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THE COLLIERY GU ARMAN.

January 23, 1914.

THE FREIGHT MARKET.

Outward freights have been active during the past week.
On the north-east coast, rates are favouring owners to some
slight extent. Coasting business is being done at from
3s. to 3s. 3d. to London, from the Tyne, and from 3s. 6d. to
3s. 7|d. to Hamburg. The Baltic is represented by 5s. 6d.
to Reval. The Bay has been done at 5s. to Bordeaux. The
Mediterranean has Genoa at from 7s. 7|d. to 7s. 9d. At
South Wales, chartering has been brisk. Mediterranean
rates are firmer, as are also figures for the Plate. The Bay
and coasting ports are steadier. At the Clyde, business is
slow and rates are easy. The Humber is rather more
active, at rates which are a shade better. Homewards, a
large number of fixtures is reported. The Black Sea is
depressed, but indications are that there will be some
revival with next month's shipments. Tonnage is in
excessive supply. The River Plate is dull, with little doing
for early loading, and tonnage is ample. The Australian
market, also, is weak. The East Indies are easier. The
Mediterranean and ore ports are moderately steady, as is
also the Baltic. America has no overplus of waiting
tonnage, and rates are fairly well maintained.

Tyne to Azores, 1,600, 9s. 6d., March ; Aberdeen, 800,
2s. 4|d., f.d. ; Antwerp, 1,800, 3s. 9d. ; Algiers, 2,200,
6s. 3d., from Dunston ; 2,500, 6s., from Dunston ; Boulogne,
1,900, 3s. 10|d. ; Barcelona, 2,800, 8s. ; Bas-Indre, 3,900,
4s. 7|d. ; Bagnoli, 4,000, 7s. 9d ; Bordeaux, 2,200, 5s., 600 ;
Cette, 3,000, 7s. 9d. ; Calais, 2,300, 4s., from Dunston ;
Carthagena, 1,700, 7s. 91. ; Constantinople, 2,800, 8s., part
cargo ; 5,000, 8s. 6d. ; 4,200, 8s. 6d., 400 ; 4,900, 8s. 6d., 5u0,
from Dunston ; Cadiz, 1,800, 6s. 7|d. ; Cape Verds, 7s. 9d. ;
Dieppe, 2,100, 4s. 3d. ; Genoa, 2,500, 7s. 6d., river loading ;
4,000, 7s. 6d. ; 3,300, 7s. 9d. ; 5,300, 7s. 7|d., river loading
Hebburn and Wallsend ; Harstadt, 2,200, 4s. 6d., option
coke at 6s. 9d. ; Hamburg, 2,000, 3s. 4|d. ; 1,800, 3s. 7|d. ;
Havre, 1,500, 4s. 6d., from Elswick ; Hennebout, 1,400,
6s. 3d. ; Islands, 4,000, 7s., 250 ; London, 2,100, 3s. ; 1,600,
3s. 3d. ; 1,500, 3s. l|d. ; 3,000, 3s. ; Las Palmas, 3,300, 7s.,
from Dunston ; Leghorn, 3,600, 7s. 6d. ; Landscrona, 2,000,
4s. 4|d. ; Malta, 5,300, 7s. ; 3,000, 7s. ; 2,800, 7s., from
Dunston ; Monaco, 1,300. 8s. 9d. ; Madeira, 2,800, 7s. 6d. ;
Marseilles, 3,800, 7s. ; Norresundby, 1,600, 4s. 3d. ; Oran,
2,100, 6s. ; 2,500, 6s. 3d., 400 ; Port Said, 4,500, 8s. ; 5,300,
8s., from Dunston ; 6,000, 8s. ; 5,200, 8s. ; Porto Ferrajo,
4,000, 7s., from Dunston ; Pirseus, 6,000, 8s. ; Patras, 3,800,
9s. ; Reval, 2,900, 5s. 6d. ; Sigurdfjord, 2,200, 4s. 6d , option
coke at 6s. 9d. ; St. Vincent, 2,000, 7s. 6d. ; St. Nazaire,

2.200,	4s. 9d., 600 ; Teneriffe, 2,800, 7s. 6d. ; 4,500, 7s. ;
Venice, 5,500, 8s. 9d., 500 ; Zeebrugge, 3,000, 3s.

