A Treatise On The Principles And Practice Of Dock Engineering

FOREIGN TRADE IN UNITED KINGDOM. 15 population of 2,000, at the beginning of the 19th century, to one of 160,000, at the beginning of the 20th. The development of the port is due to the Marquis of Bute, who, between 1840 and 1850, commenced the construction of the docks known by his name. In 1901 the docks covered an area of 153 acres (including the new Roath Dock). The quantity of coal shipped amounted to 8,000,000 tons, and the number of vessels entering the port was 14,695, with a tonnage of 9,290,785. The Tyne Ports. W hat Cardiff is to South Wales, the cluster of ports at the inouth of the River Tyne is to the North-East coast of England. From ancient times Newcastle has been a great coaling centre, with North and South Shields and Tynemouth in close compétition. The growth of the trade has been remarkable. At the beginning of the 19th century the export amounted to half a million tons; at the end it was over 12,000,000. The docks are of quite recent origin, the Northumberland, Tyne, and Albert Edward Docks, with their combined area of 129 acres, having been brought into existence during the latter half of last century. In 1901 the number of vessels entering the ports was 14,072, with a tonnage of 8,491,535. The following tables, condensed from information published by the Board of Trade, will afford some means of instituting an interesting comparison of the ports enumerated. It will be noted, however, that the statistics relate to foreign trade only. TABLE I.—Foreign Trade of Principal Ports in the United Kingdom. Tonnage of Sailing and Steam Vessels Enterbd and Cleared with Cargobs and in Ballast in the Foreign Trade Düring the Ybars 1900-1902. Port. 1900. 1901. 1902. Entrances. Clearances. Entrances. Clearances. Entrances. Clearances. Belfast, Cardiff, Bover, Glasgow. . Hull,. . Beith, Liverpool, . . London, Southampton, . Tyne ports, Tons. 435,980 5,132,523 973,074 1,452,023 2,666,598 1,055,291 6,001,563 9,580,854 1,613,913 3,897,142 Tons. 249,770 7,636,717 964,476 2,229,574 2,274, 137 982,309 5,666,145 7,119,673 1,395,486 4,894,157 Tons. 447,855 4,953,980 955,472 1,558,301 2,460,830 1,023,669 6,465,153 9,992,753 1,645,166 3,831,554 Tons. 226, 168 7,783,077 950,477 2,267,589 1,964,526 922,085 6,171,072 7,282,892 1,417,555 4,840,256 Tons. 479,377 4,688,088 986,908 1,618,663 2,514,663 989,914 6,843,200 10,179,023 1,689,525 3,615,046 Tons. 149,560 7,868,556 980,984 2,525,554 1,965,875 890,357 6,314,514 7,385,085 1,534,966 4,754,301 — — —