accommodation, nor dry docks. Charges. Tonnage dues rather heavy, say, 400 Mexican dollars on a fair-sized steamer. Charging for loading and unloading very cheap, say, under a shilling a ton in native boats. Officials. H.B. M.'s Consul, E. T. C. Werner; Comm. of Cust., J. Acheson; Harb. Master, G. A. Forsaith. KLAKSVIG, Island of Bordoe (Faroe Isles). Accn. Good anchorage in 12 fms.-See Thorshaven. Official.

Sysselmand, C. Olsen.

KNYSNA HARBOUR, Cape Colony. Lat. 34 3' S; long. 23 W. Good anchorage at Best Cove and alongside Government wharf. Any vessel that can cross the bar can reach the wharf. Tr.-I. Food, manufactures; E. Timber, Accn. Water area 2,500 acres. D. on bar 15ft, HWOS. At times there is not more than 13ft of water on the bar. The Govt. wharf, leased to Thesen & Co., is 370ft long, depth alongside being 24ft HWOS., and 18ft LWOS. There are trucks on the wharf but no cranes. Charges. £1 per voy. for use of buoy; lan ng charges 2/ per ton and ad. val. Officials. Lloyd's Agents, Thesen & Co.

KOBE, (Hiogo) Japan. Lat. 34° 40′ N; long. 135° 14′ E. Pop. 304,753. Tr.-I. Manufactured goods, coals, and metals; E. Tea, rice, cotton, cotton yarn, copper. Accn. Very safe harbour, depth from 4 to 10 fms; plenty of water at ent. Two piers for unloading, berths appointed by harb. master. Dock in course of construction. Dry dock 400 ft long. There is also a patent slip available for

vessels up to 2,000 tons. Charges. Tonnage dues, net

reg. ton, 5c of a yen each entry, or 15c of a yen. for the whole year. Pilotage. $3 to $5 per ft. Officials. H.B.M.'s Consul, H. A. C. Bonar; Vice-Consul, J. B. Rentiers; Harbour Master, J. Fuji.

KOLDING, Denmark. Pop. 13,000. Tr.-I. Coals, grain, lumber, and other merchandise. Accn. Harb. can receive vessels of 19ft draft throughout channels and harbour. Anchorage for larger vessels 2 miles from town, in from 3 to 5 fms. Slip to 150 tons, larger vessels can heave down. Good for water and provisions. Crane to lift 6 tons. Quay 3,700ft; vessels 350ft long can swing inside the harb. Charges. Harb. dues 10 ore in and 10 ore per ton reg. out. If out with ballast 2 ore more. Unloading coals 7d per ton, grain 6d per ton. Towage. In, 25 ore per ton; out, as per agreement; discharging, 50 ore per Official. Harb. Master, L. C. Jordahn.

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KONGSHAVEN, Faroe Islands.-See Thorshaven, to which it is nearest port in case of bad weather in that road. A slip for repairs up to 100 tons has been constructed.

KONIGSBERG, Germany, Lat. 54° 42' N ; long. 20 29' E. Pop. 200,000. Tr.-I. Colonial produce, tea, herrings, iron, steel, flour, and tin plates, wines, coal, salt; E. Wheat, rye, barley, peas, oats, tares, hemp, linseed, rapeseed, flax, timber, linens, oilcake, oil, bristles, raw sugar, bones, mats, feathers, wax, hides, skins. Accn. Vessels up to 2,000 gross tons come here, drawing about 13ft. Vessels of from 1,400 to 1,700 tons trade regularly to this port. A sea canal between Pillau and

Königsberg, with 21ft of water, enables vessels of 3,000 tons to enter this port. Charges. Harb. dues with cargo inward, about 3d reg ton; with ballast inward or outward, or vessels of less than 60 tons pay half. Canal Dues. Vessels up to 800 c.m. German mt., Ipf per c.m.; for every 100 c.m. above, the tax increases Ipf per c.m. This is payable by all vessels up to 2,000 c.m.; large steamers pay 7pf per c.m. if in ballast or empty. Pilotage. From and to Pillau, Königsberg, or vice versa, from IOS to 36s, according to size. Vessels under 9ft dft are not bound to take a pilot. Masters of regular steam traders may pilot their own vessels, after passing exam. at Pillau. No charge for pilotage from sea to Pillau. Officials. Commodore and Harb. Master, Liudenau; H.B. M.'s Vice-Consul, O. Birth.

