E. 405 vessel measuring 400 tons Spanish, laden with coal, in and out ST. GEORGE, N.B. Lat. 45° 6' 8" N; long. 66° 54′ 2′′ W. wood. Accn. Harb. well sheltered, able to accommodate about ST. HELENA. Lat. 15° 55' S; long. 5° 43′ W. Pop. 5,oco. coffee, sugar, wheat, hay, rice, coal, ironmongery; E. Wool, hides, Tr.-I. Sheep, cattle, beer, wines, spirits, horns, and flax. Accn. Vessels calling only, anchor in from 10 to 40 fms; those discharging in 10 to 15 fms. St. Helena is a free port. No graving docks or repairing slips. ST. HELENA SOUND, U.S. Lat. 32° 24' 34" N ; long. 80° Accn: Depth of water on the bar 23ft ST. and 19ft NT. 24' 39" W. Tr.-E. Phosphate rock. only for vessels drawing 20ft at ST. and 17ft at NT. Charges. On a vessel of 589 reg. tons ballast in and cargo out £114 125 4d. Is safe Pilotage. Bar pilotage 12/8 foot, in and out up to 13ft, above that it appears to be increased, as a vessel drawing 13ft in and 17ft out paid altogether £31 16s 5d. each time. River pilotage 3/1 foot. From Bar Buoy 2 to Port Mooring 2 25 3d Royal or Beaufort half rates. dft. of water and distance, from £2 25 34d to £45 11s. Other pilotage varies according to ST. JAGO, W.I. Lat. 19° 57′ 42′′ N; long. 75° 54′ 20′′ W. beef, cod-fish, oil, and all kinds of American provisions, coals, Pop. 30,000. Tr.-I. Flour, corn, rice, jerked lumber, ice, dry goods, ironware, and all sorts of manufactured merchandise; E. Sugar, rum, molasses, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, copper-ore, wax, cotton, honey, fustic, and mahogany. Accn. Entrance very narrow. broad; sufficient water for the largest ship, but vessels drawing Area of harb. 6 miles long by 2 miles more than 15ft cannot come alongside the wharf. Pilotage. On a British vessel entering and leaving with cargo, in and out, varies from £2 38 9d to £4 6s 51d. Towage. There is no regular steamtug, but there are steamers which undertake to tow vessels in and out at from £17 14s 2d to £21 5s each. ST. JOHN'S, Antigua. Lat. 18° 22' N ; long. 64° 42′ W. Pop, 16,000. Tr.-I. Ale, brandy, beef, bread, bricks, butter, candles, cheese, coal, codfish, cocoa, coffee, corn, cornmeal, crackers, flour, gin, hams, hay, herrings, horses, hoops, lard, lumber, mackerel, manure, matches, mules, naval stores, oil, oatmeal, oats, onions, peas, pork, porter, potatoes, rice, salmon, salt, soap, shingles, slates, tobacco, and all manufactured goods; E. Sugar, rum, molasses, and pine apples. Accn. Vessels of 12ft dft. cannot come within three-quarters of a mile of the wharves, and those drawing over 14ft are obliged to lie in the roads about 1 miles from the town. Charges. Port charges, harb. master's fees from 6/ for vessels under 80 tons to 1 12s for vessels over 300 tons. Rates, over 60 tons, each time 1/8 per ton. Light dues 9d per ton, landing or taking cargo, export duty; hospital dues; lighterage; ballast, &c. Pilotage. Inwards, under 6ft 1; 8ft £1 4s; 9ft £1 IOS; 10ft 1 16s; and every foot beyond 6s. foot. Outwards three-fourths inward rates. ST. JOHN'S, N.B. Lat. 45° 14′ 3′′ N ; long. 66° 3' 5" W. Pop. 45,000. Tr.-I. British manufactures and colonial produce; E. Timber, fish, furs, and lime. Accn. Harb. safe and always accessible. There is 18ft of water on bar at LW.; inside anchorage off city is from 7 to 20 fms.; alongside wharves 21 to 30ft. Tide rises NT. 18ft, ST. 28ft. Charges. Charges and dues on a vessel of 450 tons, ballast in and cargo of deals out, £73. Pilotage. On vessel of 450 tons, ballast in and cargo of deals out:-In 8ft from Seal Island outside district, £3 15s.; shifting 13ft out to Partridge Islands, 16/8 and £3 10s. Iod; down the bay (not compulsory), Id. foot extra. Towage. Vessel of 450 tons, ballast in and cargo of deals out, from sea (if needed) £5 4s 2d; shifting £2 10s; to sea £7 5s 10d. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland. Lat 47° 34' 2" N; long. 52° 40′ 50′′ W. Pop. about 29,000. Tr.-E. Fish, oil, sealskins, copper ore, &c. Accn. The port has sufficient water for vessels of 30ft dft.; Sp. rise 3ft 9in. The harb. is easy of access, and once inside is perfectly safe. There is a graving dock 500ft long, and a floating dock capable of receiving a vessel of 250 tons. Charges. Light and steam fog whistle dues 1-12th of a Id ton; this charge applies to all vessels from the U.K. Wharfage 8/4 day, 24d ton. Labour 2/6 to 4/2. Pilotage. From LI 5s. on vessels under 80 tons, N.M., to £6 5s. on vessels of 700 to 800 tons, over that size 8/4 per 100 tons. Max. pilotage £10. Steamers of less than 150 horse power pay pilotage on net tonnage, above that power 5d. horse power. Towage. In and out of Saint John's Harb., from half a mile outside the heads to the consignee's wharf, or from the consignee's wharf to half a mile outside the heads, from £1 10s for 50 tons to 16 9s for 900 to 1,000. Vessels requiring the steamers to go beyond the above limits pay the above rates additional as far as Cape Spear, and any vessel requiring towage beyond the Cape to the south, or an equal distance to the northward, is charged by special agreement. The above rates apply only to ordinary circumstances. Vessels in distress or otherwise disabled have to make special contracts for assistance. Vessels employing either of the steamers inwards will be taken outwards on their next voyage at two-thirds of above rates. Vessels using the steamer's hawser pay 10 per cent. of the towage rates for the same. In addition to above rates one third additional will be charged during winter months-commencing on December 10 and terminating on April 10 each year. ST. MALO, France. Lat. 48° 40' N; long. 2° 5' E. Pop. of St. Malo and St. Servan 24,000. Tr.-I. Colonial produce, spices, flax, hemp; E. Corn, fruit, wine brandy, salt, linen, cider, butter, honey, salt provisions. 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 1,450 yds. Shipbuilding is carried on. Extensive quays, built of granite, border the east and the south sides of the town of St. Malo. Charges. Navigation and sanitary dues same as at all other French ports. Labour 3/4 per day of 12 hours. Ballast 1/1 ton. Dock gatemen are paid 8 centimes per ton. Consignees find labourers for discharging cargo. Pilotage. Id to 2d ton. Towage. 24d ton, but generally by agreement. Eng. Brokers. A. Delestre, Picard, C. Thomazeau. ST. MARY'S, U.S. Lat. 30° 40′ N; long. 81° 28′ W. Pop. 800. Tr.-I. General merchandise; E. Lum Vessels ber. Accn. Depth of water 19 to 20ft close to the town. drawing 161ft can safely cross the bar at HWST. Pilotage. On a vessel of 392 reg. tons, ballast in and cargo out, in 10ft, £7 7s 103d; out 15ft, 12 18s. Towage. On a vessel of 392 reg. tons, ballast in and cargo out, out £10 IIS 5}d. ST. NAZAIRE, France. Lat. 46° 17' 18" N; long. 2° 12' W. Pop. 24,000. 