Officials. British Vice-Consul, Sir C. Wolseley, Bart., Archangel; Lloyd's Agent, Bruno Paetz, Archangel, to whom we are indebted for information. OPOBO, W.C. of Africa. Lat. 5° 10' N; 9° 15′ E. On a river of the same name. Tr.-I. Cotton and woollen goods, beads, leaf tobacco, &c.; E. Palm oil and kernels. Accn. Anchorage, 8fms; river, 10 to 12ft; bar, 9ft to 14ft. R. of T., 7ft S., 5 ft N. Official. Lloyd's Agent, F. Hooper. OPORTO, Portugal. Lat. 41° 8' 48" N; long. 8° 37′ W. Pop. 125,000. Tr.-I. Iron, sugar, coffee, rice, cement, petroleum, chemicals, hemp, flax, coal, codfish, stationery, hardware, hides, cottons, woollens and fancy and manufactured goods, besides colonial produce; E. Wine, oil, cabinet-work, fruit, wool, cream of tartar, salt, cork and pitwood. Accn. The depth on bar is uncertain, but it is not safe for any vessel of more than 18ft dft. to cross, except at spring tides when there is 2 to 3ft more. Shears to 16 tons. Charges. General cargo, 250 reis per ton inwards; coal, 150 reis (with additions), outwards nil; loading, 1/; discharging, 7d. to 9d. per ton. Pilotage. Varies, according to the state of tides and weather, say from £7 10s, out and in, to 12 according to tonnage. Steamers are charged much less. When a pilot is detained off the bar he has to be paid 4 a day. Towage. Across the bar, in or out, from £6 15s to £10 25 6d. From 176 tons to 220 tons 11 5s, 220 to 265 £12 7s 6d, 309 10 353 tons £13 10s, 397 to 142 tons 15 15s, 443 tons 18 and upwards. River service: 88 to 176 tons £3 7s 6d, 176 to 265 tons £4 10s, 309 and upwards £5 12s 6d. Officials. Chief of Northern Mari time Dept., Captain J. J. Marques da Costa; H.B.M.'s Consul, H. Grant; Lloyd's Agents, Rawes & Co. ORAN. Lat. 35° 44′ 21′′ N; long. o° 41' 2" W. Pop. 75,000. Tr.-I. Manufactured goods, wood, coals, patent fuel, coffee, sugar, soap, petroleum, tobacco and cotton-oil from America; E. Wheat, barley, oats, wool, esparto grass, cattle, hides, skins, marble, tan bark, wine, curled fibre, &c. Accn. Old and new harbs., formed by an inner and outer mole. Least depth in old harb. 18ft, av. depth in new harb. 30ft.; dredging proceeding. D. at En. 4oft. Charges. On a steamer of, say, 1,000 tons reg., should she come in with cargo to discharge-mooring ship, 15fr; health dues, o'05 to 0.15c per ton; clearance customs per ship, 40fr; quay dues, 50c to If 15c, according to distance, per ton. The above charges would cover a ship discharging one cargo and loading another, and should she proceed to another Algerian port to load she would be freeof health dues and quay dues, but would have to pay pilotage, mooring, clearance, &c. Pilotage. C. A steamer of say 1,000 tons reg. with cargo, in and out o'04c per ton. On British vessel of 200 reg. tons 9/6 in, and 9/6 out. Brokers. Medina, Bard, and Aubrey. Officials. H.B.M.'s Consul, Thomas A. Barber; Harb. Master, M. Nicolai; Lloyd's Agent, C. Jullian. OSAKA. Pop. 988,728. Chief commercial centre of Japan, 18 miles by railway from Kobé. Seat of cottonspinning industry. Large harbour under construction. (See Kobé.) OSCARSHAMN, Sweden. Lat. 57° 16′ N; long. 16° 28′ E. Pop. 7,000. Tr.-I. Coals, rye, flour, and colonial goods; E. Pitprops, planks, staves, battens, and oats. Accn. Good harb. D. at E. about 24ft., in harb. about 4 to 5 fms, at quay 16ft. Good dry dock 350ft; crane to 5 tons. Charges. Harb. dues 2d ton (Id each way, in or out); Customhouse Id; light, 7d (31d each way), free after four voyages; stowage of wood goods from kr. 1.25, tin kr. 2.50 per standard. Pilotage. In and out, for vessels of 500 tons-summer, £2 15s 7d; winter, £3 95. Towage. For vessels of 200 tons reg., in and out, about £2. Officials. H.B. M.'s Vice-Consul, Olof Wingren; Harb. Master, Frans Rosenström; Lloyd's Agent, J. E. Hagström. OSERKO, on the Murman Coast, Russia. The navigation of the Motoviski Gulf, and up the channel to the bar at the entrance of Oserko (Novia Semlia) bay to within sight of the Petschora Company's saw mill (where an excellent pilot can be got), is as safe as any port in the world. On the bar there is never less than 20ft HW. Accn. The channel is well buoyed, short, and straight. The inner bay is completely land-locked, a safe anchorage from all winds. Petschora Company's saw mill on N. E. side of this bay has a good position, deep water close in. Officials. Petschora Company. OSTEND, Belgium. Lat. 51° 15′ N; long. 2° 26' E. Pop. 50,000. THW. oh 25m; Sp. rise 16ft to 18ft; N. IIft to 12ft. NT. 24ft, ST. 29ft. DW. on bar 13 to 14ft ;_HW. at dock gates 20ft; length 300ft, breadth 381ft; LW. 16ft. Tr.I. Coal, salt, colonial produce, manufactured goods, ice, guano, nitrate and timber; E. Corn, cloves, seed, cattle, fruits, potatoes, flax, &c. Accn. Vessels drawing 16ft can always enter at LW., D. Fore harb., 23ft; dock, 18ft. A deep water pass, 500ft wide, has been cut through the Stroombank in a NW. direction of the pier heads; LW. 16ft. Rys. along quays. Fixed crane on dock to lift 30 tons; movable crane, 5 tons. Canals to interior. Ostend ranks second in importance among the Belgian ports. Important harbour works are now in course of construction, and are expected to be completed during the year, Pilotage. C.: 4 8 6 5 18 O From I 12 6 8 2 6 67 3 for vessel about 17ft 6in dft. Vessels calling and not performing any commercial operation pay half the above; towed vessels and steamers a little less. Towage. Merchant ships: 2d per ton for the first hour or fraction of an hour, id per ton for second and every other hour or fraction of an hour. Yachts: 6/5 for the first hour or fraction of an hour, 4/10 for second and every other hour or fraction of an hour. Fishing boats: 3/3 from inside the Stroombank to the harbour, or from the harbour to the sea; if towed farther out, 5/7 for the first hour or fraction of an hour, and 4/ for second and every other hour or fraction of an hour. Vessels using the tugboat's tow rope pay, if less than 100 tons, 8/; 100 tons and less than 200 tons, 12/; 200 tons and less than 400 tons, 16/; 400 tons and above, £1, and 4/ extra for second and every other hour or fraction of an hour. Vessels in the roads requiring a tug must hoist two flags, one above the other, at the mast head. Charges. Light dues abolished. Sluice dues: 5/4 per 100 tons, in and out; fishermen, 1/9. Dock dues: Merchant ships pay 6d per ton reg. ; regular ship brokers have 50% reduction; fishermen, 2/. Harbour police Inspection in, 4/10; inspection out, 1/7; ship's roll, rod; every man, 5d; stamp, 5d. Any vessel entering at least twice during the same solar month in one or other Belgian port has to pay on the first voyage only for inward inspection and crew tax. Ballast: Dry sand ballast can be had at 1/ per ton f.o.b. ; good, sound bricks can be bought at 16 per 1,000 delivered alongside. Coal: There is generally about 1,000 tons of steam coal available, which is delivered alongside from barges. Brokers. Royon & Borgers, G. Perier, Olsen & Sons, and R. Meny & Co. Officials. British Vice-Consul, W. G. E. Hervey; Pro-Consul, H. Golder; Inspector of Pilotage, M. Romyn; Lloyd's Agent, Wm. Neuts. OTAGO HARBOUR or PORT DUNEDIN, New Zealand. Lat. 45° 47' S; long. 170° 45' E. Auth. Harbour Board. Tr.-I. Coal, railway materials, manufactured goods, &c.; E. Gold, wool, timber, potatoes, grain, butter, cheese, rabbit skins, frozen meat. Accn. D. at En. 30ft LW. The average depth at LWST. in Otago main channel is 32ft to Port Chalmers, at the wharves of which vessels drawing 25ft can berth; mean rise at HW. about 6ft. Vessels not over 21ft discharge at Dunedin wharves, where cranes, to lift from 3 to 7 tons, and sheds are provided, the latter free, the former 3/6 to 4/6 per hour; two dumping plants on Victoria wharf. At Port Chalmers there is a graving dock 330ft long, with workshop and 10-ton steam hammer; a pair