anything under half a foot. All vessels drawing less than 8ft to be charged the 8ft rate. Transporting Rates and other Pilotage Charges:-For a vessel of any dft., from any dock in Liverpool or Birkenhead, or river, to any other dock in Liverpool or Birkenhead, or river 20/; ditto, Garston, or vice versa 40/; ditto, any landingstage or pier and back to river or dock 20/. If the services of a pilot be required on board a vessel while at anchor in the river Mersey, day 5/. If a pilot be carried away under circumstances of unavoidable necessity, he shall be allowed 10/6 day for every day and part of a day until he can return to duty; and if he be landed to find his way back to Liverpool, from any of the undermentioned places, or if he be sent to a vessel at any of the said places, he is to be allowed travelling expenses as follows-viz., to or from Mostyn or any place on the western shore of the river Dee, or Fleetwood 10/; for any greater distance not further than from Holyhead or Pile a Foudre 20/; ditto Dublin 30/; ditto Glasgow, Belfast, Waterford, or Bristol Channel 40/; ditto Queenstown or Londonderry 50/. All inward-bound ships, except coasting vessels in ballast or under 100 tons register, are subject to compulsory pilotage, and must display a signal for a pilot on coming within the limits of the outer pilot station, viz., when the Middle Mouse bears S. by W. W. by compass, under a penalty of £5, and must take a pilot from the first pilot boat which shall display the usual signal offering a pilot, under a penalty of double pilotage in each instance of omission to take a pilot when offered. Outward-bound ships liable to compulsory pilotage must take the first pilot who offers. Extra towage for vessels over 800 tons 50/, and under 800, 40/ per hour. River Towage: 200 300 300,, 500 500,, 1,000 2 O 3 0 4 1,000,, 1,200 5 Upwards 2356 78 River to Garston, under 200 tons £4; under 400, £5; under 800, £8; over 800, 10. From south of Tranmere Slip to any pier north of Prince's Dock Basin £3 extra; from any part of the river to Brunswick Pier £2 extra. These extra charges apply to vessels over 800 tons; for vessels under 800 tons £1. Hanging-on in river. -Vessels under 700 tons 30/ hour; above 700 tons 40/ hour. Attendance onvessels clearing anchors.-Over 800 tons 50/; under 800, 40/ hour. On ships.-For the first three hours £2 hour, and 30/ hour for any number of hours beyond the first three. If employed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., or 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. £11 Is. All the above rates exclusive of the use of hawser. To sea or down Channel, and tug ordered to return with ship, to be paid the full, and one-half towage for distance towed. From pier or river to between Rock and Crosby Lightship and back to river, half towage to Bell Buoy; from pier or river to between Crosby and Formby Lightships and back to river, full towage to Bell Buoy; from pier or river to between Formby Lightship and Bell Buoy and back to river, full and half towage to Bell Buoy. Towage charged by the hour if the tug is taken beyond the stage agreed upon. If a tug is engaged to tow a ship to any port or station, but through stress of weather or other unavoidable circumstances she is separated from the ship, the tug to be paid pro rata for the distance towed. All engagements made for towing from sea to be to river only, unless the vessel can be taken direct to the pier on the same flood tide as she is towed up. When a tug is ordered, attends, and is not employed, the vessel to pay one-half the rate of towage of such ship from pier to pier. NOTE.-Other towage rates are sometimes substituted for these by special agreement. Charge for hawsers.-Under 500 tons: In river 1; Bell Buoy £2; beyond Bell Buoy £4; beyond Holyhead £5. Over 500 tons: In river £2; Bell Buoy £4; beyond Bell Buoy £8; beyond Holyhead £10. Officials.