614 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. March 20, 1913. 4,300,10s. 9d., ppt.; Barcelona, 3,700, 8s. 104d., March 27 ; Bordeaux, 3,200, 5s. steam coals, 5s. 9d. fuel, ppt.; Porto Vecchio di Piombino, 3,200, 9s. 6d., March 25; Malta, 2,000, 8s., March 25. Homeward charters:—Nicolaieff, 3,300, Middlesbrough or West Hartlepool, 8s. 6d., ore, ppt.; 5,000, Rotterdam, 8s., ore, ppt.; Novorossisk, 5,200, Rotterdam 8s. 6d., Weser 8s. 9d., Hamburg 9s., with 3d. less barley, 200 tons sunflower seed or bran 5s. extra, ppt.; Rangoon, 3,127 net, Hamburg, 26s. 3d., April; 6,000, Bombay, Rs.9, March; 3,168 net, Rs. 9, early April; Newcastle, N.S.W., 2,788 net, Singapore, 16s. 6d., March-April; Kohsichang, 8,000, United Kingdom- Continent, 28s. 9d., April; Aden, 12s. one port, 12s. 6d. two ports Java; 2,308 net, Rangoon,Rs. 6*8, April; San Lorenzo, 5,300, 10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 21s. 9d. o.c„ less 6d., April 20-May 20; 4,000, 10 per cent., 21s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., Santa Fe Is. more, March 22-April 5; 4,000, 10 per cent., 21s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., April 5-20 ; 4,700, 10 per cent., 22a. o.c., less 6d., ex France, Is. 6d. extra Genoa or Mar- seilles, April 20-May 20; 4,100, 10 per cent., 21s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., March 25 cancelling; Santa Fe, 3,600, 10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 23s. o.c., less 6d., April 5-30; Bahia Blanca, 5,400, 10 per cent., Antwerp or Rotterdam, 22s., May 15-29; Bilbao, 4,000, Rotterdam, 4s. 9d., ppt. ; Santander, 2,000, Rotterdam, 5s., ppt.; Benisaf, 4 000, Middlesbrough, 7s. 4|d., f.t., March; Buenos Ayres, 2,838 net, Havre, 21s., March; 4,700, 10 per cent., United Kingdom - Continent, 20s. 9d. o.c., no reduction, ppt.; 5,000, 20s. 6d., option Bahia Blanca 22s. 6d. o.c^, less 6d., March 25-April 15; 5,500, 23s., option 23s. discharge one port Sweden; 6,000, 10 per cent., West Italy, 22s. one port, 22s. 6d. two ports, 23s. three, less 6d. direct, March; Carthagena, 4,000, Rotterdam, 4s. 10|d., option Porman loading 5s.; La Plata, 4,700, 10 per cent., United Kingdom- Continent; 21s. o.c., no reduction; 4,800, 10 per cent., Hamburg, 20s., spot; Cadiz, sail, 19s. 6d., Monte Video, salt; Baltimore, 20,000 qrs., 10 per cent., 2s. Od., Avonmouth or Rotterdam, heavy grain, option barley 2s. 6d. or oats 2s. 3d., May; 2s. 10|d. Rotterdam, 2s. ll|d. Amsterdam, April; 5,500, Algiers, 16s., May ; Australia, 34s, United Kingdom- Continent, less 6d. direct; Savannah, 57s. 6d., St. Peters- burg, April; Madras Coast, 31s. 3d., Marseilles; 30s. 3d.; 2,386 net, Marseilles, 31s. 3d., with 1,000 tons unshelled 52s. 6d., less 5 per cent., March-April; Pniladelphia, 31 c.; North China, April; Huelva, 3,000, Rotterdam, 7s., f.d., April; 5,000, Norfolk and Baltimore, 9s. 4^d., 250-250, full terms, Tinto, April; Trapani, 1,250, two places Iceland, 17s., salt, March; Gulf, 130s. one port, 132s. 6d. two ports West Italy, April; 18s. Liverpool, Bremen, Rotterdam or Antwerp, 18s, 6d. Hamburg, net form, April; Buenos Ayres or La Plata, 6,500, 10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent. 21s. o-c., less 6d., with West Italian options, March; Lisbm, 5s. 6d.,Cardiff or Newport, ppt.; Almeria Harbour, 5s. 3d., Newport, ppt., 6s. l|d., Glasgow ; North Pacific, sail, 37s. 6d., United Kingdom-Continent, June-July; 41s. 3d., wheat, December ; 41s. 6d. wheat, 42s. wheat and barley; Sulina, 1,303 net, West Italy, 12j fr., ppt. ; Bombay, 10,000. Marseilles and