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CLEARED FOR SEA. I

ENTERED INWARDS I

K.HONDDA & SWANEEA BAY RAILWAY,

WHEN PIU^E EDDY jfc Kim.

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TheI|DockS«oonsist of the Prince of Wales Dock, the North Dock, and the South Dock each equipped with modem appliancep for the rapid loading and6 Ula loading, of vessels. The Entrance Channel to the Harbour is lighted by means of Gas Buoys The New King's DOCK capaUe of accommodating the largest vessels afloa is expected to be opened for traffic^'this year. ThecQuays are 19,000 feet in length The Warehouses contain a flooi area of 288,000 square feet. The Hallways 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 So finite, steam and Hand Cranes. Swansea is the Centre.of the Anthracite Coal district. There are more Patent^ F ue! I Works in Swansea than at any other port in the Kingdom and the Fuel is held in high repute in Continental|5and othet markets. There is a Large Area.of Land available for Fuel Works, Creosote Works Saw MUls and other commercial purposes. Lines of Steamers run between Swansea and the following ports, viz. :— New York, Baltimore Philadelphia, Singa- pore, Bong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki Hiogo, Java ports, Rio de Janerio, Santos Bosario, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Ports in Chili and Peru, St. Petersburg, Hamburg Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Treport, Bouen, Nantes, Bordeaux, Oporto, Lisbon, Setubal. Barcelona, Genoa, Leghorn, Venice, Trieste, Fiume, ports in Greece, Constantinople and other Turkish ports Galatz, Ibrail, Odessa, Batoum, ".Alexandria &c. Within the Harbour are Nine Sravmg 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 at d Smacks. Pilotage.-The Trustees ara uhe Pilotage Authority. Pilotage is noncom- pulsory, both inward and outwards. Rates and iCharges. — are 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 Regist red Address for Telegrams- ''Law^' Swansea.