-Sec., E. Gittins; Engineer, G. F. Lyster; Harb. Master, H. M. Liardet; Supt. of Pilotage, R. P. J. Simpson; Water Bailiff, F. O. Simpson; Assist. Harb. Masters, D. E. K. Grant, G. Wilson, T. J. Shepherd; Dock Masters, W. Parry, J. T. Gould, C. Leggett, W. Long, S. Molyneux, J. Sanders, O. Pritchard, G. Palmer, J. L. Harris, R. A. Crafter, W. Wilson, J. T. Partridge, D. R. Dean; Traffic Mans., G. B. Proctor, supt., T. W. Hawkins, R. Sutherland, J. Garniss, J. Grundy, L. J. Watson, F. E. Sharpe; Dock Warehouse Supts., G. B. Proctor, L. Simpson, W. S. Brice; Principal Examiner, W. Maddon ; Receivers of Dues, T. J. Farrell, J. Halsall, J. H. Montgomery, E. James. LLANDULAS, Carnarvonshire. Near River Clwy. There are 4 jetties used for loading stone, but no harb. A lifeboat station. LLANELLY, Carmarthenshire. On the river Bury, 14 miles S by E. of Carmarthen. Lat. 51° 40′ N; long. 4° 0' 25" W. Pop. 24,000. Auth. Harbour Commissioners, acting under Acts 53 Geo III., c. 183; 6 and 7 Vict., c. 88; 21 and 22 Vict., c. 72; 27 and 28 Vict., c. 203; 31 and 32 Vict., c. 132;41 Vict., c. 83. P. C. THW. 6h. 16m; Sp. rise 25ft; N. rise 184ft. D. on bar at LWST. 6 to 8ft. W. prev. SW. Rys. L. & N. W. and G. W. Tr.-I. General; E. Metals and general. LV. 1,000 to 1,100 tons. Charges.--Dues id ton on all goods, and id package as per tariff. Buoyage dues id reg. ton; light dues d ton. Pilotage.-District. All vessels bound in over Burry Bar shall hoist a pilot signal immediately they pass a line drawn from the Helwick Lightship to Caldy Light. No definite marks laid down. No pilots are to quit the vessels under their charge until the Worm's Head be open from Burry Holmes, unless the captain directs. The cruising ground is from W. of the Helwick Lightship and E. of the Worm's Head. Rates. Station No. 1, W. of Helwick Light :-Under 100 reg. tons 1/6; and 1/ additional for every 25 tons. Station No. 2, E. of Helwick W. Worm's Head :Under 100 reg. tons 1/; and 1/ additional for every 25 tons. Station No. 3, E. of Worm's Head:-Under 100 reg. tons 1/; under 125, 1/6; under 150, 2/; under 175, 2/6; and 1/ in addition for every 25 tons. Rules for the payment of pilots' hobblers taking charge of ships or vessels trading over the bar, and bound to Llanelly, Pembrey, Burry Port, and upwards as far as Llangennech. Limit No. 1:-If a plot be taken on board as far to the westward as to bring Rhossily Church open to the westward of the Holmes, under 40 reg. tons 1/9; with an advance of 3d foot on every additional 25 reg. tons. Limit No. 2 :-If taken on board within No. 1, but to the westward of No. 4 buoy for Burry Port, or No. 6 for Llanelly, under 50 reg. tons 1/; and 3d foot for every additional 25 reg. tons. Pilots taken on board inside buoy No. 6 when bound for Llanelly, or inside No. 4 when bound for Pembrey, 2/6 each for hobble. If any vessel shall evade being boarded by a pilot in limit No. 1, she must pay for limit No. 1, although boarded above that limit, beside the penalty of refusing a pilot. Outwards :-Under 50 reg. tons 6d; and 3d for every additional 25 reg. tons. Each vessel to pay 1/ for the boat. Vessels proceeding above Llanelly pay as follows, in addition to the rates inwards and outwards from Llanelly:From Llanelly to Penclawdd, under 50 reg. tons 3/6; from 50 to 100, 4/6; from 100 to 150, 5/6; from 150 to 200, 7/ each vessel. To Spitty, and vice versa, under 50 reg. tons 5/; from 50 to 100, 7/; from 100 to 150, 9/6; from 150 to 200, 10/6 each vessel. And from Penclawdd to Spitty, and vice versa, as follows:- Under 50 reg. tons 3/6; from 50 to 100, 4/6; from 100 to 150, 5/6; from 150 to 200, 7/ each vessel. The following rates of harbour pilotage for all vessels under 50 reg. tons 2/; under 75, 2/6; under 100, 3/ each vessel; and 6d for every 25 reg. tons. For removing from or to Llanelly and Pembrey :- -Under 50 reg. tons 3/6; under 75, 4/6; under 100, 5/6 each vessel; and 1/ for every additional 25 tons. For removing from Pembrey Harb. to Burry Port, and vice versa: Under 50 reg. tons 3/6; under 75, 4/; under 100, 4/6 each vessel; and 6d extra for every additional 25 reg. tons. Officials.