Liverpool, 21s., on d.w., April; 2,319 net, Antwerp and Hamburg, 22s., on d.w., March - April ; Kurrachee, 5,500, United Kingdom-Continent, p.p, 17s. 9d., net terms, May-June; 6,500, 18s. 3d., p.p., May-June ; Burmah, 5,500 max., Alexandria, 25s., April ; 2,322 net, Moss-Christiania, 30s., April ; Newcastle, N.S.W., 2,719 net, Singapore, 16s., March ; Virginia, 2 795 net, Rio de Janeiro, 20s. 3d., cancelling April 20; Porman, 3.500, West Hartlepool, 5s. 9d., ppt. ; La Falaise, 4,000, Barrow, 8s , March-April; Benisaf, 3,600, Middlesbrough, 7s. 3d., f.t., end March ; New Caledonia, sail, 35s., United Kingdom-Continent, nickel ore ; South Australia, sail, 32s. 91., United Kingdom-Continent, spot; West Australia, 2,398 net, London, Liverpool, or Antwerp, 57s., wood, April-May ; 4,200 loads, South Africa, about 38->. 6d., April-May ; Fremantle, 5,750, 10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent (H. toH.), 34s.6d., April; New York or Philadelphia, 2,846 net, North China, 30 c., April- May ; 25,000 qrs., 10 per cent., Avonmouth, Hull, or Rotter- dam, 2s. 8|d., June 1-25 ; Norfolk, 6,000, River Plate, 19s 6d., April-May ; 18s. 6d., April-May ; La Calera, 2.900, West Hartlepool, 6s. 9d., ppt.; Dicido, 1,200, Rotterdam, 5s., ppt.; 3,300, 5s., ppt.; Vivero, 2,400, Rotterdam, 4s. 9d., March ; Narvik, 3.300, Rotterdam, 5s., end March ; Archangel, sail, 90s., Adelaide; time charter, Transatlantic trade, 5s., 12 months; time charter, Baltic trade, 800 stds., <£830, eight months; Rangoon or Bassein, 28s. 6d., Trieste, April; Buenos Ayres, 23s. one port, 23s. 6d. two ports, 24s. three ports Sweden; Poti, 4,000, Antwerp, Ils. 6d., end March; 6,000, Rotterdam, Antwerp, or Middlesbrough, Ils. 6d., March; Temruik, 1,477 net, Hamburg or Weser, 10s. 6d., with 400 tons bran 6s. extra, end March; South Japan, 1,222 net, Hong Kong, 190 dols., April; Calcutta,! 2,656 net, Bombay or Kurrachee, Rs. 8, April-May; Buenos Ayres or La Plata, 7,000, 10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 17s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., France Is. extra, seed Is. extra, option Bahia Blanca Is. 6d. more, March; 6,600, 10 per cent., 19s. 6d. o.c., less 6d., April; San Lorenzo, 4,300,10per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 20s. o.c., less 6d., option below bar Is. 6d. less, April; St. John, N.B., Parrsborough or Herring Cove, 1,400 stds., 10 per cent., West Britain or East Ireland, 55s., May-June; Northern Range, 28,000 qrs., 10 per cent., Rotterdam 2s. 9d., other p.p. 2s. 10|d., Hamburg, 3s., May; Sydney, N.S.W., sail, 32s. 6d., United Kingdom- Continent ; Burmah, 28s. 9d., Alexandria, with French and Baltic options, April; Bay of Fundy, 55s., West Britain or East Ireland, two voyages. The Great Northern Railway Company have completed the purchase of additional land near Bawtry Station, upon which, it is understood, they will lay down siding accom- modation to deal with the products of the Rossington and Harworth Collieries. Preliminary preparations are already in hand. At the recent meeting of the Great Northern Railway shareholders, sanction was given for further expenditure upon developments in the Doncaster district. These include a sum of £6,000, during the current half-year, on a line extending between Scrooby and Harworth, to link up the colliery shortly to be opened at the latter place with the company's main line. There is also to be an extension to Tickhill, for which a sum of £8,000 has been allocated. The total estimated expenditure on the Tickhill section is put at £47,000. The main line is to be widened in the vicinity of Doncaster. Complete Specifications Accepted. To be published on April 3. 