Cardiff to Ancona, 4,000, 9s. 3d., 9s., 500; 4,400, 9s.>
January 26 ; 5,400, 8s. 9d.; Algiers, 5,000,7i fr., January 24;

3.400,	7ffr. ; 3 300, 8fr.; Brest, 1,800, 3s. 9d.; 1,600,
3s. 10|d. ; Bombay, 5,100, 9s. 9d., January 26; 6,000, 9s. ;
Barcelona, 3,600, 7s. 10|d.; Bordeaux, 2,500, 5-g-fr. ; 900,
6 fr.; 2,100, 5£fr.; Bombay and Colombo, 9s , January,
Admiralty; Bahia Blanca, 5,000, 14s. 6d.; Bayonne, 2,200,
5| fr.; Colombo, 6,500, 9s. 6d., January; Chantenay, 1,000,
6 fr.; Cape Verds, 4,200, 7s. 6d., January 24; 2,000, 7s. 6d„
January; 2,400, 7s. 6d., February 2; Calais, 1,700, 3s. 9d.;
2,000, 3s. 7|d ; Cape Town, 7,000, 13s., January; Caen,

1.700,	4s. 3d.; Cagliari, 2,100, 8s.; Catania, 2,600, 7s. 3d.,
600; Dieppe, 1,400, 4s. l|d.; 1,500' 3s. 9d.; Djibouti, 5,600,-
9s. 9d.,400, Is., January; 5,000, 9s. 9d.; Dakar, 2,700,7s. 6d.;

3,300,	7s. 6d., February ; 3,300, 7s. 6d.; Ferrol, 900, 6s., 250,
March; Genoa, 5,000, 7s. 3d., 4,000, 7s. 3d., Jan.; several
boats, 7s., Jan.-Feb.; 4,200, 7s. 3d., February 2 ; 5,100, 7s.;
2,800,7s. 6d.; 1,650, 7s. 9d. ; 3,300,7s. 6d.; 3,500, 7s. 3d.;
Gibraltar, 3,300, 3s. 7id., Admiralty; Havre, 2,200, 4s.;
1,000, 4s. 6d.; 1,200, 3s. 9d.; 1,700, 4s.; Honfleur, 1,000*
4s. 6d.; 1,400, 4s. 3d.; Harfleur, 1,350, 4s. 3d.; Islands, 6 000,
7s.; 4,200, 7s., January 24; Leghorn, 5,500, 7s. 9d., 500;
1,650, 7s. 9d. ; Lisbon, 3,300, 5s., 500; 1,500, 5s. 4|d., 350;

3.300,	5s. 3d.; 2.800, 5s. l|d., 500; 2,200, 5s. 6d., 350; l,7u0,
5s. 4|d.; 1,700, 5s. 4|d., 350; Las Palmas, 3,600, 7s.; 6,000,
7s.; 2,100, 7s., January 24; Libau, 1,500,5s., f.d.; Malta,

5.400,	6s. 9d.; Madeira, 2,200, 7s., January; Marseilles,

3.200,	8f fr.; 4,300, 8f fr., January 22; 5,200, 8|fr.,
February 2; Monte Video, 5,500, 13s. 3d., March ; Naples,

5.500,	7s. 9d., 500; 5,500, 7s. 6d.; 4,600,7s. 9d., 500,
January 24; Nantes, 1,600, 6fr. ; Oran, 2,800, 8fr.; Port
Said, 5,700, 7s. 7£d., January 22; Palermo, 2,700, 8s.; 4 600,
7s. 9d., 500, January 24; Pembroke, 258, 2s. 9d.; River
Plate, 5,000, 14s., March; 5,000, 14s. 3d , January 26; 4,000,
14s.; 5,000, 13s. 9d., February 1 ; 5,000, 13s. 9d., March ;