-Clerk to Harb. Comm., J. Jennings; Harb. Master Llanelly, Capt. T. Jones; Dock Master Llanelly Ry. & Dock Co.'s Dock, Capt. Lowther; Dock Master Cambrian Dock, J. Gibson, Dock Master Copper Works Dock, J. Gibson; Resident Superintendent of Llanelly Ry. Dock Co., W. H. Ludford; Coll. of Dues, Pilotage, &c., A. Stone; Coll. of H.M. Cust., J. T. Hynes. LONDON. The capital of the United Kingdom. Lat. 51° 30' N; long. 0° 5' W. On the River Thames about 50 miles from its mouth. The limits of the port are from London Bridge to the Naze at Walton. The River Thames is under the jurisdiction of the Thames Conservancy Board, whose rights extend from Cricklade to Yantlet Creek, and to the Crow Stone near Leigh in Essex. All along the river on both banks are numerous warehouses, and wharves where vessels may load and discharge, all these being provided with hydraulic and steam cranes, &c. These are owned principally by private firms, Railway Cos., &c. The shallowest part of the navigable channel of the estuary is to the south of the Leigh Middle Bank, about a mile above Southend, where the depth is 24ft at LWOST. HW. f. and c. at London Bridge at 1h 58m; Sp. rise 20ft; N. rise 17ft. There are four principal Dock Cos.-THE LONDON & ST. KATHARINE's, the EAST & WEST INDIA (who own the Docks at Tilbury), and the MILLWALL, on the north side of the river, and the SURREY COMMERCIAL DOCKS on the south side. Harbour Dues, payable to the Thames Conservancy, are from d to id per ton. Pilotage.-Rates for Pilots licensed by the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, or acting as such under the authority of the Acts of Parliament, 6 Geo. IV. c. 125, 16 and 17 Vict. c. 129, and 17 and 18 Vic. c. 104, for piloting ships and vessels within the limits mentioned in the table on pp. 219, 220. From sea in or out of Ramsgate, Margate, Dover, or Sandwich Harbs. 5/ ft dft. For vessels ex. 22ft an increase in the rates for each foot or part of a foot, in the same proportion as between 22 and 23ft. For putting a pilot on board a vessel, either from the cutters or from the shore, 60 and under 150 tons 20/, 150 and under 250, 25/, 250 and under 400, 30, 400 and under 600, 40, 600 and under 1,000, 50, 1,000 and upwards 63/. Vessels not ex. 70 tons, chiefly laden inwards with fish, corn, or other provisions, pay during the summer months, viz., from Lady-day to Michaelmas-day inclusive, the following rates, viz., from sea to London or vice versa 94/6, Gravesend to London or vice versa 25. Vessels ex. 70 tons and not ex. 100 tons, chiefly laden inwards with fish, corn, or other provisions, pay during the summer months, viz., from Lady-day to Michaelmas-day inclusive, the following rates for the outward voyage, viz., from London to Gravesend 25/, to the Nore 58/, to the sea 105/. A pilot taking charge of a foreign vessel, on board of which there may not be any individual qualified to interpret his orders, is authorised to employ a person to assist him as leadsman or interpreter; provided it be distinctly understood that the necessity for the employment of such person shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Corporation of Trinity House, in which case only the follow. ing rates shall be chargeable in addition to the regular pilotage, viz., for the whole run from sea to Gravesend 50/, from Gravesend to sea 20. The additional rate, for intermediate portions of a foot, in the |