1911. 27281. Detectors of combustible gases. Philip and Steele. 27471. Ejector pumps, condensers and compressors. Rees. 27493. Rotary engines applicable for employment as a pump, compressor, or the like. Harper. 1912. 591. V-pulleys. Hutton. 3116. Valve-controlling devices of plant-using elastic working fluid from a plurality of sources. Parsons, Carnegie and Parsons. 5512. Means for transmitting power to Pelton wheels, turbines and the like. Forman. 5855. Apparatus for the electrolytic refining of iron. Tischenko. 6229. Record apparatus for testing machines. Denison. 6256. Machines for cutting and treating peat. Zelenay. 6383. Water-tube boilers. Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand. 6738. Prevention of back lighting in combustible gaseous mixtures. Bone and McCourt. 7750. Haulage clips. Tagg and Tapley. 8485. Apparatus for producing bars, tubes and the like, directly from molten metal. Pehrson. 8865. Process for the production of a weather-proof carbo- naceous fuel of permanent shape and for rendering innocuous the sulphur contained in the coal. Pollacsek. 9065. Manufacture of compressed fuel. Thomas and Hannay. 11096. Wire rope coupling clips for use in collieries and other purposes. Weetman. 11683. Side-tipping wagons. Lyon and Lyon. 11778. Rotating mechanism for mechanically - driven hammer drills. Puschel. 16105. Manufacture of lined or composite steel tubes. Rose. 17902 Inlets of tube mills. Hor? field. 17957. Railway spikes. Butterfield. 18671. Process for increasing the yield of chromium in the aluminothermic production of carbon-free ferro- chromium from chrome-iron ore. Th. Goldschmidt Akt.-Ges. 19738. Iron piles. Fried. Krupp Akt.-Ges. 24436. Mills for pulverising or grinding slag, ore, rock, or similar material. Clark. 25491. Automatic couplers for railway carriages and wagons. Willison. 27681. Crushing and like machines. Scherrer. 27838. High-speed tool steel. Stahlwerk Becker Akt.-Ges. 27949. Method and apparatus for discharging vertical coking chambers. Stettiner Chamotte-Fabrik Akt -Ges. vorm Didier. 28197. Centrifugal pumps and compressors or the like. Akt.-Ges. des Maschinenfabriken Escher Wyss et Cie. 1913. 402. Method of and apparatus for concentrating ore and the like. Appel qvist and Tyden. 3C02. Detectors of combustible gases. Philip and Steele. Complete Specifications open to Public Inspection before Acceptance. 1913. 4293. Compressed-air locomotives. Rudolf Akt.-Ges. HEW PATENTS CONNECTED WITH THE COAL AND IRON TRADES. Applications for Patents. 5853. Distillation of coal. A. Rollason. 5858. Pit-cage arresters. J. Yates and C. Heyes. 5859. Apparatus for the manufacture of grooved bricks. J. Haynes. 5862. Manufacture of chains. J. H. Hewitt. 5871. Air or gas suction pumps. E. C. F. Otto. 5873. Utilisation of peat. T. Rigby, G. W. Andrew, and Wetcarbonising Limited. 5883. Conveyors or ejectors. A. G. Mumford and E. G. Thompson. 5895. Bolt for securing girders and the like. N. Howe. 5904. Utilisation of peat. T. Rigby and Wetcarbonising Limited. 5906. Utilisation of steam in steam turbines and other engines. Hon. Sir C. A. Parsons. 5914. Dust-arrester or collector for use with rock and like drilling and boring machines. M. T. Taylor. 5293. Air pumps. B. A. Slade. 5949. Method of and apparatus for treating boiler feed water or other water particularly for preventing incrustation. H. Genssen and W. Wiebelitz. 5990. Apparatus for ejecting air by means of water. D. B. Morison. 