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300 tons, and piaster on every ton in excess, with a discount of 10%. Sanitary dues from 1 ton up to 500 tons piaster per ton, and from 500 to 1,000 tons 12 paras per ton, over 1,000 tons 8 paras per ton. (Exchange 1 sterling = 110 piasters; 40 paras = 1 piaster) Labourage from 2/ to 2/6 per day. Disbursements of a steamer of 750 tons with cargo of grain to Marseilles £16 3s. 6d. No pilotage. Officials. H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul (Acting), I. Falanga; Merchant and Commission Agent, J. B. Amzalak. Broker. A. A. Fiani.

JEDDAH, Red Sea. Lat. 21° 28′ N; long. 39° 13′ E. Pop. 18,000. Tr.-I. Corn, rice, butter, tobacco, musk, timber from Java, gold, civet, incense, Manchester piece goods, and from Egypt and Abyssinia, manufactures from India; E. Coffee, gum arabic, skins and hides, mother of pearl, few pearls, almonds, leather, and balsam. Accn. The portion of the harb. occupied by vessels is two miles in length, half a mile in its greatest breadth, narrowing in certain places to 300yds. The harb. has a depth of from 17 to 20 fms. Jeddah is the port of Mecca. Harbour full of coral reefs, requires very careful navigation on entering and clearing. Charges. Quarantine dues amount to about £3 on a stemer of 1,000 tons net. Anchorage dues, Id per ton for first 500 tons, d per ton for next 500 tons, d per ton for every ton over 1,000 tons. Officials. Chief Port Auth., Mohamed Bey; Harb. Master, Ali Effendi; Insp. of Customs, Riza Bey. H.B.M.'s Consul, G. P. Devey; Vice-Consul, S. M. Husain.

JELLA COFFI, W.C. of Africa. See Kwitta (1) miles away) JENCHUAN, or GENSAN, Korea Lat. 39° 9' N; long. 127° 33' E. Pop. 13,000. Opened to trade 1883. Tr.-I. General. E. Beans, fish, hides, &c. Tonnage dues, 30c per t.r.

JOANA, Java. 108 miles W. of Samarang. Town 2 miles from entrance. Bar, LWST. 7ft, LWNT. 6ft. One tile a day. Tr.-No imports; E. Sugar. Labour and provisions plentiful. D. 7 miles off shore, 4fms. Official. Coll. of Cust. and Harb. Master, W. Tannenbaum.

JORDAN RIVER, N.S. Lat. 43° 40' N; long. 65° 12′ W. Tr.-E. Deals. Accn. Considered a safe place in the summer for vessels of 16ft dft. A breakwater has been built; it has 15ft at LT., bottom soft. Pilotage. No reg. pilots. Official. Harbour Master, F. P. Thorbour.

JUNIN, Chile. Lat. 23° S.; long. 71° W. Situated about seven miles to the south of Pisagua. An im portant place for the shipping of nitrate of soda, being connected by railway with mines in the interior. The bay is badly protected, being but little better than an open roadstead, but the anchorage is now good in 16 to 18fms. Several steam and hydraulic cranes, up to 6 tons. Charges. Pilotage 3c per ton inward, same outward. Hospital dues foc per ton, sailers and steamers; light and buoy dues 40c per ton sailers, 60c steamers Loading, discharging, see Pi agua. Official. Br. Vice-Consul, L. J. Garratt.

KABENDA, W. Africa. Lat. 5° 33′ S; long. 12° 10' E. Pop. 10,000. Tr.-E. Ivory, honey, and wax. Accn. Harb. safe and commodious. Anchorage in 4fms.