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. Quay dues, ports in Europe 44d 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 580 tons about £103. Pilotage. The limits are divided into distances :--From Belle Ile 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 £1 per distance, according to reg. ton. Vessels of more than 800 tons pay, in addition to the foregoing tariff, 104d for every 10 reg. tons additional for the 8 distances inwards, and 103d 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, 24d. 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, II 175 6d, for every reg. ton over 350, 7d. From St. Nazaire to Paimbœuf or vice versa 5d, ditto Nantes ditto 1/2, Paimbœuf ditto 1/, Pelerin ditto, 2d ton of cargo. Eng. Brokers. Creston, Bourdonnay du Clezio, Quirouard. ST. PETERSBURG, Gulf of Finland, Russia. Lat. 59° 56′ 29′′ N; long. 30° 13′ 22′′ E. Pop. About 929,000. Tr.-I. Sugar, coffee, madder, indigo, corn, meal, dyewoods, cotton, wool, cotton stuffs, and yarns, machinery and millwork, woollen fabrics and woollen yarn, linen and linen yarn, coals, salt, iron, lead, shot, hardware, wire, spices, fruits, tobacco, &c.; E. Tallow, hemp, flax, grain, linseed, timber, copper, hides, potash, bristles, hemp seed, oil, furs, leather, fox, hare and squirrel skins, canvas and coarse linen, cordage, caviare, wax, isinglass, quilts, tar, &c. Accn. The channel of the new ship canal is deep enough for vessels drawing 18 to 20ft. Charges. On a vessel of 152 reg. tons about £22 10s. Pilotage. To St. Petersburg Bridge 1od foot; past the bridge 6/6. On a vessel of 152 reg. tons, in and out 1/2 foot, £2 5s. 6d. Towage. St. Petersburg Bridge to Customhouse £1 19s to £2 8s 9d; St. Petersburg to Cronstadt £4 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d. ST. PIERRE ROAD, Martinique. Lat. 14° 44' 3" N; long. 61° 10' 45" W. Pop. 31,000. Tr.-I. Salted meat, butter, and fish; E. Sugar, rum, cassia, skins. Accn. Anchorage 23 to 7 fms. Dry dock at Fort de France 400ft long, capable of receiving vessels of 28ft dft. Charges. Light dues about 2/6. Pilotage. Vessels under 150 tons 9/6; over 351 tons 23/6. Eng. Broker. S. Dupouy. ST. SERVAN, France. Pop. given with St. Malo. Accn. A tidal harb. and floating dock of about the same dimensions as at St. Malo, also a harb. called Port Solidor, formerly a naval station, and but little used for commercial purposes. Charges. Port charges and other expenses the same as St. Malo. Pilotage. Four recognised distances inwards :-1st, id reg. ton; 2nd, 1d reg. ton; 3rd, 2d reg. ton; 4th, 24d reg. ton. Only one rate of 2d ton outwards. On vessel of 80 reg. tons, cargo in and out, drawing 1oft, in and out £1 8s. Towage. As per agreement, from 1d to 24d ton, not compulsory. On vessel of So reg. tons 1oft dft., in and out £2. Eng. Brokers. Léger, E. Rosse. ST. STEPHEN, N.B. Pop. 7,000. Tr.-I. Iron, salt, provisions, breadstuffs, sugar, molasses, tea tobacco, dry goods, &c.; E. deals, boards, timber, laths, farm produce, &c. Accn. Vessels of 600 tons and under load alongside wharves. Sp. rise 26ft. Charges. Stevedore 3/ per standard. Wharfage a nominal sum. Provisions abundant and cheap. Pilotage. From 4/2 to 9/4 foot in and out, according to dft. Towage. From the Ledge 34d ton loaded and 24d light. ST. THOMAS'S HARBOUR, St. Thomas, W.I. Lat. 18° 19' N ; long. 64° 55′ W. Pop. 12,000. Tr.