5.300,	13s. 9d., February ; 5,000,14?., early February; 5,000,
14s.; 5,000, 14s., January 25; Reggio, 3,700, 8s. 3d., 300,
January 27; Rosario, 4,800, 15s.; 5,000, 15s., January 26;
Rio de Janeiro, 5,400,14s.; 13s. 9d., January-February ; 14s ,
January; 4,600, 13s. 9d.; Savona, several vessels, 7s.,
January-February; 5,100, 7s.; 1,650, 7s. 9d.; Santos,
14s., January; St. Malo, 2,800, 3s. 10|d.; Spezzia,
several vessels, 7s., January-February; 5,100, 7s.; 1,650,
7s. 9d.; St. Servan, 1,550, 4s.; Tunis, 4,000,9| fr.; Trouville,
900, 4s. 3d.; Teneriffe, 2,100, 7s., January 24 ; Venice, 4,500,
9s. ; 4,000, 9s. 3d.; 9s., 500; 4,400, 9s., January 26; 5,400,
8s. 9d. ; 5,000, 8s. 6d.; Vigo, 1.500, 5s. 9d.; Valencia, 1,300,
7s., 250, '96 tax; 1,400, 7s., 300, *96 tax.

Newport to Vigo, 1,400, 5s. 9d.; Nantes, 2,600, 54fr.;
Genoa, Savona or Spezzia, several vessels, 7s., January-
February ; Santos, 5,000, 17s., February 2; Tone Annun-
ziata, 1,800, 8s., end January; Algiers, 5,000, 7| fr.; Bahia
Blanca, 5,000, 14s. 6d.; Corunna, 1,000, 6s. ; Nantes, 2,600,
5|fr.; Genoa, 5,100, 7s.; Spezzia, 5,100, 7s.; Salerno, 2,600,
8s. 3d.; Torke, 1,800, 8s.; Villa Real, 1,000, 8s. 3d., February;
Venice, 5,200, 8s. 9d., 500, January 22; ditto, ditto,
January 27; Bilbao, 2,400, 5s.; La Pallice, 1.300, 5| fr.

Swansea to Venice, 4,400, 9s.; Genoa, 2,700,8s.; Savona,

2.700,	8s.; Calais, 1,500, 4s. l|d.; 1,000, 4s. 3d ; Boulogne,

1.500,	4s. lyd.; Rouen, 1,400, 5s.; 700, 5s. 3d,; Bayonne,
1,250, 7 fr.; Valencia, 1,400, 8s.; Brest, 1,300,4s. 6d. and 5s.;
Alexandria, 1,900, 8s. 3d.; Volo, 3,000, 8s. 9d. and 9s. 6d.;
Gandia, 1,000, 7s. l|d., '96 tax; Bordeaux, 1,300, 6 fr.;
Honfleur, 780, 5s.; Valencia, 1,000, 7s. l|d., '96 tax; 2,000,
7s. coal, 7s. 9d. fuel; Caen, 1,100, 4s. 6d.; Chantenay, 2 200,
6 fr.; Havre, 1,200, 4s. 6d.; Rouen, 1,200, 5s. 3d.; 780,
5s. 3d.; London, 2,100, 3s. 9d., end January; Sables, 1,200,
64 fr.; Calais, 1,500, 4s. 3d.

Wear to Dieppe, 2,100, 4s. 3d.; Algiers, 2,300, 5s. 7|d.,
600; Rio de Janeiro, 4,500, 14s., January; Landscrona,
2;000, 4s. 4|d. ; Hamburg, 1,800, 3s. 7id.

Wales to direct nitrate port, sail, 17s.; Callao, sai],
17s. 9d.

Port Talbot to Nantes, 2,300, 5| fr.; Dieppe, 800, 4s. 7|d.

