The Swansea Gazette and Daily Shipping Register

Cleared for sea-eontinued. January 12 Andaciease 101 Ronlit, St Valery, coal 210 W.G Foy & Co Hchantrepse 69 Gegao, Lezardrieux, fuel 135, Graigola Co Exeter City s 1359 Crinks. New YOIK, general, Richards Turpin & Co bnnKers 600, r P R. Richards Kariu s 656 IJyberg, (Copenhagen & Stettin, general, Geo. Lennard & Co Agate s 81 McGilp, CorK. coke 135 Gas Co. Ltd banker's 9 Harries Bros & Co Vernon s 615, Brierley. London, opt Rochester, coal 1100, Sir Griff Thomas bnnHers 50 Clreves and Co Hen Clm e 3 1334, Campe. Barletta, coal 2100, fuel 300 Livingston & Co bunkers 400 Harri- son Tidswell & Co Boileau s lO'{8, Stephani, St Nazaire, coal 1800, fuel 600, bunke:s 80 L Gueret Ltd. Gauloise i-9 Le Gallon, Mortagne, fuel 180. Graigola Co Denis Fapin 98 Le Roy, Sables d'Olonne, coal 205, P. S Rowlands Aagot s 85,t Clementsen, La Rochelle, coa! 1850, F Je Boulanger Agra s 62 Jones, Padstow, gen, Pockett's Ltd Velocity s 62 BullocK, Lydney, nil Findhorn s 561, Hewitt, Glasgow via Belfast, general, M Jones & Bro Teviot s 443 McMillan, Glasgow via Belfast' general, M Jones and Bro Falavera B 1055 Cronberg, Stockholm, coal 2,1C0 G" aun Cae Gurwen Co bunkers 300 H Goldberg and Co Marima s 1760, Doueett, Rio de Janeiro, gen, T H Couch; fuel 800, Atlantic Co coal 200, E T Agius Ed Greig s 597, Gregersen, La Pallice. coal 1200, bunkers 60, Graigola Co Rosabell s 92, Coppack, Cardiff, nil Golden Light 103, Trewern, Guernsey, coal 190, Pwllbach Co Oak s 80, Keenan, Cardiff, nil Bombardier s 70, McCalmont, Kilkeel, bunkers 20, George Shepherd

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The Incorporated. SWANSEA EXCHANGE TUESDAY, Dec. 29 J 908. Anthracite Coal. — Finest hand picked malting 24/0 to 25/0 Second quality do. 22/8 to 23/6 Swansea Valley Big Vein. 22/0 to 22/6 Red Vein or similar large 18/8 to 13/9 Machine Made Cobbles 24/0 to 25/0 Machine made Nuts 25/6 to 26/6 Machine Made Peas 12/0 to 13/0 Small Rubbly Culm 4/6 to 4/9 Duff 2/8 to 2/6 I Steam Coals.—Large 15/0 to 15/6 Second quality 14/3 to 14/6 Bunkers, according to Quality 9/6 to 10/0 Through 10/0 to 10/6 Small according tokquality 7/0 to 8/0 Bituminous Coal.—(Nc.. Khondda) Large 17/6 to 18/0 Small 9/6 to 10/6 Patent Fuel 12/6 to 13/0

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The., Oocks^oonsist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Dock, and the South Dock each equipped with modern appliance? for the rapid loading and un- loadingo of vessels. The Entrance.Channei to the Harbour is lighted by means of Gas Buoys The New swing'S DOCK capable of accommodating the largest vessels afloat is expected to be opened for traffic this*? year. The Quays are 19,000|feet|in length The Warehouses contain a floor area of 288,000 square feet. The Railways, of:the Trust have direct connections with the Great Western, London and North Western, Midland, and Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railways. There are 26 Coal Tips, and 80 Hydraulic, Steam and Hand Cranes Swan ea Is the Centretof the Anthracite Coal district. There are more Patentl Fuel Works in Swansea than at any other port in the Kingdom and the Fuel is held in high repute in Gontinental|4and other markets. There is a Large Area of Land available for Fuel Works, Creosote Works Saw Mills and other commercial purposes. Lilies of Steamers run between Swansea and the following ports, viz. :— New York, Baltimore Philadelphia, Singa- pore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Hiago, Java ports, Rio de Janerio, Santos Rosario, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Ports in Chili and Peru, St. Petersburg, Hamburg Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Treport, Rouen, Nantes, Bordeaux, Oporto,, Lisbon, Sefcubal, Barcelona, Genoa, Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, ports in Greece, Constantinople and other Turkish ports Galatz, Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, Alexandria &c. Withm the Harbour are Nine Graving* Docks. Extensive provision has been made for the Fish Trade, in the South Dock. The Swansea Fleet now numbers about 80 Steam Trawlers in addition to Liners and Smacks. Pilotage.-The Trustees are the Pilotage Authority. Pilotage is noncom- pulsory, both inward and outwards. Rates and Charges. —arf moderate. The Mumbles Lighthouse Signal Station is worked by the Trustees. Vessels calling for orders can communicate with their Owners without lowering a boat—good and sheltered free anchorage being found unaer the Mumbles Head at any state of the tide The Trustees have erected on the Mumbles Head a Reed Fog Horn: Signal giving three blasts of about two seconds' duration in quick succession every two minutes. For information on any point connected with the Port and Harbour, apply to— WILLIAM LAW, General Manager Registered Address for Telegrams LAW SWANSEA.