GENERAL STATISTICS OF EACH FLAG OF SAILING VESSELS.* 1,768 6,490 179 71 73,387 45,911 23,273 5,924 11,679 19,762 1,808 1,589 11,291 10,964 9,417 : : 871 12,047 3,915,378 712,592 142,350 350 127,873 84,531 147 73,034 72,051 21,419 12 486 996 9,410 2,754 British 332 5,093 4,728 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :-:::: : : 916 854 * The Répertoire Général only gives the sea-going vessels of at least 50 tons Register, therefore some difference must exist between the official statistics of each country and our list, This statistic includes also all vessels under such tonnage that are classed with Bureau Veritas. RATES OF FREIGHTS ON CERTAIN ARTICLES, AT THE FOLLOWING DATES, IN THE UNDERMENTIONED TRADES. 1875. 1876. 1877 1878. 1879. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. to 5/ 4/9 to 5/6 5 9 4 0 4 9 3 9 4 0 3 0 5 3 San Francisco to United King-1) 35 0 35 0 47 67 62 71 0 40 * 40 0 30 0 31 3 27 6 42 6 to 400 71 01 4 7 6 226 18/ 17/6 401 * 45 o 400 52/6 small Rangoon, &c., to United 30 32 6 35 0 Kingdom (sailing ship)... iron 450 42/6 to 45/ ship large large large 14/6 to 200 200 23 19/ to 23 0 27 6 30 0 22 0 18 0 14 6 16 617 6 18 015 0 16 22 019 201 Lisbon | 8 o . 8 9 8/6 to * * 8 37.66 360 068 67 6 9/ 1 10 6 908 069 70 76 868 | 13 6 11 9 3 10 6 8 0 10 0 10 611 O 20 0 18 6 18 6 * 12 96 Madeira 11 o 106 to 8 6 9 0 816 to 9/ 100 126 12 6 9 6 90* 9 010 0106 Mauritius 25 0 | 21 6 22 6 22 6 21 017 0 18 0 23 6 28 O Demerara 160 * 15 0 14 0 15 o 14 6 16 o 16 015 0 12 6 14 015 6 Barbadoes * No quotations. Equal to about 10/per quarter. COALING STATIONS OF THE WORLD. HOME PORTS.-Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Cowes, Dartmouth, Dublin, Exeter, Falmouth, Glasgow, Grimsby, Hull, Liverpool, London, Milford Haven, Newport (Mon.), Oban, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Scilly, Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea, Stornoway, Tyne. CONTINENTAL PORTS.-Boulogne, Bordeaux, Bourbon, Brellisnoes, Caen, Calais, Carentan, Cherbourg, Corunna, Cronstadt, Dieppe, Etaples, Fecamp, Gravelines, Hamburg, Havre, Honfleur, Lisbon, Pontreux, Port Audemer, Rouen, Rotterdam, St. Petersburg, Trouville, Valery, Vigo. MEDITERRANEAN PORTS.- Alexandria, Barcelona, Bey. rout, Brindisi, Cadiz, Cagliari (Sardinia), Constantinople, Corfu, Gibraltar, Malta, Marseilles, Naples, Palermo, Piræus, Port Said, Smyrna, Villafranca (Nice). ADRIATIC PORTS.—Genoa, Trieste, Savona. BLACK SEA PORTS.-Galatz, Ibrail, Odessa. ARABIAN SEA PORTS.-Aden. RED SEA PORTS.-Perim, Suez. ATLANTIC PORTS.-Antigua, Ascension, Bahia, Baltimore, Barbadoes, Belize, Bermudas, Buenos Ayres, Cape Coast Castle, Cape Town, Ceara, Congo, Dix Cove, Elmina, Falkland Islands, Fernando Po, Gambia, Halifax, Havana, Loanda, Madeira, Martinique, Monte Video. Nassau, Natal, New Orleans, Para Maranham, Pernambuco, Pictou, Point de Galle, Port Stanley (F.I.), Quebec, Quetta, Rio Janeiro, Santa Cruz (Teneriffe), St. John's (N.F.), St. Lucia, St. Helena, St. Michaels (Azores), St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Sierra Leone, Simon's