5991. Steam-condensing plant working under vacuum. D. B. Morison. 5996. Automatic brake slack adjusters or slack gatherers for the brake systems of railway carriages, railway wagons and the like. Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited, and E. O. Hill. 6003. Fuel and arrangements therefor. G. J. Epstein. 6017. Apparatus for coupling and uncoupling railway wagons and the like. J. Darling. 6018. Piling plates for scrap furnaces. I. G. Heron. 6020. Safety device for mine cages, lifts, elevators, and the like. T. G. Sampson. 6021. Tube-bending machines. J. Ruckstinat. 6027. Process of casting ingots of metals and alloys and apparatus therefor. P. H. G. Durville. 60^6. Electrical conductors. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri et Cie. 6038. Unloading conveyors for ships. C. S. Overton. 6039. Rotary engines operated by elastic fluids. R. Klinger 6044. Manufacture of bricks, blocks, slabs, and other articles and apparatus therefor, J. F. Burn, A C. Burn, and G. C. Carter. 6059. Method and means for recevering by-products from carbonaceous or bituminous fuel. G. Wilton and N. Wilton. 6065. Boiler-tube cleaners. C. F. Lumb. 6073. Centrifugal pumps. H. Sefton-Jones. 6077. Steamturbines. AktiebolagetLjangstromsAngturbin. 6089. Quenching appliances for coke ovens. W. McLaren. 6099. Steam-boiler furnaces and the like. R. H. Anderson and G. R. Gregory. 6100. Bricks or blocks for building, paving and the like. J. Haynes. 6102. Machines for flanging metal pipes, tubes and the like. W. Sharkie and J. L. Huntbatch. 6113. Bar iron and the like angle-bending machines. C. A. Hamden. 6129. Cable railways for the transport of goods. M. Jurkovic. 6149. Appliances and processes for the removal of boiler scale. A. Schror. 6164. Protecting devices for electric circuits. Siemens- Schuckertwerke G.m.b.H. 6172. Screening apparatus and the like. F. W. Jones and A. Clark. 6179. Process for impregnating wood. L. Dautreppe. 6203. Rocking furnace bars. D. H. Halstead. 6211. Furnace doors. Heenan and Froude Limited and H. N. Leask. 6244. Pneumatic percussive tools. J. Arthur. 6248. Apparatus for regulating the superheating tempera- ture of steam. Fried. Krupp Akt.-Ges. Germania- werft. 6252. Method for producing transmission of heat from gas and air. J. A. Halpin. 6256. Tiles, slates, slabs, and the like for roofing and other constructive purposes. J. C. G. Sperni and D. S. Bond. 6265. Operating compound steam turbines. Bergmann Elektricitats-Werke Akt.-Ges. 6270. Centrifugal machines. Sir T. Wrightson, J. M. Ringquist, and Head, Wrightson and Co. Limited. 6274. Apparatus for use in the production of gas. F. W. O. Boeckem. 6275. Centrifugal pumping apparatus. W. S. Simpson. 6291. Removal of ammonia from gases. J. Marr. 6297. Method of and means for transmitting and applying power for use in operating coal-cutting machines in subterranean mines. Mavor and Coulson Limited and S. M. Mavor. 6311. Conveying. J. A. Baker. 6326. Grates for furnaces. E. Ulrich. 6335. Disc-valve bucket pump. J. Ashley. 6343. Treatment of dust in mines, tunnels, and other places. H. Belger. 6376. Centrifugal compressors. British Thomson-Houston Company Limited. 6388. Process of and apparatus for separating ores and metals by means of electricity. N. L. Mellgren. 6407. Apparatus for spraying or spreading stonedust or the like on the surfaces of coalmine and like passages or workings. J. H. B. Forster, G. Lister, and J. Morgan. 