Charges. Light dues 3d. per ton, on sailing vessels only. Harb. dues: under 160 tons 10/; over 160 tons 20. Pilotage. Inwards 45/; out 28/, for 7ft, each additional foot 6/ in, 4, out.

SAVANILLA, U.S. of Columbia, Lat. 10° 58′ 25′′ N.; long. 75° 10' W. Tr. E. Tobacco, bark, indigo, rubber, coffee, hides, cotton, cctton seed, divi-divi, ivory nuts, fustic and other dye wood. Accn. Vessels anchor about three miles from town, in 6 to 7 fms. water. The traffic between the railway wharf at this place and the vessels is done by small tugboats and lighters of 80 to 100 tons capacity. Charges. Light dues, 5c up to 100 tons net reg., and 3e more for each additional ton above 100 tons. Tonnage dues, $1 ton of cargo discharged, less coals, bricks, and other such goods. Regular mail and national steamers are exempt from tonnage dues. Custom-house dues. Stamps dues $1 for each bill of lading and each document Official. Br. Vice-Consul, John Gillies.

SAVANNAH, Georgia, U.S. Lat. 32° 1′ 21′′ N; lɔng. 8c' 50' 33" W. Pop. 30,700. Tr.-I. Kainit. cement, nitrate, pyrites from Spain and Portugal. E. Rice, cotton, lumber, staves, I gs, resin, turpentine, and pig-iron. Accn. On Tybee bar 19ft at LW.; ris, 4 8ft. Vessels of 25ft dft can go up to town docks at OHT. Graving dock 340 by 8oft, and slip railway for vessels of 1,200 tons. Charges. On a barque of 606 tons, cargo in and out £83 8s 8d. Pilotage. According to dft and distance. Minimum 6ft. U.S. vessels, bar pilotage, and to Cockspur £2 10s 11d, foreign ditto £3 16s 9d: U.S. vessels from Cockspur to Savannah I IIS 1d, foreign ditto £2 6s 6d; maximum 20ft, U.S. vessels bar pilotage and to Cockspur 17 11s 11d, foreign ditto 24 16s 84d, U.S. vessels from Cockspur to Savannah £9 18s 83d, foreign ditto £14 17s 11d. Detention of pilot per day 18/3. All vessels bound up or down river and detained one tide to alter the trim of the vessel pay the pilot a sum of £1 118 8¦d, but no detention for that day. Towage. Vessels with cargo over 300 reg. tons, per ton City to Tybee, or direct to sea 74d; sea to City 74d; Venus Point to City 5d; Obstructions to City 34d; Venus Point to Tybee or direct to sea 5d if anchored at Tybee £10 11s 54d extra to sea. Vessels in ballast over 300 reg. tons, sea buoy or Tybee or direct to City 6d. Venus Point to City 4d; Obstructions to City 24d; Long Island to City 5d; Tybee to sea £10 11S 5d extra. Vessels under 300 reg. tons and over 200 each, City to Tybee, with cargo £8 9s 2d; to sea 2 28 31d; City to Tybee, in ballast £7 8s old; Long Island to City, with cargo £7 8s old; or to Obstructions £3 38 54d; or to Venus Point 6 6s 10d. When a boat goes to Venus Point, or to any intermediate point, to tow a vessel out or in, and vessel does not go, £8 9s 2d. When a boat goes below Venus Point. or to Tybee, and vessel does not go, 10 IIS 5d. When a vessel under weigh stops by getting aground or from any other cause £8 9s 2d for each tide per boat above Venus Point; below 10 11s 5d. For boats getting up steam by orders and vessel refusing to go L2 25 31d. Officials. Harb. Master; H.B. M.'s Consul, Col. H. de Coetlogon. SAVONA, Italy. Lat. 44° 18" 42' N ; long. 8° 9' 29" E. Pop. 38,000. Savona is now classed as port of 1st Class in Italy, and the Chief Authority is Capt. of Port, or Harb. Master,

and Chamber of Commerce. Tr.-I. Coke, coal, old iron, pigiron, p troleum, chemicals, grain, colonial goods, wine, clay, &c.; E. Staves, dry chestnuts, dynamite, wooden hoops, oil, earthen. ware, &c. D. at En. From 25 to 26ft, and alongside of quays or discharging berths at the new dock from 24 to 25ft. Depth of water 22 to 25ft inside mole. Accn. Vessels drawing 24ft lie alongside quays. Boats at this port, as a rule, discharge their cargoes direct on the quays and railway wagons. Six hydraulic cranes to 12 tons, Two new electric elevators, 1 to 2 tons, capable of 75 tons an hour, are now available. Charges. Anchorage dues if 40c. per ton; stevedore's charges 6d per ton of coal. Pilotage. N.C. Charge 15f and 6c per ton reg.; out, one half. Towage. By agreement. Official. H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, O. Ponzone.

