The BECCLES, Suffolk. Lat. 52° 27′ N; long. 1° 35′ E; situated on the river Waveney, 13m SE. of Yarmouth. Ry. G.E. Auth. Owners, the Town Council of Beccles. harb., area 3,200 sq yds, is a small cut in the river, into which coasters and small craft enter. D. at LW. 5ft to 6ft. Official.-Coll., J. B. Sprunt. BELFAST, Antrim. At the head of Belfast Lough, and at the outlet of the river Lagan. Lat. 54° 42' N ; long. 5° 55' W. Pop. 250,000. Auth. Harbour Commissioners, under Acts from 1847 to 1883. P. C. THW. f. and c. 10h 43m; Sp. rise 9ft; N. rise Sft. W. prev. for nine months of the year are from S. veering W. to NW., and for three months in the spring from NE. to SE. The harb. is at all times safe and easily accessible. Rys. B. & N.C.; B. & Co. Down; B. H. & B. G.N. (I.) Tr.-I. Coal, cotton, flax goods, grain, flour, timber, iron, provisions, drugs, &c. ; E. Linen, goods, iron ore, hides, rock salt, &c. LV. which have entered at any time of tide were, until lately, those engaged in the timber trade from N. American ports, and the ship Queen of the West, of 1,432 reg. ton., was the largest. Since the year 1870 the largest vessels have been those in the grain and flour trade, and were chiefly from American ports. The most recent and marked change in the vessels in this, as well as in other trades, has been that from sailing vessels of 1,200 to 1,800 tons to steamers of similar tonnage. The largest vessels which enter at LW. of ST. are steamers about 400 to 600 tons, employed in the general coasting trade, and also in the trade with Continental ports, but vessels of 2,500 tons enter at HW. Accn. The harb. for ships and boats is 84m long. The area of the docks and basin is about IOI acres. The depth in the river is 16ft at ordinary or average LT. Dufferin Dock, a floating dock with one pair of gates (no lock) is 630ft long x 225ft wide, has a water area of 3 acres and 1,645ft of quayage length. Average depth of water 23ft; depth on sill of entrance 14ft at ordinary or average LT. Spencer Dock is a tidal dock 600ft long x 550ft wide; water area 7 acres, and quayage of 1,900 lin. ft. Average depth of water 16ft at ordinary or average LT. Entrance (which has neither sill, lock, nor gates) 265ft long × 8cft wide. The Dufferin Dock opens from this dock, and on the river side of the Spencer Dock is formed the Milewater Basin, comprising an area of 5 acres of water, and a quayage of 600ft. The Abercorn Basin is a rectangular basin, having three sides, 725ft long × 635ft depth broad; water area 12 acres ; quayage of 1,370 lin. ft. Average 15ft at LT. Albert Quay is a river quay, 2, 100ft long, having 12ft of water at ordinary or average LT. Queen's Quayis a river quay 2, 100ft long. Donegal Quay is a river quay 3,300ft long. Lands reclaimed from the sea are in extent, on the Co. Down side of the river, about 165 acres, and on the Co. Antrim side about 100 acres. Total quay age space is about 16,738 lin. ft. The river space, which is practically a dock, is about 60 acres. Graving docks, &c. : Excellent warehouse accommodation in close proximity to quays. Cranes two I ton, ten 2 tons, one 25 tons, one 50 tons, one 70 tons. Steam derrick, 100 tons, in course of construction. Charges.-Tonnage dues Id to 4d reg. ton. Quayage 3d reg. ton. on vessels. Lighters 5/ each. Ballast 1/ per ton. Plankage 1/6 for each plank. Porterage. Cranage as per schedule. Pilotage.-District. Larne Harbour, County Antrim, to Ballyhalbert Bay, County Down. Rates: O 19 3 I I I 2 I I I I I 19 I 8 O I O I 12 I 12 I I 13 1 16 15 ܗ܂ ooooooooooooo000 I I 12 I 15 I 17 2 40000 oo oooooooooo bad band band bad bad 19996666mamo oo aaoooomao o ab 3o ab 30 58260 6 3 1222223 n∞ OOOHNMB Imoomamo ammmo amamo amamamomo omoma 18 I I 2 2 O 14 3 3 NOTE. The maximum rate on vessels not having British registers arriving from or sailing on a foreign voyage, 10 16s. ; on vessels with British registers arriving from or sailing on a foreign voyage, £8 2s.; on vessels not steamers trading to or from a port in United Kingdom, £5 8s. ; on vessels being steamers, £3 5s. 6d. Limits of Out-Pilotage.-Larne Harbour, Co. Antrim, and Ballyhalbert, Co. Down. Out-pilots outside the Black Head, or outside the Buoy of the Brigs, to the Whitehouse Roads, of 200 tons or upwards £2 2s. Above 100 and under 200 tons I IIS 6d; not exceeding 100 ons £1. Outside the Grey Point, or outside Kilroot Point, of 200 tons or upwards 1 Is; above 100 and under 200 tons 15/; not exceeding 100 tons 10/. Masters of vessel will take notice that the boats of the out-pilots have a white star on the bows. Towage. As per agreement. Officials.-Sec. to Harb. Commrs., W. A. Currie ; Harb. Master and Supt. of Pilots, W. Tate, R.N.R.; Traffic Man., G. Patrick; Lloyd's Surv., J. Turpin; Coll. of H.M. Cust., O'Beirne. BELMULLET, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Lat. 54° 16' N ; long. 10° o' W. Auth. the Grand Jury of co. Mayo, under Schedule to the Act 16 and 17 Vict., c. 36. A pier built by the Board of Public Works in Ireland. dry at LW.; 8ft to 9ft at HWST. Charges.