KAISER WILHELM CANAL. From Kiel Bay, Baltic to Brunsbüttel Harb., North Sea, at the mouth of the Elbe. Tr.-I. & E. Coal, wood, stone, cement. The canal is 53 miles long, and has double sets of locks at each end, 492ft by 82ft. The width at wa er level is 190ft; at 21ft below, 111ft; and at the bottom, 72ft. The depth throughout is 27ft 10in minimum, the same at entrances, resting places, and quays. Vessels must be 443ft long, 65ft 8in broad, and 27ft 3in deep or less, and height of masts must not exceed 131ft 4in. The canal can be used day and night. Dry docks at Kiel and Hamburg. Charges. 400 tons reg. and under, 60pf. per ton; 400 to 600, 40pf. per ton; 600 to 800, 30pf. per ton; above 800, 20pf. per ton; in ballast 20 per cent. less, October to March 10 per cent. is added to these rates. Towage. C., by Government tugs; when using the regular tug trains sailing vessels pay 40pf. for first 200 tons reg., above 30pf. per ton reg.; if not using tug trains 25pf. for first 200 tons reg., above 20pf. per ton reg.; special tugs by agreement. Pilotage. From the Elbe to Kiel Bay is included in the above rates. The services of canal steersmen recommended but NC.; charge, LI 10s per vessel. Officials. Harb Captain and Harb. Master, Imperial Dock Office.

KALBOUT, Java. Lat. 7° 40' S; long. 114° E. Anchorage 11fms. Tr.-E. Sugar. Accn. Jetty and storehouse. Meat dear, poultry and eggs.

KALMAR.-See Calmar.

KARACHI, India. Lighthouse on Manora Point is in lat. 24° 47′ 37′′ N; long. 66° 58′ 36′′ E. Pop. 121,000. Tr.-I. Metals, English piece goods and cotton twist, sugar, liquors, coal and coke, machinery, timber, stores (provisions), mineral oil, metals, drugs, fruit, tea, and railway plant; E. Grain, skins, bone meal, tea, hides, oil seeds, salt, fish, wool, cotton, dyes, &c. Auth. Port Trust, under Bombay Act VI. of 1886, and Amendment Act of 1902. Accn. In entrance channels HWST. 32ft, NT. 29ft. Vessels drawing not more thau 26ft can enter port during the monsoon season; during fair season, Oct. to May 15, the largest vessels can enter and leave harbour. The maximum dft. allowed for entering or leaving port during the SW. monsoon is 26ft, but at the discretion of the Port officer, and during spring tides and fine weather, this might be increased in the case of vessels loading to 28ft. There is a dry dock 167ft long at Manora. There are fifty 35-cwt., two 12-ton, and one 30-ton hydraulic cranes on ship wharves at Keamari. Two belk oil installations, for 11,500 tens oil, with pier 550ft long, from which oil is pumped from vessel to tanks. Charges. On sea-going vessels of 200 tons and upwards, obliged to receive a pilot on board, when mooring within port limits, 3 annas ton once in three months; hooking, 16rs; swinging moorings, from 2rs per diem for vessels under 200 tons, 3rs 200 to 500 tons, 4rs 500 to 800 t ns, and Ir for every additional 200 tons Fixed moorings Ir in acdition. Pilotage. C. In and out of port of Karachi sailing vessels and steamers. (The monsoon season commences May 15, and ends September 30.) From 100 to 300 tons fair season, 35rs; monsoon season 52rs 8 annas, and 4rs for every additional 100 tons

above 300. Removing from one part of the port to another or alongside a vessel, and to moorings, 5ors; sailing vesse's in and out half pilotage when towed. Towage. In or out of port 3 annas reg. ton; within the port 1 anna reg. ton. Officials. Port Trust; Chairmao, H. C. Mules; Vice-Chairman, E. H. Aitken, Esq.; Manager and Secretary, R. W. Cooper, Esq.; Port Officer, Com. Lt. L. S. Warden; Port Engineer, Edward Jackson, M.Inst.C.E.

KARLSHAMN.-See Carlshamn.

KARLSKRONA (or CARLSKRONA), Sweden.