-I. Coal, lumber, provisions, petroleum, dry goods, spirits, &c. ; E. Sugar, rum, bay water, &c. Accn. Vessels of largest size can lie alongside coal wharves of town. St. Thomas's Harb. is near middle of south shore of island. Charges. Light dues d ton. Is almost a free port. Pilotage. To the harb. :From 25/ day, and £1 17s 6d night, for vessels of from 10 to 12ft dft., to 5 day and £7 10s night for vessels of from 24ft to 26ft dft. From the harb. :-From 16/8 day and 25/ night for vessels of from 10 to 12ft dft., to £3 6s 8d day and £5 night for vessels of . from 24ft to 26ft dft. Steamers up to 12ft to and from harb. £1 135 4d day, and £2 10s 10d night; steamers 12ft to 16ft to and from harb. 2 Is 8d day, and £3 6s 8d night; steamers 16ft to 20ft to and from harb. £3 6s 8d day, and £5 night; steamers 20ft to 24ft to and from harb. £5 day, and £6 13s 4d night; steamers 24ft to and from harb. £6 138 4d day, and £8 6s 8d night. Steamers running regularly half rates. Towage. On barque of 359 reg. tons, to sea 2 10s 10d. ST. VALERY-EN-CAUX, France. Lat. 49° 52′ N; long. 0° 33′ W. THW. f. and c. 12h 58m. D. HWST. 26ft; HSST 13ft. Eng. Brokers. A. Houdant, H. Vue. About 32,000. ST. VALERY-SUR-SOMME, France. Lat. 50° 11' N ; long. 2° 52′ W. THW. f. and c. 1h 14m. D. HWST. 33ft; HWNT. 24ft. Maître de Port, De Saint-Julien. SALERNO, Italy. Lat. 40° 40′ N; long. 14° 45′ 20′′ E. Pop. Tr.-I. Coal, cotton and petroleum; E. Oil, wine, and fruit. Accn. The port can accommodate vessels of from 16 to 24ft dft., and has been frequented by vessels drawing up to 24ft. The harb. is formed by a mole from land running N. and S., and a wing-mole at right angles. Pilotage. On vessel of 864 net tons reg. with 1,411 tons of coal inwards and leaving in ballast, in and out, £3 11s 7d. SALONICA, Turkey. Lat. 40° 37′ 28′′ N; long. 22° 58′ 0′′ E. Pop. 100,000. Tr.-I. Liverpool and London cottons, yarns, worsted, prints, shirtings, linen thread, Hessians, silks, elastic, oilcloth, carpets, copperas, soda ash, alum, sal-ammoniac, paint, linseed and cotton oil, rum, copper, beer, tin, hardware, earthenware, tinware, indigo, starch, rice, coffee, sheet hooks and bar iron, tin plates, machinery, from Cardiff coals and iron; principal E. Grain, cotton, wool, tobacco, beeswax, silk, linseed, opium, poppy seed, skins, bones, and rags. Accn. There is safe anchorage in 5 to 7 fms of water about two cable lengths from the sea. Charges. Total disbursements of a steamer one day in port, discharging 200 tons of general cargo £16 to £20. Pilotage. No regular pilots. SAN DIEGO, U.S. Lat. 32° 41′ 58′′ N ; long. 117° 13′ 22′′ W. Pop. 10,000. Tr.-E. Grain, wool, hides, and honey. Accn. A depth of 22ft can be carried over the bar at mean LW. There is a wharf with 23ft water at the end. Charges. No harb. or tonnage dues other than collected by U.S. Government. Pilotage. In or out £1 Is 1d foot for vessels of 500 tons or less, 24d ton additional for every ton in excess of 500. Towage. From 13 14s 10d to £42 5s rod in and out, or half for towing out. SAN DOMINGO HARBOUR, Hayti. Lat. 18° 27' N ; long. 69° 50′ W. Pop. About 16,000. Tr.-E. Mahogany, lignum vitæ, sugar, and beeswax. Accn. The maximum dft. of vessels loading inside is 11ft. Pilotage. From Barahona to San Domingo 8/4 day. On a vessel of 182 reg. tons at 3d ton £2 5s id. SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. Lat. 37° 48′N; long, 121° 24′ W. Pop. 280,000. Tr.-I. Coal, sugar, rice, and manufactured goods; E. Gold, silver, copper, wool, wheat, flour, hides, quicksilver, barley, oats, hay, beans, potatoes, onions, tallow, wine, canned fish, fruit, and vegetables. Accn. Vessels of |