of shearlegs capable of lifting 80 tons; two dumping plants on export wharf; two berths, 600 by 60ft; railway; wharf, dredged to 26ft LW. Charges. Loading and unloading / per ton; light dues, 6d ton; port charges, half-yearly, 6d ton; harb. master's fees, id ton. Wharfage, steamers d, sailing d ton. Pilotage. In and out, sailing vessels without a tug 6d, steamers 4d; sailing vessels with a tug 4d reg. ton. In addition to these rates there is a charge of 15/ day for the first 3 days, and 10/ day after the first 3, for any period that a pilot might be detained on board any vessel, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise. Vessels in distress, and whaling vessel putting into port through stress of weather, for water or provision or to refit, are to be exempt from pilotage, except when the services of a pilot are actually made use of, also of port charges. Officials. Engineer and Secretary, J. Blair Mason, C. E.; Harb. Master, D. McCallum; Deputy Harb. Master, Dunedin, H. Gordon; Port Chalmers, F. A. Hardy; Contractors for receiving and deliveriag cargo, John Mill & Co. OWEN ANCHORAGE. Used for landing live stock and explosives for vessels up to 16'6ft dit.-See Fremantle. PADANG, W. Coast Is. Sumatra. Lat o° 58′ S; long. 100° 20 E. Pop. about 25,000. Old anchorage not now used. Is connected by railway with Emmerhaven, 5 miles distant, where trade is now carried on-which see. PAIMBŒUF, France (on the left bank of the Loire, about ten miles from St. Nazaire). Pop. 3,600. Tr.-I. Timber, coal, &c.; E. Wine, potatoes, grain, hay. Accn. Anchorage, good, being protected from S. and SW. winds, and vessels lie at single anchor. There is an excellent quay, as well as a grav. ing dock 80 metres long. One crane to lift 6 tons. Pilotage. Moving vessels in roads, to the quay or vice versâ, 20fr; assistance of a barge, 5fr; men employed in barge, 4fr each. Towage, From Paimboeuf to St. Nazaire and vice versa, 50c. ton; from Paimbœuf to Nantes, if 25c ton. PAKHOI, China. Lat. 21° 29′ N; long. 109° 5' E. Port Auth. Customs Harb. Master. Tr.-I. Cotton, woollen goods, kerosene, matches, rice; E. Sugar, fishery produce, indigo, anisced oil, hides and leather. Accn. No docks or cranage. D. at En. 4fms; at berths, 2 or 3 fms. Charges. Lighterage only. Harb. dues, 4 mace per ton; tonnige dues for China coast every four months. Official. H.B. M.'s Consul, E. T. C. Werner. PALAMOS, Spain. Lat. 41° 51' N; long. 3° 6' E. Pop. 3,919. Accn. At the end of the mole there are 20 to 21ft and inside 12 to 18ft of water. Pilotage. Obligatory, 16/8. Officials. Captain of the Port, A. de Fernandez; H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, P. Matas. PALERMO, Sicily. Lat. 38° 8′ 15′′ N ; long. 13° 22′ 12′′ E. Pop. 350,000. Tr.-I. Cotton, woollen, silk, and linen goods, coals, cereals, hides and skins, animals, and animal produce, petroleum, metals, colonial products, timber, machinery; E. Green and dried fruit, essential oils, shumac, sulphur, oils, manna, artar, lemon juice, wine, &c. Accn. D. at E. 19 met, shallows to 7'40. Average at berths, 9 met. There is a single slip 71'50 met long, for vessels weighing 1,200 tons. 40 ton floating crane on a pontoon, also a 40 ton power crane on shore, and a hand crane. Shipbuilding yard with fine stone foundation slip ready, with every sort of modern shipbuilding plant, The harb. is being improved and new quay built. Dry dock 565ft by 27ft by 85ft top being built. Charges. Anchorage for 30 days in any ports, 140 lires per reg. ton. Light 5 lires. Custom house, sanitary, and interpreter about 10 lires. Clearing inwards and outwards about £3 3s. Loading and unloading, agreement, or about 9d per ton for general cargo. Special rates for machinery, &c. Pilotage. Optional. inwards, 500 tons, 2 10s; 1,000 tons, £3 7s 6d: 2,000 tons, £4 10s. Officials. H. B. M.'s Consul for Sicily, Palermo, S. J. A. Churchill; W. A. Morrison, V.C.; and the Captain of Port. PANAMA (since Nov. 1903). Rep. of Panama. Lat. 8° 57' N; long. 79° 28' W. Pop. About 18,000. Auth, Ry. Co. owns piers. Tr.