6408. Portable electric safety lamps. P. Wolf. 6412. Forced-draught furnaces. J. M. Neil and J. S. Neil. 6422. Central buffers and couplings!for railway and the like rolling stock. Edgar Allen and Co. Limited and H. H. Gunstone. 6426. Construction of brick moulds. W. C. Priddy. 6429. Conveyor chains. H. Simmonds. 6441. Slate-drilling machines. D. Kirkwood. 6461. High-frequency alternators. Hon. Sir C. A. Parsons. 6489. Process for the cementation and hardening of iron and steel. H. Nettgens. West Riding Miners’ Relief Fund.—The position of the West Riding Miners' Permanent Relief Fund has been seriously affected by various causes, including the Work- men's Compensation and National Insurance Acts, and proposals are being considered for reorganising the society, and adapting its machinery to the changed circumstances. The report to be presented at the annual meeting on the 26th announces decreases of 2,149 in the membership of the society, of £3,3212s. 9d. in contributions, and of £4,9616s. 5d. in capital balance. The average amount of funds per member is £3 12s. 9d., against £2 18s. 7d. in 1911; the number of deaths from fatal accidents showed an increase of seven, but non-fatal accidents were fewer by 912. A special com- mittee appointed to examine into the matter reports 520 permanent cases. This is an increase, which is attributed to old age pensions received by men who would otherwise go back to work, and to the Workmen's Compensation Act, which has probably discouraged colliery officials from finding new employment for younger injured members. These permanent cases have proved singularly costly of late years. The actuary's report shows that the rate of new cases in the years 1907-1911 was 6 60 per 1,000 members at risk, as compared with 4T8 during 1897-1906, and 4'60 during 1877-1911. On the recommendation of the actuary, the board has prepared two reorganisation schemes for the consideration of the annual general meeting. One recommends that the society shall become purely a fatal accident society, and the other that contributions shall be increased and benefits reduced. According to the No. 1 scheme the benefits to permanent cases would cease on their becoming entitled to old age pensions, and no temporary or permanent disablement cases would be taken on after the introduction of the scheme. The No. 2 scheme provides for an increase in contributions from 8d. to 9d. per fortnight. Minor accidents would benefit to the extent of 5s. a week, permanent accidents 6s. for not exceeding three years, after which 2s. 6d. a week, and permanent [pay to members 65 years and over 4s. a week, reduced after three years to 2s. 6d. The rules relating to fatal accidents would remain as at present, but permanently disabled members in receipt of old age pensions would cease to receive benefits. The society, it is pointed out by the secretary (Mr. George Booth), has for some time had to draw from its reserve fund to meet its liabilities. Amongst the reasons are the secession of over 18,000 members since the colliery owners ceased to render assistance; the apathy of the men in continuing their membership under the voluntary system; the large liability left with the society owing to the loss of members, and no assets to meet the same—two agencies alone left a liability of some £1,000 per year ; the contribution of 4d. per week now paid voluntarily by a large number of members not bringing in the yearly total contribution of 17s. 4d. by reason of the irregularity of payments; the difficulty of members obtaining suitable employment after having received an accident; and the large number of permanently disabled members on the funds.