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SnirriNO. ! Lighterage.
ISO steamships with a total tonnage of 201,035 Croat trouble and inconvenience were experienced
Ions entered the port during March 101011. as! in April to October 1010 over lighterage at the outer
178 with a tonnage of 238,703 tons in 1009- !' a-.cliorace on several occasions when steamers from
j0: 179 strain*vessels cleared the port with a total !• the United kingdom were unable to cotuo into the
tonnage of 2*71,700 tons ns compared with 123 vessels ^ inner roadstead, and this resulted in the partial
and 107,969 tons in 1000*10. British shipping in- !j boycott of one British Company during several
creased from 1G3 vessels with 200,135 to»3 to 1G5 months. The Persian landing contractor (agent of
vessels and 228*978 tons. j the consignees) refused to bear the expense of the
The number of German vessels entering the port diflercncc of lighterage between the outer and inner
teas 11 ns against 10 in 1900*10. Russian sailings anchorage (a distance of about 5 miles), and the
.till number 4 per annum, the subsidy to the Gulf chipping Companies consider themselves exempt from
branch of the Russian Steamship Company having nil responsibility under the terms of their bills of
been renewed by the Russian Government. lading.
The number of British steamships bringing cargo An ac tive agitation was kept up by the local lighter­
men and Persian merchants, and showed only too
fiom the United Kingdom direct was 3G. j clearly lie need of placing lighterage under inde­
In March 1011 certain influential Arabs trading ! pendent European management. Steamers heavily
between Bombay and the Gulf issued a prospectus for ( loaded car.not, as a rule, make the shallow inner
sn “Arab Steamship Company Limited ” with a ; anchorage, and the greater distance from the shore at
capital of £G6,0G«). Supposed grievances against j which they then lie not only involves risks in lighter­
jbeir treatment by the British India Steam Naviga- I ing. but also great delay to steamers, and overcarriage
aon Company Limited seem to have prompted this frequently results. Any scheme therefore by which
action by the Arabs. Two or three steamers have ; steamer companies combine to clTcet jointly their
nnee been purchase*! and one sent round the Gulf, j o;r:j ]an,fc,2 arrangements must, if it is to work real
but t.i^re are no signs at present of the Company ■ pre-zress <r. the present unsuti-factorv state of affairs,
utamir.g any real importance in the Gulf trade. , in-:.;,Ic r.-:, ker Bsh:eraae by means of a steam-tug or
At the end of the period under review a change ;! stesm-Iigli^r.
x.vs nr. 1c in i:.? British India Steam Navigation Com- ' ;| The Ml wing is the schedule of present lighterage
:«ny’s mail sc:vice : the weekly fast mails now call at I rates whi'h could advantageously be modified; and
LL'igah up an 1 down, while the slow mail steamers j lb? scale f:r wharfage, manipulation in the Customs
■cargo vessels) only visit the various ports once a I and delivery at merchants’ warehouses as regards the
tort night, instead of weekly as heretofore. i prir.cip.il hems of import: exported goods are cleared
Freights for general cargo to the United Kingdom I and lightered directly by the exporters interested.
If direc t British steamers opened at 20 shillings per
ton, and continued so till the cod of 1910. Freight y.B.—1 Kran=approxiraatcIy 41d.
cn wheat rose from 15 shillings in August to 17s. Cd.
Wharfage,
h September and 20s. in November. In January Lighterage. SWSirCT-ATIOS
1911 there was a rise for general cargo to 25s. and AND DELI VERT.
cnium was 2C-*. per chest.
The following table gives a comparison of rates to Cottons, TTooUrn-% dc- Kraus. Cents. Krans. Centa
the United Kingdom for the past few years:— (i) Bales of 2(0 pieces . 1 0 4 30
(ii) „ „ J30 „ 1 0 3 10
£ £ (iu) „ w 25 „ I 0 1 00
1.=00-07 . 1 10 Oto 0 0 (it) White shirting, Mexi­
1107-08 .1 0 0 „ 0 15 0 can?, 100 pieces . 1 0 2 50
IS0S-09 . 0 15 0 „ 0 17 6 (r) Ordinary small biles
1909-10 . 0 17 C „ 1 0 0 prepared lea* one mule-
1510-11 . 1 0 0 „ 1 5 0 load .... 0 15 0 60
(vi) Ya rn, 40 pieces, about
Rates for general cargo to India continued atRs. 10 320lbs. . 0 60 1 76
Yarn, TO pieces, about
per ton of 40 cubic feet, or 20 cwts., but the follow­ 240IU. 0 50 1
ing were special rates :— Yam. 20 pieces, about 10
ICO lbs. 0 25 0 85
Ra. (vii) Canvas empty acts 1 0 1 90
Efclcs, by fast (znaO) steamer . . 15 to 17 (viuj Taper; large bak-s . 0 60 1 46
by slow £ learner . . 12. „ rmall bales . 0 25 0 70
Skins...................................... . 25.
Cotton........................................ . 2 to 2-4 per bale.
P-osewattx . . 1 per case : I Re. per
carboy. 0 16 0 46
Optus to Hongkong . 25 per cheat.