17ft out paid altogether £31 16s 5d. Mooring £2 28 3d ST. JAGO.-See Santiago de Cuba. ST. JOHN, Antigua. Lat. 18° 22' N; long. 64° 42′ W. Pop. 36,000. Tr.-I. Coal, provisions, flour, lumber, manure, salt, shingles, slates, tobacco, and all manufactured goods; E. Sugar, rum, molasses, log wood, cotton, turtle, Accn. Vessels of 12ft dft. cannot come and pine apples. within three-quarters of a mile of the wharves, and those drawing over 14ft are obliged to lie in the roads about 2 miles from the town. There are three signal stations, Monks Hill, Goat Hill, and Rat Island, where vessels passing can be reported to Lloyd's by hoisting code signals. The harbour is large and the anchorage good; frequently used as a haven during the hurricane season. Steamers will find good anchorage at about of a mile north of Pillar Rock Light Station. Dredging operations are suspended. A channel has been cut through the bar to a depth of 21ft HST.; uniform width of 150ft. The channel is dredged leading to the three fathom basin, and affords accommodation to steamers and sailing vessels completing the lading of cargoes. Lighters and cranage accommodation good; weights up to 8 or 10 tons easily landed. Charges. Port charges, harbour dues from 6 for vessels under 80 tons to I 12s for vessels Tonnage dues over 60 tons, 1/ per ton, or, at over 300 tons. master's option, 9d per 40 cubic ft of cargo landed or shipped. Lighterage, inside the bar 1/4 for a load of 14 barrels, outside double rates. Ballast, sand or stone, easily obtainable at moderate rates as per agreement. Pilotage. Ship masters requiring the services of pilots should signal. The dues paid to pilots are, 8it and under, £; extra for each foot, 6/; outwards (optional), half the inward rates. Official. Harb. Master, W. Thompson. ST. JOHN, N.B. Lat. 45° 14′ 3′′ N ; long. 66° 3′ 5′′ W. Pop. 45,000. Tr.-I. British manufactures and colonial produce; E. Timber, deals, pulp, fish, lime, cattle, grain, cheese, aple-, and Western produce. Accn. Harb. safe and always accessible. There is 18ft of water on bar at LW, and 24ft av. rise; inside anchorage off city is from 7 to 20 fms.; alongside wharves 21 to Atlantic terminus 30ft. No dock; vessels lie on blocks at LW. of Canadian Pacific Rly. and port for winter exports by those lines. One of the termini Grain elevator capacity 1,050,000 bushels. Wharf and warehouse accomof the Intercolonial Railway. modation just completed, giving berths for the largest ocean steamers. Grain elevator capacity 300 to 350,000 bushels. Tide Charges. Charges and dues on rises NT. 18ft, ST. 28ft. a steamer of 2,208 tons, ballast in and cargo of deals out, £309; wharfage c per ton per day. Pilotage. C. On sailing vessel inwards, Ist district, from Partridge Island to Musquash Head, bearing N.W., per ft dft of water 150; 2nd district, from Musquash Head to Point Lepreaux, N.W., per ft dft of water $175 3rd district, from outside limit of 2nd district to bound ranging from N. Head of Grand Manan to Liberty Point, bearing N.W. by W., N. Channel, and from Machias Seal Island. to Cape Sable Seal Island, bearing S.S. E., S. Channel, per ft dft of water $2:25; outwards, from harb. of St. John to outside Partridge Island, per ft dft of water $125; down Bay of Fundy when required, per ft oft of water $2, over and above $1.25, harb. pilotage out. Steamers not exempt by Pilotage Acts shall pay, inwards, Ist district, from Partridge Island to Musquash Head, bearing N.W., per ft dit of water $2; 2nd district, from Musquash Head to Point Lepreaux, N. W., per ft dft of water $2.50; 3rd district shall be from the outside limit of 2nd district to bound ranging from N. Head of Grand Manan to Liberty Point, bearing N.W. by W., N. Channel, and from Machias Seal Island to Cape Sable Seal Island, bearing S.S. E., S. Channel, per ft dft of water $3; outwards, from harb. to outside Partridge Island, per ft dft of water $175; down Bay of Fundy when required, $2.75 per ft dft of water, over and above $1.75 If a steamer drop two anchors in harb. on harb. pilotage out. arrival, she is considered moored, and any removal is a transportation; charge for vessel of 400 tons $5.00, and 50c for every additional 50 tons. In summer, loading deals 80 to 85c std., general cargo, 33c per ton; in winter, loading deals 70 to 8oc std., general Towage. As per agreement, tugs being cargo, 30c per ton. optional. Officials. Board of Trade, W. E. Anderson, secretary and treasurer; Harb. Master, J. E. Ferris; Lloya's Agent, Chas. McLauchlan. Brokers. Wm. Thomson & Co., J. H. Scammel & Co. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland. Lat 47° 34′ 2′′ N; long. 52° 40′ 50 W. Pop. about 31,000. Tr.-I. Manufactures, coal, iron, bricks, lumber, cattle, produce; E. Fish, Accn. The port has sufficient oil, sealskins, copper ore, &c. water for vessels of 30ft dft; Sp. rise 3ft 9in. The harb. is easy There is a graving of access, and once inside is perfectly safe. dock 600ft long, and a floating dock capable of receiving a vessel of 250 tons. Charges. Light dues, for first 500 tons 24c per ton, 501 to 1,000 12c, 1001 upwards 6c, not to exceed $240, payable once a year; in case of distress half dues paid; water dues, 5c reg. ton, not to exceed $20, payable twice a year; harb. master's dues from $2 on vessels of 60 tons to $6 on vessels of 500 tons and upwards; wharfages $2 to $4 per day; labour $1 per day; ballast 20c to 40c ton. Loading and unloading 12c to 30c per ton of 2,240 lts or Pilotage. From $5.35 on gauge measurement of 256 gls to tun. vessels under 80 tons, N.M., to $26.70 on vessels of 700 to 800 tons, Max. pilotage $48. Steamers over that size $1.35 per 100 tons. pay pilotage on net tonnage, as in the case of sailing vessels. Steamers employed in the fisheries of the colony shall be exempt, except when on foreign voyages. Coasting steamers also exempt. Subsidised mail steamers in connection with the colony shall pay on the No more horse-power, at the rate of 8 cents for each horse-power. than $48 to be paid at one time. Towage. From one mile outside the heads to consignee's wharf, or vice versa, from $4 for 60 tons to $50 for 900 to 1,000. Vessels requiring the steamers to go beyond the above limits to Cape Spear pay one-third additional. Ten per One-third additional cent. charged for use of steamer's hawser. charged from 10th December to 10th April. Vessels in distress or otherwise disabled must make special arrangements. Vessels employing either of the steamers inwards will be taken outwards at two thirds of above rates. Officials. Harb. Master, Capt. Ed. English ; Lloyd's Agents, Bowring Bros., Ltd. Brokers. A. S. Rendell& Co. ST. KITTS, Basseterre, W. Indies. Lat. 17° 15′ N, long. 62° 48′ W. Pop. 29,137. Tr.-E. Sugar, molasses, rum, and cotton. Accn. Harb. considered safe. Anchorage in 8 to 9fms. Charges. On vessels of 272 tons, cargo in and out, drawing 16ft, £119 14s. 2d. Pilotage. A pilot is not required unless vessels proceed to other ports in the island to load, when the charge is 12s. 6d. Official. Lloyd's Agent, E. S. Delisle. ST. MALO, France. Lat. 48° 40′ N; long. 2° 5' W. Pop. of St. Malo and St. Servan 24,000. Tr.-I. Colonial produce, spices, flax, hemp, coal, timber, salt fish, iron, salt, manures, coke; E. Corn, fruit, wine, potatoes, eggs, brandy, salt, linen, cider, butter, honey, salt provisions, chestnuts, cauliflowers, meat, hay, straw, slate, and stone. Accn. A tidal harb. and floating basin of 38 acres with depth of water on sill NT. 13 to 15ft, OST. 25 to 28ft, great ST. 30 to 32ft; length of dock quays 2,039 yds. N. and S. dock quays now both used. Shipbuilding is carried on. Extensive quays, built of granite, border the east and the south sides of the town of St. Malo. Cranes to lift 1 to 3 tons. A 20-ton hand crane. A gridiron 50 metres long. Charges. Navigation and sanitary dues same as at all other French ports. Labour 3/ per day of 12 hours. Ballast 1/1 ton. I HW. is after 8 p.m. or before 6 a.m., vessels pay about £2 in or out of floating basin. Two vessels can share this charge if leaving by the same tide. Notice of desire to have gates opened must be given before 4 p.m. at latest. Consignees find labourers for discharging cargo, or vessels pay about 94d per ton cargo for discharging. Poll-tax I fr each passenger, 15 cents per reg. ton extra on all vessels, to pay for extension of quays. Pilotage. C, and St. Cast fishermen pilots compete with St. Malo (St. Servan) pilots for pilotage inwards. Inwards, 43 cents ton and 3 per cent. to Pilot Major; outwards, 40 cents ton and 3 per cent.; steamers one-half. Towage. 