SCALA NUOVA, Turkey.-Lat. 37 52' N; long. 27° 17′ E. Good anchorage, protected by island of Samos, in 30 to 40ft. No pilotage. Charges. 1 to 1/3 per ton. Official. British Vice-Consul, J. Alexachi.

SEATTLE, Puget Sound, Washington, U.S. Lat. 47° 35 N; long. 122° 20' W. Pop. 100,000. Auth. Harb. Master. Tr.-I, Firebrick, rice, tea, coffee, manufactures, cement, sa't, bleaching powder, liquors, glass, caustic soda and sugar; E. Coal, lumber, wheat, flour, hides, oats, hay, potatoes, onions, canned fish, iron and iron manufactures, general merchandise, and cotton. Accn. Harb. is an indentation of Puget Sound, known on Government charts as Elliott Bay, is one of the safest on Pacific Coast, being nearly land-locked. Area about 20 sq. miles, with ample depth of water to wharves for largest vessels, which reach this port from the ocean through the Straits of Fuca and Puget Sound without any obstacles, water being deep and calm. Marine ry. and shipyard for vessels of medium size. Ship chandlers and boat builders have all kinds of supplies for new vessels or repairs. Dry dock, Government graving dock, Port Orchard, 15 miles across bay. Charges. Rates for towing to or from Cape Flattery refer Puget Sound Tugboat Co., Port Townsend, under Tacoma; local towage to or from lumber mills, elevators, &c., average $45. Docking vessels $25. Hawser to or from sea $10. When tug required, must give 48 hours' notice. Rate from Vancouver to Sound ports, above Port Townsend, same as sea rate to Sound port. There are no harbour dues and no taxes whatever. Charge for water average $8. Pilotage. Unnecessary. Official. British Vice-Consul, Bernard Pelly.

SEKONDI, West Africa. Lat. 4° 57′ N; lon. 1° 42′ W. Commencement of the railway to Kumasi, serving a very large mining centre. Ships should not anchor to N. of the fort bearing W. by N. magnetic, and at a shorter cistance than half a mile in 5 fms LWST. 3 piers, cranes on each.

SENEGAL, St. Louis. Lat. 16° N.; long. 63° W. Pop. 14,000. Tr.-I. Manufactured goods; E. Produce, ivory, &c. Accn. A shifting bar with 9 to 11ft water. Charges. Half per cent. on value of cargo. Pilotage. 74d ton on 100 tons, 5/ ton over 100 tons.

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SETUBAL, Portugal. Lat. 38° 29′ N; long. 8° 57′ W. (Outao Lighthouse at entrance of the port.) Pop. 22,000. Tr.-E. Oranges, lemons, grapes, wine, salt, cork wood,

and hand-made lace; woven goods are not allowed to be imported into this port. Salt is the staple export. Large quantities of sardines are now shipped from this port. Accn. In channel off bar (3' SW. of Outao Lighthouse) there is at LWST. 13ft, NT. 15 to 16ft; at HWST. 23ft to 24ft, NT. 20 to 21ft; tides rise from 8ft to loft. Charges. Consul and pilotage dues and 1 575 reis representing custom dues. Loading and unloading schedule; ships entering in ballast and loading any other goods pay the fixed tax of 5,000 reis to the Customs, and a special tax of 40 reis per moio of salt to the municipality of Setubal. Pilotage. Id per cub. met. up to 200 cub. met. ; upwards ad per cub. met. up to 600 cub. met.; maximum £24s, minimum 13. Pilot receives for his services on board outside the harb. or inside the river Sado 4/2 the first day, and 3/4 day after. Officials. H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, F. J. Pereira; Harb. Master, G. E. P. de Sampaio.