Hull to Barcelona, 2,000, 7s. 9d., end January; Odense,

1.500,	4s. 9d.; Bordeaux, 2,000,4s. 10|d.; Carthagena, 1,750,
7s. 9d. ; Libau, 2,000, 4s. 6d.; St. Malo, 1,000, 4s. 10|d.;
Aalborg, 1,400, 4s. 9d.; Antwerp, 2,100. 3s. 9d.

Glasgow to East Norway, 1,200, 5s., Baltcon; Genoa,
3,600, 7s.; Savona, 3.600, 7s.; Leghorn, 3,600, 7s.; River
Plate. 5.300, 13s. 9d., February.

Llanelly to Caen, 1,050, 4s. 9d.

Seaham Harbour to Carthagena, 1,700, 7s. 9d., 250.

Grangemouth to Algiers, 1,800, 6s. 3d.; Rotterdam, 1,000,
3s. 9d.

Hamburg to San Diego, sail, 20s., stiffening North 13s.

Hartlepool to Leghorn, 3,800, 7s. 7|d.

Fife port to Middlefahrt, 1,500, 4s. 6d.

Blyth to Constantinople, 2,800, 8s., part cargo; Reval,
2,900, 5s. 6d.; Sigurdfjord, option Harstad, 2,200,4s. 6d.,
coal, option coke, 6s. 9d.

Antwerp to Caldera, sail, 20s.

Glasgow and Liverpool to Bombay, 18s. 6d., February.

Burryport to Rouen, 1,000, 5s. 3d.

Forth to Bruges, 850, 4s. 3d.

Methil to Genoa, 2,500, 7s. 9d ; Savona, 5,200, 7s. 9d.;
Leghorn, 2,500, 7s. 9d.

Grimsby to Kallundborg, 1,350, 5s.

Garston to Genoa, 2,700, 6s. 6d.

Barrow and Cardiff to Bombay, Ils., 2,000 tons rails,
balance coals, January.

Rotterdam to Bagnoli-Porto Ferrajo, 5 000, 6s. 9d.; 5,000,
6s. 10|d., January 26-28; Bombay, 6 400, 10s.; Savona,

3,200,	7s. 3d. ; Marseilles, 4,000, *8f fr., 600, 8| fr., 900,
January 26; 3,800, 8| fr., 600, 8f fr., 900; Porto Vecchio,

3.500,	7s. 61.; La Rochelle, 3,900, 4s. l|d.; Boucan, 3,200,
4s. 4|d., January 24; Rouen, 1,450, 4s. 9d., beginning of
February ; Porto Vecchio, 4,800,7s. 6d.; Novorossisk, 4,100,
8s. 4|d., February 5.

Emden to St. Nazaire, 2,600, 4s. l£d.

Homeward Charters.-—Poti, 3,300, East Coast United
Kingdom, 8s. 3d , ppt.; Nicolaieff, 3,500, 10 per cent., 8s.

n.	c. or any, 8s. 6d. Hamburg, ppt.; Varna or Bourgas, 5,500,
Antwerp or Rotterdam, 6s., option 200 tons bran 3s. extra,
ppt.; 5,100, 6s. one port, 6s. l|d. both ports loading, 150
tons bran 3s. extra, 31. less barley upto 1,000 tons; Odessa,

