January 17, 1913. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 126 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. in the case of an emergency, leave the same without the permission of the manager, under-manager or official under whose direction he works. (60.) He shall keep the machinery running at the speed ordered by the manager or under-manager, and for that purpose shall from time to time observe the indicator. (61.) He shall immediately report to the official under whose direction he works any damage to, or defect or derangement in, the machineiy. (62.) He shall from time to time observe the venti- lating pressure as indicated by the water-gauge, and where an automatic indicator registering the water- gauge is not in use, he shall at the end of each period of two hours enter in a book to be provided by the manager VALUE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COAL IN 1911 * The accompanying Table A shows the prices of coal at the mines, in the London market, and at the different | shipping ports for each year since 1881. The average price in the London coal market has been obtained from the published returns issued by the Coal Exchange each market day, which give the average price of the best seaborne coals put into barge in the River Thames* including the Is. Id. per ton dues paid to the Corpora- tion of London up to the year 1890; since that date no coal dues have been paid. The average values per ton at the various shipping ports have been deduced from the Annual Parliamentary Returns prepared by the | Board of Customs and Excise, giving the quantities ! exported, and the declared value thereof. ! 1910. 1911. Canals, tyc, England :—' Aire and Calder Navigation Tons. Tons. (coal and coke) Birmingham Canal Navigations 2,322,015 ... 2,312,230 (coal and coke) Bridgewater Canals, the Man- chester Ship Canal Company (coal, including a small 3,646,106 ... 3,591,821 quantity of coke) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Com- pany (coal, including a small 367,331 ... 374,556 quantity of coke) Shropshire Union Canal (coal 724,311 ... 758,234 and coke) Staffordshire and Worcester- 20,810 ... 17,515 shire Canal (coal and coke)... Trent and Mersey Navigation 197,336 ... 204,985 (coal and coke) 207,640 ... 205,646 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table A.—The Average Price of Coal per Ton at the Pit’s Mouth, and in the London Market; also the Average Value of the Quantity Exported at the Principal Shipping Ports in the United Kingdom, from the Year 1881 to 1911. Year. Average price at pit’s mouth. Average price in London market. English ports. Welsh ports. Scotch ports. Liver- pool. Newcastle, N. and S. Shields. Sunder- land. Hartle- pool. Hull. Goole. Grimsby. New- port. Cardiff. Swansea. Leith. Bo’ness. Grange- mouth. Kirkcaldy and Methil. Glasgow. Eng- land. Wales. Scot- land. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1881 — — — 16 0 10 6 7 10 7 8 7 8 9 7 8 7 9 3 9 8 9 10 8 11 10 6 7 0 10 4 7 2 8 0 1891 7 10 10 3 6 5 18 3 13 5 10 6 11 3 11 0 11 2 10 9 12 0 13 5 13 5 12 1 14 6 10 9 10 5 10 1 10 3 1900 10 6 12 0 10 10 22 9 18 3 15 0 15 11 16 5 15 7 12 6 15 2 19 8 18 10 16 5 14 9 14 8 13 5 13 10 14 4 1901 9 1 1 11 11 7 11 19 5 15 8 11 6 12 5 12 0 13 4 12 6 13 1 15 8 16 2 15 1 12 5 11 10 12 1 10 11 11 11 1902 8 1 ' 10 7 6 8 18 1 13 10 10 5 11 1 11 0 12 0 10 4 12 10 13 6 13 11 14 8 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 1903 7 7 9 6 6 3 15 10 13 1 9 11 10 9 10 8 11 9 10 0 12 6 12 10 13 3 12 10 10 7 10 10 10 4 9 9 10 1 1904 7 1 9 2 5 11 15 0 12 3 9 1 9 11 10 0 11 3 9 4 11 4 12 10 13 0 13 5 9 7 10 0 9 7 9 1 9 5 1905 6 9 8 10 5 9 15 6 11 8 8 10 9 8 9 8 10 11 9 0 10 11 12 0 12 3 11 5 9 1 9 9 9 6 8 2 9 4 1906 7 0 9 5 6 5 15 9 10 11 9 5 10 1 9 9 10 7 9 0 10 8 12 9 12 9 11 5 8 10 9 9 9 8 8 3 9 11 1907 8 5 11 8 8 10 19 9 12 4 10 10 11 6 11 4 11 8 10 6 11 10 14 9 14 9 14 4 10 10 11 1 11 7 11 0 12 5 1908 8 9 11 0 7 8 17 6 13 6 11 0 12 1 11 1 11 10 10 11 12 6 14 4 14 11 14 9 10 7 11 5 11 1 ; io o 11 2 1909 7 9 10 11 6 8 16 11 12 0 9 4 10 1 10 2 10 7 9 10 11 9 13 1 13 2 14 5 9 11 10 6 10 4 8 10 9 9 1910 7 10 11 3 6 10 16 3 12 7 9 10 10 7 10 4 10 9 9 8 11 9 13 7 14 0 14 5 9 2 10 5 10 2 9 1 10 1 1911 7 9 11 5 6 10 17 0 12 0 9 5 9 9 9 11 10 9 9 6 11 5 13 9 14 2 13 9 8 8 9 10 10 3 8 6 9 11 ______________________________ ______________________________ Table B.