for the purpose of receiving or delivering passengers, animals or goods. Dock rates are payable in respect of vessels using the docks or quays of the Corporation or the harb. for the purpose of receiving or delivering passengers, animals or goods. The dock rates specified in the table are inclusive of harb. tolls. Vessels arriving with cargo are charged on the inward voyage as from the most distant port of lading. Vessels arriving in ballast are charged on the outward voyage as for the most distant port of destination. Such vessels loading cargoes consisting only of coal are charged one-half of the rates specified.

All parts of the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel between
the Mull of Cantyre and St. David's Head, including the
Isle of Man and the Is'and of Anglesea, the east coast of
Ireland from Cape Clear to Malin Head

All other parts of the United Kingdom, and the Islands of
Guernsey, Jersey Alderney and Sark

All parts of Europe to the northward of Cape Finistere
and to the westward of the North Cape, and without the
Cattegat and Baltic Sea and including the Faro Islands and
Iceland

All parts within the Cattegat and Baltic including the whole of
Sweden the Wh te Sea, and all parts to the eastward of the
North Cape; all parts in Europe to the southward of Cape
Finisterre, without the Mediterranean, Newfoundland,,
Greenland, Davis' Straits, Canaries, Madeira and Azores
All other parts beyond the seas not specified above
Vessels trading within the Port of Preston for every trip
arriving or departing

S. d.

Tolls, per Reg. Ton.

s. d.

4

0 6

о 3

о 3

I

3

I

3

Vessels of less burden than ten tons, and vessels wholly
employed in the fishing trade, per annum (commencing
1st January and ending 31st December)
NOTE.-Vessels paying dock rates which remain in the dock for a longer period
than one month are liable to an additional rate of 2d per ton per week.

Any loaded barge or loaded lighter which remains in the docks without permission, for a longer period than one month, is liable to an additional rate of 2d per ton per week. Vessels are required to enter and use dock instead of going to the New Quay, or the Quay by the Bull Nose in the river.

Pilotage Rates as defined at Trinity House :-

Per foot of the vessel's draught of water.

600 tons and under

1000 tons

register.

tens and

1000

over.

From Nelson Buoy to Bog Hole or

vice versa

The additional rate, for intermediate portions of a foot in the draught, to be regulated as follows:

For 3in and under, no addition; for more than 3in and under gin, the medium between the two rates; for gin and upwards, the rate for the next foot.

For sailing vessels only, vessels taken from other tugs by special arrangement.

Certified pilots can be boarded from the pilot schooner Leader, usually moored between Nelson and Gut Gas buoy. If neither pilot nor tug boat can be hailed, or the weather be too boisterous to come to anchor off " Nelson," either Lune Deeps, Holyhead, or Ramsey Bay can be entered for refuge, then communicate with Harb. Master, Preston. But the Corporation will not be responsible for any extra expense resulting to any vessel or its cargo from entering a port or place of refuge.

The

Towage-Foreign and coasting, from Nelson Buoy to Preston, or vice versa; under 100 tons reg. 6d per ton; over 100 and under 200 tons reg. 5d per ton; 200 tons reg. and over 4d per ton. Signal for Tug: Stop the Ensign and hoist it at gaff end. If a tug with a vessel in tow requires further assistance to bring a ship into harb. (from heavy sea, accident, or other cause) an ensign must be hoisted " forward," and kept up till assistance arrives. If a ship is intended for dock, two flags are to be put on tug "forward " or on ship's gaff. All applications for the service of tugs to be made to the Marine Superintendent. Tow Rope: Ships towing in and out of Preston are recommended to take the tug's rope, the charge is very moderate; as if a ship's rope parts whilst towing, double charge will be made for passing the tug's hawser on board. The above regulation is made with a view to preventing risk to both tug and ship. Wire Hawsers: Notice is hereby given that the tugs are not allowed under any circumstances to tow solely with wire hawsers; there must be a length of rope hawser attached, equal at least to one half the length of wire used. Terms of Towage Contract: On the hiring of a steam tug for towing services, the master and the crew thereof become the servants of and identified with the ship and are under the control of the person in charge of the ship during the performance of the contract. Corporation of Preston are therefore not responsible for the acts or defaults of the master or the crew of the steam tug or for any damage or loss that may arise to the ship or cargo, nor for any damage caused by any defect in or happening to the machinery of the steam tug or to the towing gear, or by any perils of the seas, river or navigation. A towage contract direct from the sea to Lytham or Preston, or Preston or Lytham to sea, is to commence or terminate when the steam tug has taken the ship from the sea to Preston or over the Bar, or opposite Lytham Pier. This towage contract is not to prejudice any claim the Corporation may have to salvage for any extraordinary services that may be rendered to the ship or cargo, from or arising out of circumstances not existing nor contemplated at the time of making the contract. This contract is not to apply to salvage services nor to claims for or in the nature of salvage. When towing by stages and through stress of weather the steam tug can make little or no headway, she is to be paid by the hour from the time of passing the last stage, the captain of the tug notifying the same by signal or otherwise to the person in charge of the vessel. Towage to be charged by the hour if the tug is taken beyond the stage agreed upon. If a tug is engaged to tow a ship to any port or station, but through stress of weather or other unavoidable circumstances she is separated from the ship, the tug to be paid pro rata for the distance towed. When a tug is ordered, attends, and is not employed, the vessel to pay the rate of towage of such ship from Lytham to dock. The Corporation reserve to themselves the right to substitute one tug for another. One tide to be allowed for