KORSÓR, Denmark. Lat. 55° 20' N ; long. 11° 8' E. Pop. 6,000. Tr.-I. Coals, iron, machinery, timber, manufactured goods, tar, flax, cement, and all matters for fodder; E. Grain, butter, cheese, beef, pork, cattle, fish, wool, hides. Accn. The harb. is formed by a bay of the Great Belt, is well sheltered, and has a depth of 21ft. One slip for small vessels. Charges (in and out). For a vessel of about 600 tons reg., brokerage and pilotage included, 14. Labour 6d per ton coals, 7d maize. Towage. 14d ton. Officials. H. B.M.'s ViceConsul, S. Móller; Harb. Master, P. Nielsen.

KOTONU, or Affi Vista, West Coast Africa. 20 miles east of Whydah. Lat. 6° 13' N; long. 2° 4' E. Tr.-I. Manchester goods, &c.; E. Palm oil. Accn Open sea, with 6fms of water close to the shore. The new pier extends about 940ft seawards. Duty as at Whydah.

KOVDA, White Sea, Beresov Island. Lat. 66° 41′ 18′′ N; long. 32° 59' 15" E from G. The saw mill and timber yards are on the Island of Beresov, close to Kovda, in Kovda Bay, in the Gulf of Kandalaksha (White Sea). Steamers and sailers load on the northern side of the Island, where cargo is supplied alongside (either on the jetty or in lighters). There is nowhere less than 35ft of water at loading berths and places, which are well protected from all winds. The ground is either mud or sand. Navigation from the sea to the loading place conveniently deep; nowhere less than 49ft of water. Three buoys are erected on the 10 and 11ft reefs between Oleni and Ovechi Islands, at spots where vessels coming in from the sea will have to round the Ovechi and Salniza Islands. Provisions at cost price; good fresh water. Light repairs to steamers and ships. Four sawmills. Charges. Lastage, in and out, together 40 cop. per ton (same as in all Russian ports). Address commission I r. per standard, stowage 150 r. per standard. Pilotage. In an out, together, 15 cop. per ton. Pilot station is on the NW. end of the Mali Mikkorr Island. No dues. Auth, and Officials. Chas. Stewart, Archangel (Kovda Trevaruaktiebolaget); N. Russanoff & Son, Ltd., Archangel. KRAGERÖ, Norway. Lat. 58° 52'; long. 9° 25'. D. at En. 25ft quays, 20 to 25ft. Commsrs., Chairman, the magistrate. of coal, 165 tons of petroleum; E. wood, 10,000 tons of wood pulp,

Auth. Board of Harb. Tr.-I. About 5,600 tons About 30,000 reg. tons of 100,000 ton of ice. Accn.

Wharves for repairing vessels, 4; vessels repaired by careening; labour. Mechanical works, 1; 3/6 per diem for carpenters and caulkers. No dry dock. Labour cheap. Charges. Reporting and clearing at Custom House, from 10 to 75kr.: chartering and commission, from 12 ore per reg ton to 2 per cent on freight, Loading charges, per hhd. 130kr. to 160kr.; per reg. ton of ice. from 35 to 60 ore. Harb. and quay dues, 2 ore per reg. ton. Pilotage. As stipulated by law; distance inwards, one Norw. mile. Towage. In and out, from 10 to 75kr. each way. Officials. Harb. and Pilot Master, H. C. Jorjusen; Vice-Consuls, British, Tom Parker; German, Henrich Bijorn; Danish, Joh. Fr. Juel; Netherlands, J. Schjelderup; Portuguese, Harald Larsen.

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KRAKSAAN, Madura Straits, 3 miles W. of Phaeton. Tr. E. Sugar. A fine anchorage 14 miles off, in 8 to 9 Provisions very cheap. Labourers to be obtained from Probolingo, clearing port for Phaeton. Steamers or vessels when load. ing at this port have to provide the policeman, who comes on board to guard the loading, with food (rice and fish), as by neglect the harbour master will charge them 5f a day during the man's stay aboard.

KUCHING.-See Sarawak.