Lat. 56°

9' 29" N; long. 15° 35' 40'5" E. Pop. 26,500. Tr.-I. Coal and coke, coffee, corn, copper, fish, iron and rails, hides, machinery, manure, pork, salt, sugar, oil, textiles, tobacco, wine, wool, &c.; E. Bark, berries, butter, cheese, fish, hats, iron plates, granite and stone, paper, oats, wooden wares, bones, ramie. Accn. It is a naval station of the first class. D. of W. at the main entrance about 40ft, and usually open throughout the year. Has a large, safe, and deep harb. with good anchorage, and divided into two parts. The outer one has about 5fms of water, and the inner one about 22ft. Vessels of 20ft dft can discharge direct at the quay or into the warehouses. Larger vessels must load or unload in lighters. The quay has been enlarged. The Royal Dockyard has seven dry docks where vessels in case of need can be repaired, large cranes which lift up to 25 tons. A new dock is now built. Rys. Several railways. Steamship lines to all Swedish ports, Christiania, Copenhagen, Lübeck, Hamburg, Stettin, Hull, and Cape Town. Post, telegraph, and telephone. Charges. Chartering, 3 per cent. of amount of freight. Collection of freight, per cent. Ballast, kr per ton; discharging ballast, about 25 ore per ton. Harbour dues, 12 ore per ton; light dues, 25 ore per ton; tonnage dues, 10 ore per ton; consulate duty, 2kr 25 ore per each vessel; Custom House for each vessel, Ikr 50 ore; stamp for each vessel, Ikr; navigation office dues, according to tariff; clearance, according to tariff. For example:-Charges on a vessel of 800 reg. tons, coming from a foreign country with cargo in, and going to foreign country with cargo out

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Vessel which before in the same year has been four times in Swedish port has no lights dues. Vessels for coals or water free. Towage. Steam tug can be obtained. Pilotage. According to tariff, and f. ex. for one vessel of 1,500 reg. tons, 49kr in and 49 out. Winter tax plus 25 per cent. Officials. Chief of the Station, ContreAdmiral C. A. M. Hjulhammar; Chief of the Royal Dockyard,

Commander M. Hamilton; President of the Merchants' Society,
and Consul, Eric Albrecht; Harb. Master, E. Fernstrom;
H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, Ad. Palander; Lloyd's Agents, Palander &
Co. and coal merchants give on request every assistance to ship-
Prices moderate. Coals, water, and provisions always to

masters. be had.

KARREBIEKSMINDE, Denmark. Lat. 55° 11' N; long,
11° 39′ E. Tr.-I. Coals, deal boards,
cellulose, grain, oilcake, bran; E. Wheat and barley. Accn.
about 12ft inside the piers. The harb. will be finished in the
months June or July next; from that time there will be 184ft depth
of water in the harb. Unloading will take place in lighters of 85
tons burden. Unloading coals 55 ore per ton. Charges.
dues, whether with cargo or in ballast, in or out, 12 ore
Loading and unloading about 6d per ton. Government ship
ore. Pilotage. 56 ore per ft from 1st April to 1st October, 75 ore
ia winter. Official. Port Master, N. R. Erichsen.

KELUNG, Formosa. Japanese Treaty Port. Lat. 25° 30' N;
long. 121° 40' E. Tr.-I. Chinese merchandise;
Accn. A large and deep
Mines of good soft

E. Tea, camphor oil, coal, rice, &c.
anchorage. Ent. 12fms, berth 6ms, quay 1fm.
coal, suitable for domestic use, but will mix well with Welsh for
steamers. Will form a station for the Japanese Navy. Construction
Official.
of the harbour, dredging sea-bed, and breakwater will be completed
gradually. Charges. Tonnage dues, 5 sen per ton.
Supt. of H.I. Customs, Mr. G. K. R. Nakamura.

KERTCH, Sea of Azov, Russia. Lat. 45° 15′ N; long. 36° 24' E. Pop. 41,000. Tr.-E. Wheat, barley, linseed, and wool. Accn. On the bar of Yenikale there is 16 to 20ft (19ft mean level) of water. Shipment by lighters; only ships of Charges. Lighterage over bar, and light dft approach shore. loading and unloading, about Is 9d per ton. Pilotage. Up and down channel each way 7 cop. (13d.) per last (2 tons net); into and out of harbour, 3 cops. each. Official. H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, R. Michell.

KEY WEST, U.S.A. La. 24° 35′ 58′′ N ; long. 81° 48′ 7′′ W. Pop. 22,000. Tr.-E. Cigars, sponges, pineapples, &c. Accn. Excellent harb. D. Wharves having about 23ft at head; AST. about 24ft. En. Ship channel 30ft, SW. channel 24ft, SE. channel 24ft. NT. 1ft 10in; OT. 2ft. f. and c. of moon. W. WSW. LV. U.S. warship Maine, 6,000 tons. Loading or unOne tug, belonging to Key loading by day or special contract. West Salvage and Towage Co. Pilotage. C. Vessels drawing 6 to 1oft, 12s 6d per foot; 10 to 14ft, 16s 8; 14 to 20ft, 1 os 10d; over 20ft, 1 5s. Vessels for orders delivered outside or coming in pay one pilotage. Officials. Coll. of Cust., Geo. W. Allen; H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, W. J. H. Taylor (Mes-rs. Taylor & Co.), to whom all vessels calling for orders should communicate at least 24 hours before vessel is expected to arrive. This is to avoid delays in entering port.