6,700,	Weser or Hamburg;, 6s. 3d., with 3d. less barley, ppt.;
Australia, 6 000, Hull, 31s., January-February; Burmah,
2,262 net, United Kingdom-Continent, 22s. 6d. o.c., 22s.
Holland, 21s. 6d. Trieste, February-March; 2,900 net,
United Kingdom-Continent, 21s. 9d. p.p., cleaned rice,
March-April; Madras Coast, 5,000, Marseilles - United
Kingdom-Continent, basis 23?., net terms, February-March;
Bombay, 2,679 net, United Kingdom-Continent, two ports,
17s. 6d. on d.w., 6d. extra Dunkirk, spot; 2,666 net, 17s.
one p.p., 17s. 6d. two pp., on d.w, February; 2,492 net,
17s. 9d. one p.p., 18s. 3d. two p.p , on d.w., March ; 17s. 3d.
two ports, on d.w., option 17s. 6d. Dunkirk; Savannah,
2,721 net, U.K. Cont., 28s. 9d , February ; Mobile, 700 stds.,
10 per cent., Genoa and Algiers, 96s. 3d., option Algiers and
Alexandria 97s. 6d., February-March ; La Plata, 4,200,
10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 9s. 6d. o c., less
6d., less further 3d. if London or Rotterdam, January-
February ; 4,700, 10 per cent. 9s. o.c., ex France, no reduc-
tion direct, seed Is. extra, ppt.; Philadelphia, 170.000 cases,
10 per cent., Japan and/or Korea, 20| c. one or two ports,
21 c. if three, February-March ; Norfolk, 5 000, Buenos
Ayres or La Plata, 15s. 6d., February; Atzew, 4,800,
Middlesbrough, 5s. 3d., ppt.; Bougie, 3,100, Stockton, 5s. 3d.,
ppt.; 2,800, Middlesbrough, 5s. 6d.,early February ; B zerta,

3,500,	Newport River, 5s. 3d , ppt.; Algiers, 4,000, Cardiff,
4s, ppt.; Bilbao, 2,750, Newport, 4s. l|d., ppt.; Dicido,
2,800, Rotterdam, 4s. 6d., ppt. ; 3,200, 4s. 4|d., ppt.;
Almeria Pier, 3 700, Heysham, 5s., ppt.; San Lorenzo, not
above, 5,300, 10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 15s.

o.	c., less 6d., May; 4.000, 10 per cent., 11s. 6d. o.c., less 6d.,
January 25; 4,000, 10 per cent., 15s. o c., less 6d. May 10-
June 20; 4,500, 10 per cent., 15s. o.c., less 6d., May 25-
June 25 ; Valparaiso, sail, 25s., Genoa or Savona, scrap iron ;
New York, basis 2s. 9d., Mediterranean, February; Bul-
garia, 6,200, Antwerp or Rotterdam, 6s. l|d. one port, 6l 3d.
two ports, 6s. 4|d. three ports loading, option 150 tons bran
3s. extra, ppt.; Marbella, 3,000, Rotterdam, 6s. 6d, f t,
January; Baltimore, 5,000, Marseilles, Ils. 9d., February;
Gulf, 4,500, Denmark, 13s. one port, 13s. 3d. two ports,
13s. 6d. three, 13s. 9d. four, February 1-20; 2,338 net,
United Kingdom-Continent, Ils. 3d., February; nitrate
ports, 2,757 net, Londoner Rotterdam 6 s. 6d , Weser 6s. 9d.,
Hamburg 7s., ppt.; 2 954 net, United Kingdom-Continent
or United States, 22s., February 1-20; 3,027 net, 21s. 6d.,
January; 5,500-8,000, 21s. 6d., February ; 5.700-6,000, United
Kingdom-Continent, 22s., January-February ; Novorossisk,
4,000, Marseilles, 8fr., ppt.; 6,300, Rotterdam 6s., Antwerp,
Emden or Weser 6s. 6d., Hamburg 6s. 9d., with 3d. less
barley; Carthagena or Porman, 3,500, West Hartlepool,
5s. 3d., January-February ; 3,300, Mary port, 5s. 6d., January;
Mauritius, 2,317 net, Calcutta, 9| annas, February;
Calcutta, 2,312 net, Colombo, Rs. 4, February 15-
March 10; time charter, Transatlantic trade, reported at
4s. 10|d., one trip, delivery Charleston, re-delivery United
Kingdom - Continent, early February; 6s, one trip,
delivery States, re-delivery Mediterranean; 5s. 9d. one
trip, delivery United States, re-delivery Mediterranean;
time charter, Eastern trade ; 3s. 3d., one round trip,
delivery Copenhagen, re-delivery United Kingdom-Con-
tinent, via Siam, spot ; Wilmington, 27s. 6d., Liverpool or
Bremen, February ; Sydney, N.S.W., Melbourne or Geelong,
13s., Hull, cancelling February 10 ; Kustendje, 5,600, Mar-
seilles, 7 J fr.; option 1,000 tons oats 1| fr. extra; Moji,
4,000, Australia, two ports, 14s., ppt. ; Saigon, 6 000 max,,
Marseiles, Havre, Dunkirk, or Hamburg, 23s. 6d., option
2,000 tons meal 2s. 6d. extra, February ; Bombay, 5,600,
United Kingdom-Continent; ex. Hamburg and France,
17s. 6d. for two ports discharge, option Dunkirk 17s. 3d. on
d.w., February ; 3,139 net, United Kingdom-Continent, p.p.,
17s. 3d. one port, 17s. 9d. two ports on d.w., spot; Carthagena,