docking should vessel arrive after the dock gates are shut. If longer detained tug to have a claim for detention according to the size of the ship she may have to tow. Vessels towed from anchorage and by any means failing to get into dock to pay extra to contract, ten shillings per hundred tons of their register tonnage or fractional part thereof. No commission, gratuity, or discounts allowed from the above rates. Use of tug's hawser is an extra charge, but the Curporation do not guarantee its efficiency, nor will they be responsible for any mishap whilst it is in use however occasioned.

Officials. Corporation of Preston. Clerk and Sol., Henry Hamer, Town Clerk; Res. Eng. and Gen. Supt., James Barron, Assoc. M. Inst. C. E.; Dock Supt. and Harb. Master, J. Bilsborough; Marine Superintendent, James Cochrane; Lloyd's Agents, Fisher & Iddon. PRESTONPANS.--See Morrison's Haven. PULTENEY AND WICK.-See Wick. PWLLHELI, Carnarvon. Bay of Cardigan.

Lat. 52° 51' N;

long. 4° 32′ W. THW. f. and c. 8h 30m. Rys. The Cambrian and L & NW. Auth. Town Council, by Pwllheli Harb. Act, 1897. Accn. Depth at LW.2ft, and at HWST. 16ft. The harb. is well sheltered by banks, has a good beach, and is rising in importance as a watering place.

Charges.-Harb. dues, foreign trade 3d per reg. ton; coasting, unloading 2d, loading 1d; wind bound Id. These will be increased when the harbour is completed. Pilotage. As per agreement

Officials.-Harb. Master, Capt. Owen Lewis; Town Clerk, E. R. Davies; Borough Surveyor, T. Cunningham. Hotels. Tower,' 66 6. Crown,' Mdryn Arms," "Whitehall." QUEENBOROUGH, Kent. Lat. 51° 26' N ; long. 0° 45′ E. Auth. Corporation, under Queenborough Harbour Act, 1876. Accn. Pier and wharves, area of harb. extends from Swale Spit on the N to King's Ferry on the S, 3 nautical miles. Depth varies from 15 to 30ft LWST. THW. f. and c. 12h 38m. W. prev. SW; but harbour landlocked. Queenboro' Ry. Jetty, LC. & D., under Sittingbourne and Sheerness Ry. Co.'s Act, 1857, and LC. & D. Ry. Co.'s Act, 1866. Used by passenger

and cargo steamers plying between Queenboro' and Flushing. Charges.-8/ on vessel and 2d per ton on cargo.

Officials.-Town Clerk, W. J. Harris; Harb. Master, Edwd. Brightman; Secy., J. Morgan, Victoria Station, London; Pier Supt., F. Flood-Page.

QUEENSFERRY, SOUTH, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.

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seaport burgh and Royal Burgh on the Frith of Forth, 8 miles from Edinburgh. Harb. dries at LW., accommodates vessels up to 100 tons at HW. Tere are also piers at the Hawe, Longcraig, and Port Edgar within the Burgh, belonging to the N.B. Ry. Co., and at the latter pier there is a large breakwater and harbour capable of accommodatirg vessels of 1,000 tons. The railway runs to Port Edgar. At St. Margaret's Hope vessels can ride safely at anchor in all weathers; it is just opposite Port Edgar. Queensferry is the port of H.M. training ship Caledonia, and H.M. Guardship Rodney. Auth. Town Council of Royal Burgh of Queensferry. The chief importance of the place is derived from the ferry across the Frith of Forth, the South end of the Forth Bridge being within the Burgh.

Official.-Town Clerk, Peter Miller, Solicitor, Linlithgow.