SEVASTOPOL, Crimea, Russia. Lat. 44° 36′ 12′′ N ; long. 33° 30' E. Pop. 50,000, including garrison. Tr.-I. General merchandise and machinery; E. practically ceased. Sevastopol is closed to international shipping by Imperial Ukaz. The port can only be used by British vessels requiring docking and repairs. Auth. The harbour and dry dock are under the superintendence of Prefect Rear-Admiral Spitsky, who is the governor or prefect of the town. All applications for use of dry dock should be made to him. Accn. Excellent and plentiful, jetties projecting; stone quays; 15 vessels can load at the same time. 100 tons Govern ment floating crane; 2 dry docks, length on blocks 500ft, width of ent. 85ft, depth over sill 27ft. D. at En. 54ft, 30ft to 39ft at quays. W. of E. 300 yds. Approaches to harbour and harbour itself very deep; no bars or tides. Rys. direct from the interior of Russia and connected with the whole Russian ry. system. Branch lines extend to all quay salongside shipping and grain magazines, LV. Russian ironclads 12,500 tons dispnt. and drawing 27ít. W. Light N., W. from sunrise to sunset, and light E during night; occasionally strong squalls from N., N.E., S.E. and S. Equins. do not affect the harbour, which is land-locked. The Russian Ñavigation and Trading Co.'s Works have been purchased by the Governmert. Charges. Port charge, 10 copecs per list. Anchorage, 7 cop. per last. Lights, 14 rs. 30 cop. for all ships. Ordinary charge for loading grain, 2 cop. per chetwert. Ordinary charge discharging general cargo, 45 cop. per ton. Pilotage. Unnecessary. Official. II.B.M.'s Vice-Consu', R. Erskine. Lloyd's Agent, A. Mlinarich. SEVILLE, Spain. Lat. 37° 10' N ; long, 6° 10′ W. Pop. 143,000. Auth. Military. Tr.-1. Hides, hemp, flax, iron, manufactured goods, coal, wood, and colonial produce; E. Manzanilla, and Amontillado wines, lemons, oranges, wool, iron ore, copper ore, olives, oil, corkwood, lead, &c. Accn. Entrance : t bar at Chipiona ST. 20ft, river ST. 18ft 6in and NT 17t 2in. River and bar San Lucar same depth. Hand cranes 8 to 40 tons, and seven steam 8 to 10 tons. Charges. Shipping coals, coke, and patent fuel 25c per 1,000 kilos. kiver dues 62 5c per 1,000 kilos. Vessels discharging any other sort of merchandise pay at the rate of 125c per 1,000 kilos tonnage dues, b sides river dues. Ve-sels cming from America port dues are double (this applies to Spanish ships as well as fore gn ships). Chief charges on un oading, per

1,000 kilos--coal 1 ptsa, wood 2 ptsas; loading, per 1,000 kilosolives 1.50 ptsa, cork 2 ptsas, other goods 1.50 ptsa. Pilotage. In the Guadalquivir river from Bonanza to Seville, payable on ship's gross tonnage :-From £1 175 6d for steamers and vessels under 60 tons towed and £2 1s 8d for vessels under 60 tons sailing, to £3 15s for steamers and vessels above 800 tons towed and 4 11s 8d for vessels above 800 tons sailing. Mooring tariff payable on ship's gross tonnage, from 2/6 to 7/6. Towage. As per agreement, from 48 6s 8d to £10 8s 4d, not drawing more than 14ft above, from 12 10 to 14 11s 8d from San Lucar to Seville, and vice versa. Officials. Captain of P. rt (Marine Com mander), El Marqués de Arellano; H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, E. F. Johnston; Dock Master (Port Authority), Sr. Don Manuel Sanmiguel; Chief Pilot. Rafael Leal; Lloyd's Agent, Joseph Dunipe; Merchants, Messrs. Baird & Co.

SFAX, Tunis. Lat. 34° 43' N ; long. 10° 46' E. Pop. 62,000. Tr. I. Cotton goods, building materials, hardware, groceries, boatbuilding materials, wines, drugs, &c. E. Esparto grass, sponges, dates, oil, almonds, woollens, grain, esparto cords, &c. Accn. Length of quays, 2,000 ft; D. alongside, HW. 30ft ; LW. 24ft. One 50-ton crane, several small steam cranes. Rys. A railway has been completed to bring phosphates in great quantity from 150 miles inland (neighbourhood and Gafsa) to alongside vessels in port. Charges. Light dues IOC per ton up to 900 tons, upwards, fr90'20, £3 12s 2d, payable on'y once by vessel touching at several ports on Tunis coast; 2fr per ton on barley, wheat, espatro, timber, coals, landed; 4fr per ton on oil, dates, sponges, payable by merchant. Vessels in port pay 30c. per reg. ton, payable by ship. Officials. Harb. Master, M. Capriata; In-pector of Customs, M. Fitterre; H.B.M.'s ViceConsul, Silvio Leonardi.