4,300,	Emden, 6s. 9d., f.t., ppt. ; Bahia Blanca, 5,800, 10 per
cent., United Kingdom-Continent, Ils. o.c., less 6d.,
January-February ; Newcastle, N.S.W.,saii, 20?., direct port
West Coast South America, March ; nitrate port, sail, 23s.,
United Kingdom-Continent, new season; Cuba, 2 260 net,
Liverpool or Greenock, 12r, February ; Bahia Blanca, 5,200,
10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 10 o.c., no reduc-
tion direct, January; Huelva, 4,700, Charleston or Savannah,
8s. l|d., Tinto terms, f.d., 600-400, early February ; New
York, 25,000 qvs., 10 per cent., Dunston-on-Tyne, Is. 9d.,
January - February ; Novorossisk or Theodosia, 4,700,
Rotterdam 6s., Antwerp or Weser 6?. 3d., with 3d. less
barley, 2,000 tons barley guaranteed, 3d. extra both
loadings, ppt. ; Poti or Batoum, 4,000, Philadelphia or

Baltimore, 11s. 6d., f.t., early March ; Sydney, N S.W., 3,021
net, United Kingdom-Continent, 31s. 9d., with options,
February ; South Australia, 6,000, United Kingdom-Con-
tinent, 28s. 9d., with options, March ; West Australia, 3,200
loads, London, 48s. 91., jarrah, mid-February ; Port Pirie,
3,038 net, Antwerp, 27s 6d., ore, March ; New Zealand, 2,851
net, United Kingdom-Continent, 26s. 3d., early February ;
Koshichang, 2,587 net, U.K -Cont., 24s., 1 p.p, 24s. 6d. two

p.p., February ; Pensacola, sail, 15 dols., Concepcion and or
Paysandu, March-April ; South Australia, sail, 27s. 6d.,
United Kingdom-Continent, March-April ; time charter,
States and West Indies, .£2,050, .£625, nine months,
delivery March, in continuation ; time charter, European
trade, .£300, 10 months, February-December ; Philadelphia,
20| c., Japan and or Korea.

COAL, AHD EriOTEMMG CMFMIES.

Blackett, Hutton and Oo. Limited.—This private com-
pany has been registered, with a capital of .£5 000 in J>1
shares, to carry on the business of ironmasters, iron and
steel founders and merchants, smelters, colliery proprietors,
engineers, metal workers, brassfounders, and galvanised
iron makers, &c. First directors : John Thomas BUckett,
Ivy House, Gainsborough, Yorkshire, and William Hutton,
67, Redcar-road, Gainsborough. Qualification, .£25.