2d, 3d, and 4d per ton, but generally by agreement. Brokers. Lefebvre, Lemonnier. Officials. H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, Hon E. HennikerMajor; Lloyd's Agent, P. B. Hamon; Harb. Master, E. Lecoutour. ST. MARC, Dominica. The bay is in 19° 17′ N, and 72° 45' W. Tr.-I. Provisions, timber, textiles; E. Cotton, coffee, cotton seed, logwood, hides, mahogany. Cleanest and healthiest port in the Island. Accn. 5 to 6 fms close to shore; anchorage in 40 to 50. Charges Govt. dues, $10 to $12; sanitary visit, $15; doctor, sailers $8, steamers $15; stamps, $20; pass, $2; tonna e dues, $1.83 per ton. Lighterage: cotton, 15c per bale; coffee, 5c per bag; logwood, 50c per ton. Pilotage. $5. ST. MARY'S, U.S. Lat. 30° 40' N ; long. 81° 28 W. Pop' 800. Tr.-I. General merchandise; E. LumVessels ber. Accn. Depth of water 19 to 20ft close to the town. drawing 16ft can safely cross the bar at HWST. Pilotage. On a vessel of 392 reg. tons, ballast in and cargo out, in 10ft, £7 78 10 d; out 15ft, £12 18s. Towage. 15 cents ton. SHIPPING WORLD ST. MICHAEL'S, Azores. Lat. 37° 45' N.; long 25° 41 W. The largest and most important island of the Azores. It is 34 miles in length, from four to eight miles in breadth. Tr.-I. Sugar, dry goods, groceries, iron, petroleum, coal, wheat; E. Pineapples and oranges to foreign ports, alcohol, beans, and maize to Portuguese ports. Accn. Ponta Delgada is not only the largest town, but the chief port of the whole group of the Azores; it contains about 18,000 inhabitants. The port has rapidly risen in importance, on account of the shelter afforded by the breakwater. D. at En. 27ft. Breakwater quay, 24ft. The number of vessels calling here for coaling and other purposes is largely increasing every year. There is telegraphic communication with Europe and America. Provisions are good, and at moderate prices fresh spring water of excellent quality is pumped on board the vessels. Coal is supplied quickly. There is regular communication with Europe twice a month, besides steamers to London every 12 days which also carry mails. Ordinary repairs can be undertaken, both to iron and wooden vessels, especially fitting shafts and propellers. Vessels of heavy draught can discharge alongside the wharves, where there are very large stores for cargoes. Cranes to lift 2 to 40 tons. There are also very powerful tugs, and trained divers, and steam pumps capable of throwing 70,000 gallons per hour. A slip exists for cleaning and repairing tugs. Tides. It is high water at Ponta Delgada on full and change at 12hr 30min, springs rise 7ft 6in. Vessels coming into the harbour must wait for a pilot just outside the breakwater. The climate is delightful, though somewhat humid in winter. The prevailing winds are from the SW., W. and NW. On the centre of the breakwater is a lighthouse, 26ft high, in which is shown a fixed red light, elevated 48ft above high water, and visible nine miles in clear weather. A beacon buoy, bearing a fixed red light, is placed at the submerged extremity of the breakwater. No vessel should attempt to pass westward of this buoy, and i must also be remembered that in stormy weather its light might possibly be extinguished. Charges (collected by the Custom House). Vessels for coals, provisions, or repairs are free from tonnage dues. They have, however, to pay for moorings and labour, subject to a tariff according to tonnage and delay. Vessels discharging or receiving cargo inside the harbour have to pay the following:-From October 1 to April 30, 50 reis per gross