KUSTENDJIE (CONSTANTZA), Roumania. Lat. 44° 12' N; long. 28° 21′ E. Pop. 16,000. Tr.-I. Manufactures and all kinds of colonial produce and dried provisions, iron in bars and sheets, farm implements, prints and manufactured soft goods, timber and coal; E. Wheat, barley, millet, linseed, wool, maize, and rape, cheese, fish, leather, hides, sheep, oxen, petroleum, oats, beans and spirits. Accn. Extension works as regards main breakwater and lights complete, and harbour now affords ten berths at quays, with good shelter over large area. Entrance about 30ft; 22ft alongside quays, inner harbour; outer, 26ft. Charges. Port charges 42 fcs. (£1 13s); loading and discharging, d per qr. for trimming grain cargoes, 6d to 10d per ton for discharging coals, rod per ton for discharging general cargo. Pilotage. No pilot fees. Officials. Chief of Custom House, S. Raiulescu ; Capt. of Port, Lt.Com. Catuneano; H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, P. F. C. Zohrab.

KUTCHINOTZU, Japan (South Island). Lat. 33° 37′ N: long. 130° 12' E. Tr.-E. Coals. Small harbour, 24ft LWST. Strong tidal current across entrance. Pilotage. No pilots, but obtainable at Nagasaki. Charges. Customs 15 yen. Clearance 7 yen. Beef about 22 yen per lb. Labour plentiful. Despatch good.

KUYSHA HARBOUR. D. on bar, 24ft. Pilotage. 4s 6d per ft on draught;_moving fees, 20s; loading and discharging, about 2s per ton. Tr.-I. General; E Wool, wood.

KWITTA. A rising port frequented by steamers both outwards and homewards. Auth. Under the Government of the Gold Coast Colony. Tr.-I. Spirits and general European manufactures; E. Palm kernels, palm oil, copra, and rubber. Accn. Good holding ground and easy landing for boats. Officials. C. L. Jackson, Supervisor of Customs; Lloyd's Agent, W. N. Issard,

LA CALLE, Algeria. Open roadstead, exposed to winds N. of E. and W. There is a quay about 240ft long, but ve sels drawing more than 12ft cannot enter the creek. Lloyd's Agent, D. Dapalma.

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LA CIOTAT, France. Lat. 43 18′ N; long. 5° 40′ E. miles SE. from Marseilles. Pop. About 9,000. Tr.-I. Timber, sulphur, iron, salt; E. Anchovies, sardines, dry fruits, wine, and olive oil. Accn. Harb. formed by two moles; vessels drawing 19ft can enter. Shipbuilding is carried on. A graving dock 479ft long. Charges. On a vessel of 600 reg. tons, drawing 19ft loaded £23. Pilotage. On vessel of 600 reg. tons, cargo in and ballast out, drawing 19ft loaded, in £2 75 6d. Official. Dock Master, Mr. Journeil.

LA GUAYRA, Venezuela. Lat. 10° 36′ 19′′ N.; long, 67° 6′ 45" W. Pop. 20,000. Tr.-I. Manufactured goods, earthenware, wines, provisions, &c.; E. Cotton, cocoa, coffee, hides, indigo, deer skins, fustic, straw hats, divi-divi, &c. Accn. Water area (including basin) 90 acres; D at En., 46 to 48ft; length of quayage, 4,25oft; D. alongside 10 to 40ft. Good anchorage. There are 7 travelling steam cranes capable of discharging 25 to 60 tons per hour each, I hand timber crane to lift from 15 to 25 tons per hour on the timber discharging wharf. Three 3-ton travelling cranes, and one 7-ton fixed crane in the basin which is entered from the harb., and used by lighters and coasting vessels. Charges. Com. for entering and clearing a vessel, $25; collecting freight, 24%; on charters effected at La Guayra, 5%. Hospital dues, 20c per day. Harb. Master's fees about $3. Water dues 25c ton. Light, 6c. per ton. Tonnage, 50c. per ton in and out. Official. H.B. M.'s Vice-Consul (Acting), M. Brewer.

LA PALLICE, France. Near La Rochelle. New port created in 1891 at a cost of one million sterling. (For

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trade, dues, brokers, and brokerage, see La Rochelle.) Vessels drawing 26ft are able to come and go during six hours of each tide. D. in outer port (31 acres) and lock: HWST. 33ft 5in, NT. 31ft 8in, LWST. 18ft 8in, NT. 22ft 10in; dock (284 acre.), HWST. 32ft 2in, NT. 28ft 5in; dry docks: No. 1 (590 by 72 ft) HWST. 30ft 6in, NT. 26ft 9in; No. 2 (364 by 46ft) HWST. 27ft 3in, NT. 23ft 6in. Pilotage. Steamer 901 to 1,000 reg. tons, 81 fr; above 1,000 4c per reg. ton. Official. Dock Master, Mr. Bernard, appointed by Government.