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SHANGHAI, China. Lat. 31° 14′ 7′′ N ; long. 121° 29′ 10′′ E. Pop. 355,000. Tr.-I. Cotton and woollen manufactures, metals, and sugar; E. Tea, silk, cotton, gold, &c. Imperial Maritime Customs. Accn. HWST. on bar 22ft 6in, HWNT. on bar 18ft. Vessels of 24ft dit. can ascend as far as Shanghai at ST. D. at Woosung bar: summer OST. 20ft, ONT. 17ft, in winter ift less. Six graving docks, the largest being 571ft long, 80ft wide, 24ft on sill at sprir gs, and 16ft at neaps. Cranes to lift from 3 to 12 tons, and shears to lift up to 75 tons. Charges. Tonnage dues, Haikwan, o'40 ils. per ton net reg

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p.m. and 9 a.m. on week days, the necessary information can be ob ained at the Customs' shed on the Bund. Towage. Vessel of 2.000 tons, drawing 20ft, from lightship Tungsha to Shanghai and back, ab ut 1,200 tls. Stevedorage, about o‘10 tls. prton. Ballast, shigle, $10 per ton; old bricks, $0.60; dry mud, $0.55. Ligh e age, between Woosung and Shanghai, about $1 per ton. Provisions plentiful and cheap. Officials. H. B.M.'s ConsulGeneral, Sir P. Warren, K.C.M.G.; Vice-Consuls, G. D. Pitzipios, B. G. Tours, B. Twyman; Harb. Master, W. Carlson; Com. of Customs, H. E. Hobson; Gov. Marine Surveyor, J. H. P. Parker; Lloyd's Agents, Gibb, Livingston & Co.

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SHEDIAC, N.B. Lat. 46° 16′ N; long. 66° 35' W. Pop. 3,000. Tr.-I. Salt; E. Lumber. Accn. Port, easy of access, is recognised as a harb. of refuge. En. 19ft. Vessels now load to 18ft at the wharf before moving out into the stream. Ships from 800 to 1,000 tons load at railway wharf to 17ft. LV. 1,300 tons. Charges. Harb. master's fees $3 to $5, according to tonnage. Sick mariners' fund 2c ton. No wharfage charged when taking cargo from railway, but (light and according to tonnage) charged when loading from rafts lying alongside wharf. Stevedores 8oc to $1 per standard for loading lumber. Pilotage. C. $1.50 per ft dft each way; moves, $4. Officials. Sub-Coll. of Cust, A. M. Leger; Port Warden, Char'es Harper ; Harb. Master, A. McQueen; Stn. Agent and Wharfinger, S. C. Charters; ec. to Pilotage Commission, W. A. Russell.

SHEET HARBOUR N.S. I at. 44° 47' 25" N; long. 62° 32′ 43′′ W. Tr.-E. Lumber, &c. Accn. A perfectly safe and almost landlocked harb., and can receive vessels of any dft. D. at En. 15 fms., quay 4 to 5 fms. There are 3 fms in West River at loading berth and 44 fms at East River. LV. SS. Bede. 2,101 tons. Charges. Ships over 700 tons $5; quay char, es 75c per day. Rates: Harb. Master's fe-s $6, Custom House $3, stevedores $1 per standard. Deals are taken from rafs in water. Any size ship can load in harb. Loading and unloading-Sailers 80c to 90c per standard; steamships 95c to $1. Pilotage. C, Halifax rates. Officials. Coll. of Cust., Thos. H Hall; Harb. Master, Henry Hall; Pilo', Robert Martin.

SHEMOQUE, New Brunswick, Lat. 46° 11′ N; long. 64 6' W. Tr.-E. Deals (chief export) are brought alongside at merchants' risk and expense. Accn. There are two harbs., buoyed by the Govt., known as Great Shemoque and I ittle Shemoque, the latter, about 2 miles to the E, being of no importance. There is good anchorage off the mouth of the river in 4 to 6fms of water about a mile from the shore, but it is only safe for about three months in the summer. Small vessels go into harb.; there is 11ft water on bar at HT. Charges. Hospital dues, 2c per ton. Pilotage. $125 per ft. SHERBRO, West Coast Africa. Lat. Bonthe, 7° 32′ N; long. 12° 30' W. Tr.-I. Cottons, tobacco, hardware, clothing, spirits, &c.; E. Palm oil, kernels, &c. Accn. No dock, pontoon, or slip. The principal loading places are at York Island, and the Bomplake Channel. Vessels drawing 15ft can go from York Island to Bendu. The Sherbro river can be navigated by steamers drawing 19ft ST.; 18ft is a safe dft in the rainy season and 17ft in dry. Charges. No port