ton; from May 1 to September 30, 25 reis per gros, ton; with an addition of 12 per cent. and 8,250 reis more for clearance. The above is only for a period up to eight days; every day in excess will pay more I real per ton per day. Landing passengers or receiving them-up to twelve years' old free; from thirteen they pay 1,250 reis each. Discharging cargo vessels discharging coals pay 125 reis for every 1,016 kilos landed; vessels discharging any other cargo pay 3,125 reis. Besides the above dues captain of port collects 125 reis per ton for light dues. Pilotage. Ç. Vessels anchoring pay the following rates. S'eamers calling only for coals are charged half the above rates, but steamer calling for oals and afterwards performing any commercial operation will have to pay the full rates. Vessels coming inside the artificial harbour pay 10 reis per gross ton for first day, and 2 reis each successive day. Ships of war do not pay this tax, nor steamers for coals or vessels for provisions which do not perform any commercial operation. Coaling and Ship Agents, Bensaude & Co., Ponta Delgada. Telegrams, "Bensaude, Ponta Delgada." Agents in England, Messrs. Tatham, Bromage & Co., 9, Gracechurch-street, London, E.C. Officials. Chief of Maritime Department and Captain of the Port, both Portuguese Naval Officers; H.B.M.'s Consul, W. Read; Lloyd's Agent, G. W. Hayes. ST. NAZAIRE, France. Lat. 47° 17' 18" N; long. 2° 12' W. Pop. 30,935. Tr.-I. Sugar, rice, coffee, logwood, timber, guano, coal, pitch; E. Wine, brandy, sardines, eggs, butter, dried fruits, pitwood, and Paris goods. Accn. Two floating docks, three graving docks, and two shipbuilding yards. Harb. capable of admitting vessels of the largest tonnage. The roadstead abreast the town is safe, and has 4 to 7 fms at LW. Charges. Local taxes 4d ton. Quay dues, ports in Europe 4}d ton, out of Europe 94d ton. Sanitary dues id and I'd respectively. Ballast 1/2 ton for sand, stone 2/41. Charges for a vessel of 580tons about £103. Pilotage. The limits are divided into distances: From Belle Isle to North of the Four light, La Banche, or Le Pillier, 4 distances; from North of the Four light, La Banche, or Le Pillier, to Les Charpentiers, 2 distances; from Les Charpentiers to Bonne Anse, I distance: from Bonne Anse to St. Nazaire Roads, I distance. The extreme limit of the Saint Nazaire pilotage is I distance, or 9 miles beyond Belle. Vessels, however, are obliged by law to receive a pilot from the first boat belonging to the station they may fall in with, no matter how far she may be from the port; but no extra pilotage can be claimed for any distance outside of the limits. Tariff, inwards, from 6/2 to £1 16s per distance; outwards, from 5/6 to per distance, according to reg. ton. Vessels of more than 800 tons pay, in addition to the foregoing tariff, 10ld for every 10 reg. tons additional for the 8 distances inwards, and 10d per 10 tons additional outwards. Steamers pay half pilotage. Towage. From the dock to the roads, vessels from 150 reg. tons to 200, £2; from 201 to 300, £2 8s; from 301 to 400, £2 16s; from 401 to 500, £3 4s; for every reg. ton over 500, 2d. St. Nazaire road to La Banche, Les Charpentiers, or Le Pillier, and vice versa, 150 to 200 tons £8 18s, 201 to 250, £9 18s, 251 to 300, £10 15s 2d, 301 to 350, £11 175 6d, for every reg. ton over 350, 7d. From St. Nazaire to Paimboeuf or vice versa 5d, ditto Nantes ditto 1/2, Paimbœuf ditto 1/, Pelerin ditto, 2d ton of cargo. Broker. A. Simoneau. Official. H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul and Lloyd's Agent, H. E. Dickie. Pop. ST. PAUL DE LOANDA, Angola, W. Africa. 16,000. Port Auth. Captain Gomes de Souza. Tr.-I. Cotton, linen and woollen goods, spirits, guns, powder, earthenware, hardware, cutlery, &c.; E. Beeswax, cotton, coffee, ivory, indiarubber, gums, palm kernels, oils, fibre, &c D. at En. 20fms. and over. Accn. Good anchorage about a mile and a half from town in 7 to 14fms. Cranage accommodation at Custom House only, three steam and two hand cranes. Floating A A |