-None. THW. f. and c. 5h 38m; W. prev. SW. Official.-Harb. Constable, E. M. Richards. House. Hotels."Royal" and "Erris." Pickle Point BELLEPORTE, Inverness, Cromarty Firth. D. HWST. 1oft; and c. 12h 15m. BEREHAVEN.-See Castletown and Bantry. BERWICK-ON-TWEED, Northumberland. Lat. 55° 46' N ; long. 1°59' W. Pop. 14,000. Auth. Harbour Commissioners, under Berwick-on-Tweed Harbours Act, 1862. P. NC. THW. f. and c. 2h 18m; Sp. rise 15ft; N. rise 11ft; R. of N. 8ft. D. on bar, ST. 20 to 22ft; N. 14 to 16ft. W. prev. NE. Rys. N.B. and N.E. Tr.-I. Timber, guano, bones, phosphate, &c.; E. Coal, corn, salmon, cod, haddocks, herrings, &c. LV. Caloric, 1,138 reg. ton. The harb. is formed by the lower or sea-reach of the river, which falls into the sea about one mile below Berwick Bridge, between a stone pier on the N. and a long low sandy spit, serving as a natural breakwater, on the S. W. of E. varies, but as a rule is about 300ft, facing ESE. Half a mile inside the pierhead on Spittal side of river is a large rock formed into a quay. Area of wet dock is 3 acres ; depth of water OT. 18ft; HST. 21ft. 1,500ft of quayage space. Steam crane to lift 20 tons. Charges.-Ballast dues inward, whether landed or shifted into another vessel 6d ton; outward 2d. Special dock dues for every ship or vessel entering the wet dock over and above the beforementioned dues 2d for every ton. Tonnage dues on ships entering or leaving the harb. Id to 11d. For every ship or vessel entering the harb. 3/4 (for harb. duty) over and above the beforementioned rates and duties. Dues on goods, from d to 4/ charged per keel of cinders or coke. Pilotage.-District. From the sea at the mouth of the river Tweed, up the river on both shores to the mouth of the river Whittader, where it flows into the Tweed, and also from the east end of the pier, two miles in a straight line in every direction along the coast and into the sea. Rates (both inward and outward): In summer, viz., from April 1 to Oct. 1, 1/3; in winter, viz., from Oct. 1 to April 1, 1/6 ft; and for each tide's work within the harb. 7/6. Towage.-5/ each vessel, and 2d reg. ton on all vessels of or above 40 tons. Officials. Clerk to Harb. Commrs. S. Sanderson; Harb. Master, G. Smith; Coll. of H.M. Cust., John W. Hay. Hotel."King's Arms," John Carr. BERWICK NORTH, Haddingtonshire, Firth of Forth. Lat. 56° 3' N; long. 2° 43′ W. Ry. N.B. There is a small trade in corn and potatoes. D. HWST. 17ft; HWNT. 9ft. A lifeboat station. Charges.-1d per ton reg, Lights 1/. Water 1/ per vessel, Pilotage.-1/3 per foot. Official.-J. Marr, Harb. Master. Official.-Harb. Master, H. L. Hutchins. BLACKPOTS, Banffshire, near Cullen. Lat. 57° 42' N ; long. 2° 45′ W. Auth. Owner, Earl of Seafield. W. prev. N. and NE. A small tidal fishing harb. D. 5ft to 6ft; dry at LW. Charges.-2d per ton. Between Beccles and Southwold. A small place with a dilapidated pier. D. Dry at LW. Auth. The Southwold Harb. Commissioners under Act 1830. Clerk, W. C. Tuck. BLAKENEY and CLAY, Norfolk. Lat. 52° 57′ N; long. 1° 3' E. 5m. NE. of Nott. Auth. Harbour Commissioners under Statute 57 George III., c. 70. THW. f. and c. 6h 30m. D. 2ft on bar at LW., 13ft HWNT., and 18ft HWST. D. in harb. 6ft HWNT., and 1oft HWST., 2ft LW. Official.-Clerk, C. J. Temple Lynes. Charges.-1d per ton on vessels and dues upon goods passing through the cut up to the quay. BLYTH, Northumberland. On the SW. side of the river Blyth at its outlet. Lat. 55° 7' N.; long. 1° 30′ W. Pop. 10,900. Auth. Harbour Commissioners, under Act of Parliament, 45 and 46 Vict., Session 1882. THW. 3h 15m; Sp. rise 15ft; N. rise 11ft.; R. of N. 7ft. D. on bar about 10ft at LWST. W. prev. W.; most dangerous NE. Ry. N. E. Tr.-I. Timber and agricultural produce; E. chiefly coals. LV. using the harb. are about 270ft long, 33ft beam, and 18ft dft., and have a gross carrying capacity of about 500 to 2,000 tons. Accn. The total area of the harb. from the lowest quay to upper end of Cowpen-square, measuring to HW. mark, is about 64 acres. Area of Accn. in the harb. for ships and boats is about 34 acres, and the average depth over that area is about 15ft; 4 acres have a depth of 2011, and I acre 29ft. No wet docks, but two dry docks, and one gridiron. Total length of quayage space in the harb., including the coaling staiths, 3,300ft. Ten high-level coaling staiths upon the most improved principle, with railway approaches and sidings for the output of several collieries, capable of coaling into two hatchways of a vessel at one time. Charges.-Harb. dues 1d to 6d. Trimming charges. Ballast discharging at cranes / ton. Pilotage.-See Whitby. Towage. From roads to harb., light 1/6 per keel, loaded 2/6 per keel. From harb. to sea, loaded 2/6 per keel. For each removal in harb. 5/. Officials.-Clerk to Commrs., J. Easton; Harb. Master, W. Tate; Supt. of Customs, &c., J. McKittrick. |