LA ROCHELLE, France. (Bay of Biscay.) Lat. 46° 9′ 30′′ N ; long. 1° 30′ 55′′ W. Pop. 28,000. Tr.I. Coal, pitch, phosphate, iron pyrites, nitrate, jute, dried cod-fish, kaolin, petroleum, wood, woodpulp, and Spanish and Algerian wines; E. Wines, brandy, oysters, pit props, hay, &c. Accn. An inner harb., an interior dock, and a still larger exterior dock, outside of which is an outer port. Width of gate of exterior dock 55ft. A gridiron 75 met. long, and ship yds. At NT. ships drawing 16ft and at ST. 21ft to 22ft can enter exterior dock. This port is of very easy access, and is well situated, with a safe roadstead Sixteen cranes on rails at La Rochelle, 16 cranes at La Pallice (of which 4 are powerful, 1,500 kilos). Charges. Quay dues, 50c per ton when steamers come from a European port; Ifr. from a non

European port; Town dues, 25c per ton from all ports, but should the quantity discharged or loaded be inferior to of steamer's net reg., these dues are reduced to 15c, and if inferior to of steimer's net reg. to 1OC. Sanitary dues, 10c from European ports, 15c from extra-European ports. Should the quantity shipped exceed the quantity discharged or vice versa, these dues are made payable on the largest quantity. Brokerage, 50c per ton d.w. for timber, &c., 25c for phosphates from European ports, 5cc from extra-European ports; for coal steamers and regular liners, £4 per steamer; for pitwood cargoes (export), £6 to £8. Labour, 2/44 to 3/2 day. Expenses on a sailing vessel of 241 tons reg. about £26. Pilotage. Steamers 550 to 600 reg. tons net 75fr, 601 to 700 80fr, 701 to 800 85f., 801 to 900 gofr. 901 to 1,000 95fr, and 5c per ton for every ton above 1,000. Brokers. Meyer, Bouyé & Meyer, Samuel Meyer, M. Chevalier. Officials. Vice-Consul, C. J. Hans Hamilton; Dock Master, Mons. Baule; Lloyd's Agent, L. Michel.

LA SERENA.-See Coquimbo.

LA SEYNE, France. Pop. 12,000. Tr.-I. Wood and iron; E. Little or nothing. Vessels not drawing more than 16 or 18ft can ascend the channel and anchor in the harb. close to the town. La Seyne is situated in the roadstead of Toulon at the end of a channel having a mean depth of 21ft. Charges. Same as at Toulon. Pilotage. See Toulon. Towage. See Toulon.

LA UNION, San Salvador. Lat. 13° 17′ 5′′ N long. 87° 42' 39" W. Pop. 5,000. Tr.-I. Cotton, woollen and silk goods, brandy, wines, hardware, &c.; E. Indigo, hides, tobacco, gold, silver, coffee, rice, maize, &c. Accn. One of the finest and safest ports in the Pacific. D. at E., 18 and 20 fms. No quays. Shipment by lighters. Inside jetty 24ft. Good holding ground opposite stone jetty in 41fms. Vessels loaded and dis charged by lighters. Charges. Loading and discharging, $4 silver; tailing vessels $12 per ton register. Steamers free by special contracts. Officials. A Military Port Capt.; H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, J. B. Courtade.

LABUAN.-See Victoria Harbour.

LACEPEDE BAY.-See Port Caroline.

LAGOS, W.C. of Africa. Lat. about 7 5 N; long, about 2 E. Tr.-I. Cotton goods, hardware, guns, gunpowder, tobacco, spirits and salt; E. Palm kernels and oil, ivory, mahogany, rubber cocoa and coffee. Accn. Bar shifting, the state of which is shown on a flagstaff by the signs, S (safe) or B (bad). The dft for steamers and sailing vessels varies according to the time of year, and averages from 9 to 13ft. Vessels can lie alongside the Customs wharf inside the harb. ; there are 9 other wharves belonging to merchants, and 2 to the Government. Cranes on Customs wharf and on the majority of the other wharves. Charges. Medical and hospital fees; vessels carrying surgeon exempt. Light dues, 2/6 for first 25 tons; 2/ for each additional 25 tons. Pilotage. 10/ per ft. Officials. Coll. of Customs, Shipping Master, Registrar of Shipping and Receiver of Wrecks, Edward A. Lovell, M.B., M.A., Ph.D.; Harb Master, Capt. W. C. Speeding; Lloyd's Agent, C. Tambaci.