KIEL, Germany. Lat. 54° 19′ N; long. 10° 8' E. Pop. About 140,000. Tr.-I. Coals, Indian corn, timber, grain, and bricks; E. Grain, flour, timber. Accn. Two floating docks,

with sections of great lifting power; two iron shipbuilding yards. D. In the interior of the harb. 23 to 25ft; alongside the quays, about 20ft. Station for the German Navy and an Imperial Dockyard. Several crine; lifting 5 to 30 tons; two Government floating cranes lifting 50 and 90 tons, and two cranes lifting each 150 tons (dockyard). Charges. On a ship of 264 tons n.r., timber inwards and ballast out, about 15; on a ship 953 tons n.r., pitch pine in, ballast out, about £55, ballast included. The eastern entrance of the canal between the Baltic and North Sea is in Kiel Bay. Pilotage. NC. During summer 45 91 meter, winter 6s 6d meter. Official. H. B. M.'s Vice-Consul, A. Sartori. Brokers. Sartori and Berger. (See also Kaiser Wilhelm Canal.)

KINGSTON, Jamaica. Lat. 18° 01' N ; long. 76° 48′ W. Pop. 60,000. Tr.-I. Manufactured goods, wheat, flour, salted provisions, manufactured and leaf tobacco; E. Rum, sugar, coffee, dyewoods, hides, cigars, pimento, fruit (chiefly pineappies, bananas, oranges, and mangoes). Accn. Vessels of large dft lie alongside of wharves of town, above which water deepens to 9 fms; the harb. is a large and spacious inlet running east and west, and is capable of containing any number of vessels of large size. It is an important coal depôt for steamers. Slip dock for vessels up to 1,coo tons. Charges. Light dues id reg. ton for steamers and 3d reg. ton sailing vessels that enter at any port of the island. Vesse's trading between the tropics 75 6d, beyond trop cs 15s; over 70 tons and under 160 tons, 10s and £1; 850 tons and over, 1 and 2, once in three months and local vessels once in twelve calender months. Pilotage. Rates-Sailing ships not exceeding 7ft, inwards £2 5s, outwards 1 8s; for each additional foot and part of a foot, inwards 6/, outwards 4/; steamers 50 per cent. less. Harbo ir Master, C. Thompson. Ship Broker, Coaling, &c. E. A. H. Haggart. Hotels. "Constant Spring and "Myrtle Bank."

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KINGSTON, St. Vincent, W.I. Lat. 12° 23' N ; long. 61° 13′ W. Good Anchorage. No Pilotage. Charges.

Port ship, £2, steamers £1. KIUKIANG. Open Treaty Port on the Yangtze River, about 445 geog. miles from Shanghai, 187 from Hankow. Lat. 29° 42'; long. 116° 08′ Pop. About 55,000. Auth. Imperial Maritime Customs. Tr.-I. Chief import, opium; E. Chief export, tea. Accn. Abundant room for anchorage. Six halks connected with shore by ponto ns, alongside of which vessels of any size can lie to ship or discharge cargo. No tide. D. Varies from 8ft on a shoal below the port in winter to 45ft in summer. LV. H.M.S. Glory and Endymion, the French 1st class cruiser Montcalm. Charges. Tonnage dues on vessels. Pilotage. NC. Pilots are always engaged in Shanghai. Officials. H.B. M.'s Acting Consul, W. J. Clennell; Chinese Government Foreign Cust. Service-Com. of Cust., W. F. Spinney (Acting, H. W. Brazier); Harb. Master, W. C. Howard.

KIUNG CHOW, China, is the name of the prefectural city, three miles inland. The name of the port is Hoihow, which see. Tr.-I. Petroleum, piece goods, opium, matches, &c; E. Pigs, sugar, drugs, hemp, &c. Accn. About 20ft at LW. in anchorage limits. No tugs, pilots, quays, cranage

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