—Summary of Quantities of Coal, Coke, and Manufactured Fuel Shipped Coastwise and Exported in the Year 1911 and the Preceding Year. 1910. 1911. Shipments. ___________________________________ Coastwise:— Coal ............................................................................. Coke......................................... Manufactured fuel............................. Total............................. To British possessions and foreign countries -.— Coal ......................................... Coke......................................... Manufactured fuel ........................... Total............................. For use of steamers engaged in the foreign trade.... Quantities. Tons. 21,676,715 108,003 5,719 21,790,437 62,085.476 964 053 1,470,791 64,520,320 19,525,735 the number of revolutions of the fan and the pressure shown by the water-gauge at the end of the period. (63.) In the event of a stoppage of the machinery or of any unusual variation of the water-gauge he shall at once inform the official under whose direction he works. The Boiler Minder. (64.) The person appointed to attend to any boiler shall from time to time throughout the day examine the boiler, feed-apparatus, safety valves, and other fittings, and dampers, and see that they are in good working order; and shall at once report to the official under whose direction he works any defect or derangement in the same. (65.) He shall not, except with the authority of the official under whose direction he works, alter or permit anyone to alter the weight on any safety valve, and only weights made for the purpose shall be used on any safety valve. (66.) He shall maintain the water in each boiler as nearly as practicable at the proper working level, but if it becomes too low, he shall at once lower the dampers, and either draw the fire or damp it down, and report the circumstance to the official under whose direction he works. He shall also see that the pressure of steam fixed by the manager is on no account exceeded. (To be continued.} Shipments of Bunker Coal.—During December, 1,556,784 tons of coal, &c., were shipped for the use of steamers engaged in the foreign trade, as compared with 1,567,432 tons in December 1911 and 1,648,049 tons in December 1910. The aggregate shipment for the completed year ended December 31 was 18,291,370 tons, as against 19,264,189 tons and 19,525,735 tons in the corresponding periods of 1911 and 1910 respectively. Value. £ 36,099,560 706,723 1,007,077 37,813,360 Quantities. Tons. 22,005,021 63,528 7,606 22,076,155 Value. 64,599,266 | 36,521,068 1,059,876 | 792,076 1,612,741 i 1,134,210 67,271,883 i 38,447,354 19,264,189 — The following statement shows the quantities of coal and coke carried by the various systems of railway, canal and other inland navigation companies from colliery districts in the United Kingdom in 1911 and 1910 1910. 1911. Railways, England and Wales:— Tons. Tons. Furness Railway (coal) Great Central Railway (coal 125,576 ... 139,703 and coke) Great Northern Railway (coal 13,686,090 ... . 13,934,797 only) Great Western Railway (coal 6,806,916 ... , 7,029,210 and coke) Hull and Barnsley Railway 18,637,916 ... 18,575,790 (coal and coke) Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 2,258,750 ... 2,225,000 way (coal and coke) London and North-Western 9,154,544 ... 8,956,776 Railway (coal only) Maryport and Carlisle Railway 21,931,977 ... 