-I. Coal, general merchandise, provisions, clothing, manufactures, food stuffs and coal; E. Mother-of-pearl, pearls, hides, skins, tortoise-shell, rubber, mahogany, cocobolo, balsains, bananas, cedar, gold dust and bars, ivory, nuts, coffee, herbs, cocoanuts, and live stock, &c. Accn. Rly. Co. have constructed a pier at La Boca, mean depth 25ft, with 1,000ft channel frontage, and ten large cranes with an estimated lifting power of 3,000 lbs. At end of pier large hand crane to 25 tons. American wharf has 8ft, and is about 1,000ft long. A small wharf, 450ft. long, is used exclusively by English steamship company, The Panama Rly. Co.'s pier at La Boca is being used by the regular liners, and cargoes are now discharged from ship to wharf, but as this pier can only accommodate about 2 steamers of say 360ft each and one small steamer, the system of lightering freight still continues when the necessity arises. All goods must be lightered at great expense, railway company having practical monopoly. HT., 24ft; OT., rise and fall, 18ft. LV. 4,000 tons. Vessels drawing 20ft can coal at Naos, an island in the bay. Charges. No harb. dues. $75 (7) is charged by the consignee as a port agency fee to superintend the entry and clearance of each vessel, but it is optional, and therefore owners are not bound to stipulate this charge on charter party, as they can employ a local agent for much less. The port of Ancon (La Boca) is now administered by U.S. officials, who also enforce all quarantine regulations at Panama. Vessels clearing for "Port Ancon" enter at the American custom house, while those to Panama are received by the officials of the Republic. Expense of entry and clearing vessels, about 2 ios. Lighterage charges per ton 8/; water, id per gallon. Cranage accommodation. Charges as per special arrangement with Pacific Mail s.s. Co. The Pacific Steam Navigation Co. owns a gridiron at the island of Taboga (about 10 miles from Panama) where vessels not drawing more than 12ft can be cleaned. Yellow fever exists in a sporadic form, and charterers are warned to avoid charge for delay from this cause; also towage from or to quarantine grounds. Pilotage. No pilot is necessary. Officials. Captain of the Port (Panama official), Senor L. Pretelt; U.S. Inspector of Customs, Col. Tom Cooke; H.B.M.'s Consul,, C. C. Mallet, C. M.G. PANGO-PANGO, Samoa. Lat. 14° 18' S; long. 170° 40° W. Fine basin with 30ft. Tr.-E. Copra, May to November. PAPETEE (Society Islands). Accn. A reef-locked basin with wharfage for about twelve large vessels, which can haul close enough alongside to rig gangways. The quay is in a rather dilapidated condition. R. of T. about Ift. There are appliances for heaving out, but it is inadvisable for vessels to put into this port for repairs unless it is imperative to do so. H.B.M.'s Consul, R. T. Simons. PARA (or BELEM), Brazil. Lat. 1° 30' S.; long. 48° 23′ W. Pop. 100,000. Tr.-I. Provisions, petroleum, furniture, lumber, dry goods, hardware, wines, &c.; E. Indiarubber, nuts, cocoa, &c. Accn. The port is about 70m from the mouth of the river. D. at En. about 25ft. Harb. silting. Quay accommodation very limited. Vessels drawing over 22ft must anchor about 24m from Custom House. At the wharves there is a depth of 6 to 7ft at low water. There is a gridiron for vessels up to 600 tons. Slow despatch, labour expensive. Exchange about 12d per milreis. Charges. Expenses of a sailing vessel, 900 tons, cargo in and ballast out, about £200. Unloading general merchandise about 7/6 per ton. Light dues, £11 35 on on vessels above 700 tons, £9 below. Hospital tax, 18 milreis each sailer, 12 each steamer, and 1,920 for each of crew, incl. master and officers. Labour, lighterage and towage of lighters, 7/6 per ton on loading, and about 28/ per |