PILOTAGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 9

PILOTAGE.

A YEAR'S WORK. : r :';;'H6nry >r.J6hnson v V : rharb6nrtp; tlie vWellingtba 'Har: twelvb; ntorithsi'ehdqd: :Sept«mbef' 30,'1909. ?I e Si? I ves . s^a ' with' a ' net tonnage 'of 15,260:,t0n5-\V6re\pilotcd' iato port No vessels Hyerp pilottd : oUtwArdsV;' Four'':huri-' dr«d; and: 'el j»Utj'-flve : vessels' with ;i' net : tonnage- of #3,822,339. tons r were Ihe : total nuinber of ; vessels handled by ■ the..pilotsWas' 196, with li net tonnage of 1,837,599/:tbiis, of ;ivhioh 457 ' iveri steamers with a net toiinnge'of l,604;091-'toii&; and .39,, were; sailing;..vissels ■„with a. net tounage . 0f:33,505 tons, • being a 1 decrease of 53; vessels, with -a! • decrease; in ' nit ; tontiagb 0f.98,193-ton's, under. the previous year. t.v"v y.>; ■ , The steam traffic handled by tho. pilots, decreased '-by.':36 vessels,- with ■ a decrease in ;■ net tonnage of 83,369 tons j and..' the. decrease Ik.sailing vessels=w!22,;with'' a' decrease in-not tonnage of 14,821 tons. ' Twenty-two .vessels with a .net : tonnage' of 85.179 ' tons .'we're, '.rehloyed from - thi Queen's. A\ harf to the Glasgow; or Railway Wharves' fori loading'^purposes',' free, of. charge.;-' -V ../.'.Vi-/; ■ Tjio total number of 'yCsssls laid Up for ; TOpate,.-and';w"hibh '■ o'edupibd-■'•berths; at therwharveS:. was.". 73 vessels, ;/ wuthVa :jiet lounago of- 46,224V.t6ri5. .the .time; uri-. der repairs being 1431' days, inclusive of tune on tlib Patent Slip. • . : r , Twenty-two steamers, with 1 : a .net:: tonnage. 'of - 80,812 tons.,entered' tho harbour :'eii route for;other ports,; andin, the anchorage: shipped-'biinker. coal and; stores only. . Three of thise'steamers .'had'the services of a . pilot; when . 'entering tho '.harbour. , No light-, or [harbour .dties ore chargeable on vessels,callifig 'for bunker. coal or storesj- or.'to 'effect, repairs. : whilo : they ; remain :• iri .the anchorage;' the Kar-" 'bour! being free tp all 1 such' vessels, except for services actually rendered;- if required. , • y.-:.y