22,332,175 (coal and coke) Midland Railway (coal and 311,527 ... 310,545 coke, excepting gas coke) .. North-Eastern Railway (coal 26,547,243 ... 26,688,188 and coke) North Staffordshire Railway 38,178,057 ... 40,778,616 (coal and coke) Taff Vale Railway (coal and 3,503,671 ... 3,513,763 coke) Railways, Scotland:— Caledonian Railway (coal and 14,464,662*... 14,212,840 coke) Glasgow and South-Western 13,347,922 ... . 13,159,398 _______________________________ Railway (coal only) North British Railway (coal 3,198,207 ... , 3,325,267 and coke) Railways, Ireland:— Cavan and Leitrim Railway 20,108,372f... , 20,863,0681 (coal) Great Southern and Western 11,051 ... 9,163 Railway (coal) 1,517 .. 1,589 * From Part III. of the General Report on Mines and Quarries for 1911, by Mr. R. A. S. Redmayne, H.M. Chief Inspector of Mines. Canals, Scotland:— Forth and Clyde Canal (coal and coke) 95,522 ... 91,466 Monkland Canal (coal and coke) 53,278 ... 52,860 Union Canal (coal and coke)... 19,309 ... 18,485 Canals, Ireland:— Grand Canal (coal) 22 ... 32 * Revised figures. f 2,098,758 tons of this quantity were conveyed to Burnt- island Dock and 2,944,946 tons to Methil Docks for shipment. X 2,472,951 tons of this quantity were conveyed to Burnt- island Dock and 2,970,176 tons to Methil Docks for shipment. Table B is a summary of the quantities of coal, coke, and manufactured fuel shipped coastwise and exp orted in the years 1910 and 1911. During 1911 30,187 tons of coal, coke and manufac- tured fuel, valued at £29,779, were imported into the United Kingdom, as compared with 36,037 tons, valued at £34,119, in 1910. _____________________________ It is stated that Earl Fitzwilliam has decided to sink a shaft on his Wentworth estate. The shaft will probably be sunk in the parish of Greasborough, to work coal in the parishes of Rawmarsh and Greasborough. Earl Fitzwilliam is already a considerable owner of coalmines. Another Contract Case.—Judgment has been issued by Sheriff-Substitute Orr in the case at the instance of the Darngavil Coal Company Limited, 124, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, against George V. Turnbull and Co. Limited, Atlantic-chambers, Leith. Plaintiffs’ claim was for payment of £63 9s. 7d., as loss and damage sustained in consequence of the defendants’ failure to take delivery of and pay for 105 tons 16 cwt. of steam coal, in implement of contract entered into on April 8 last year, whereby plaintiffs agreed to sell, and defendants agreed to buy, 100 tons or thereby of steam coal for immediate despatch at the price of 27s. per ton alongside defendants* steamers at Leith. The plaintiffs state that they despatched by rail the quantity of coal ordered, and defendants main- tained that only 50 to 80 tons were delivered on the morning of April 9, which was the quantity ultimately agreed on. The plaintiffs also state that the coal arrived on April 9 and 10, but as defendants refused to take delivery it was stored in a railway siding at Leith. This the defendants admit, and state that their reason for refusing to take delivery was because the coals were not delivered at the time specified in the contract. The Sheriff has found that the plaintiffs duly implemented their obligations under the contract, and that the defendants, in rejecting the coal, acted in breach of contract, and grants to the plaintiffs the sum sued for, with expenses. In his note the Sheriff states that the coal waa duly despatched on the afternoon of the 8th, but, owing apparently to the railway restrictions resulting from the coal strike, did not arrive in Leith till late on the 9th and 10th. He held that it was not a term of the contract that plaintiffs bound themselves to give delivery at Leith on the morning of the 9th, and that delivery was given in reasonable time in the circumstances, and, therefore, that, the defendants were not entitled to reject the goods.