Town, Trinidad, Whyda. PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEAN. —Adelaide, Amoy, Acapulco, Auckland, Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, Brisbane, Buscah, Bushire, Calcutta, Caldera, Callao, Chiloe, Christchurch, Coconada, Colombo, Coquimbo, Coronel, Diego Garcia, Esquimault, Fayal, Galle, Guayaquil, Hakodadi, Hobart Town, Hong Kong, Honolulu, King George's Sound, Kobi, Kurrachee, Labuan, Leruka, Lota, Madras, Manila, Mauritius, Mazatlan, Melbourne, Moulmein, Nagasaki, Otago, Panama, Payta, Penang, Perth, Rangoon, San Diego, San Francisco, Saigon, Seychelles, Shanghai, Singapore, Sourabaya, Sydney, Tahiti, Tamsiu Fechau, Tonkah, Torres Straits (Cape Breton), Trincomalee, Valparaiso, Wellington, Yokohama, Zanzibar. ABERAYRON, Cardiganshire, Wales. Bay of_Cardigan. Lat. 52° 14' N; long. 4° 15' W. Pop. about 1,200. Auth, Owner, Alban Gwynne, Esq., under Statute 47 Geo. III. THW. f. and c. 7h 25m. D. Dry at LW. ; 12tt at HIWST. Accn. Harb. of about 5 acres, with stone piers on N. and W. sides, each 396ft long, extending to half-tide mark. W. prev. NW. to NE. Tr.-I. Coal and limestone ; E. Oats, pigs, butter, and timber. Harb. is used chiefly by locally owned vessels, drawing from 8ft to gft. Charges.—2d per ton reg. on ships, 1/ per ton on cargo. Officials.-Harb. Master, J. Davies Compton; Shipping Agent, Evan Loyn. Hotel.-"Feathers Royal ” IIotel, E. Jones. long. 2° 3' 55" W. Pop. 120,000. Auth. Harb. Commission, incorporated under Acts of Parliament, 31 and 32 Vict., c. 138; 34 and 35 Vict., c. 141. P. NC. THW. 1 hour s. and c. Sp. rise 13ft ; N. rise rost; D. on bar 10 ft. W. prev, are from SW., and most dangerous gales on coast are from SSE. to ESE. Rys. Cal. and G.N. (S.) Tr.-I. Coal, lime, iron, timber, bones, esparto, fibre, slates, &c. ; E. Cattle, oats, granite, pit props, sleepers, staves, paper, &c. At HW. of ST. vessels of 21st dst. enter the harb., and at LW. vessels drawing Sst enter. The navi. gation channel, the entrance to the harb. and docks is formed by the N. pier, extending 2,000ft into the German Ocean, and S. breakwater running out about 1,00oft from the shore. W. of E. 6ooft. En. to Victoria Dock, one 70ft wide, with a HWD. of 24 ft.; lock 25oft x 6oft wide, over which there is a HWD. of 201ft. Accn. : Areas. Average Depth. Average Depth. L.W.O.S.T. L.W.O.S.T. Acres. Navigation Channel 40-515 23 10 on bar. Tidal Harbour, 1,720ft. x 860ft. 30-323 14 Albert Basin... 2,68oft. x 470ft. 24'948 16 Victoria Dock, 2,020st. x 47ıst. 21°749 23 18 to 22 Upper Dock ... 82oft. x 490ft. 7.815 23 18 , 22 Ft. 125'350 Extensive warehouses and cranage accommodation up to 10 tons ; shears to lift 50 tons. Particulars of Patent Slipways : H. of T Name. Owner. Length. Breadth. Do. 18 ft. Patent Slip ......... J. Duthie, Sons & Co... 430 Do. A. Hall & Co. 380 18 Do. 335 Graving Dock...... 524 2017 Charges. — Rates on vessels vary from 2d to 1/3 reg. ton. Lights, flags, or signals 4d reg. ton for all vessels. Pilotage.- District. The harb., the rivers Dee and Don, the coast between these rivers, and the coast southward from the mouth of the Dee to the extremity of the city's precincts or boundary on the Torry or south side of the Dee. On the Dee being |