Collins (Janies) (Birmingham) Limited.—This private
company has been registered, with a capital of .£15,000 in
.£1 shares, to acquire the business of general brassfounders
and manufacturers, carried on by the late James Tertius
Collins, and since by his executors, at Cumberland-street,
Birmingham, under the style of James Collins, and to carry
on the business of ironfounders, &c. ; also to enter into an
agreement with William Johnson, Charles Henry Dunn,
and Valentine Eyre. First directors, Charles Hy. Dunn
and Valentine Eyre. Registered office, 26, Cumberland-
street, Birmingham.

Consett Iron Company Limited.—An interim dividend
of Is. 6d. par share.

Consett Spanish Ore Company Limited.—An interim
dividend of 2s. 6d. has been declared.

Electric Construction Company Limited.—The directors
have declared an interim ciiviuend at the rate of 7 per cent,
per annum on the preference shares for the half-year ended
November 30 last.

Furness, Withy and Co. Limited.—The directors announce
an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum
(6d. per share), free of income-tax, on the ordinary shares
for the past quarter.

Harrison (Arthur E ) Limited.—This private company
has been registered, with a capital of .£10,000 in shares
(3,000 6 per cent, cumulative preference), to carry on the
business of merchants, factors, importers and exporters of
coal, coke, and fuel, &c. Signatories: A. E Harrison,
Geo. H. Jeff, and James Carter. Registered office, 48, Mark-
lane, E C.

Invincible Steel and Tool Company Limited.—This
private company has been registered, witn a capital of
.£1,000 in shares, to carry on the business of manufac-
turers, importers, and exporters of and dealers in iron and
steel of all descriptions, ironmasters, smelters, &c. First
directors : Tom White, James McKane, and Frank
Brindley. Registered office, Providence Works, Brown-
street, Sheffield.

Lancashire and Yorkshire Wagon Company Limited.—
The directors declare an interim dividend tor the past six
months of 6s. per <£10 share, free of tax.

Lidgerwood Limited.—This private company has been
registered, with a capital of .£100 000 in .£1 shares, to carry
on the business of manufacturers of and dealers in machinery,
structural iron and steel work, engineers, &c. Signatories:
M. N. Lidgerwood, 1, Albert H-ill-mansions, Kensington,
S W.; and George Watson, Caxton House, Westminster,
S.W.

Newthorpe Collieries Limited.—The statutory general
meeting was heid on the 15th mst., Mr. Benjamin Brook-
man presiding. The chairman said the company was
brought out on Oct ober 15, the week of the terrible colliery
disaster in South Wales, and no doubt this influenced the
flotation adversely. In the circumstances the vendor
syndicate had made a handsome concession in the purchase
price of .£11,500. Work was started on December 15 in
search of the outcrop of the Waterloo seam, and this was
struck after two days' working. The coalseam is over 3 ft.
in thickness. Access to the Great Northern Railway is to
be by means of a tramway from the mouth of the tunnel.
Mr. Wright further states that he is confident he will be
producing coal for sale at the tunnel mouth within a month.
The financial position showed that after the necessary dis-
bursements they had some .£500 in hand, and the calls—
some due and one to be made—amount to £7,000.

Pentre Broughton Colliery Limited. — This private
company have been registered, with a capital of £2,000 in
£1 shares, to acquire the business now carried on at Black-
lane Colliery, and to carry on the business of colliery
proprietors, ironmasters, steelmakers and converters,
engineers and tin-plate makers, &c.; also to enter into an
agreement with Major Robert Allison Brown, Edith Mary
Kayser, and Dame Elsie Maud Skipwith. First directors :
Major Robt. Allison Brown, Major Frank Kayser, and Sir
Grey Humberston d'Eitateville Skipwith. Registered
office: The Pentre Broughton Colliery, Broughton, near
Wrexham, Denbighshire.

Hull Goal Export.- The official return of the exports of
coal from Hull for the week ending Tuesday, January 13,
1914, is as follows :—Amsterdam, 621 tons ; Antwerp, 1,030;
Alexandria, 4,036; Bremen, 1,542; Copenhagen, 600;
Carlscrona, 1,011; Christiania, 1,174 ; Drammen, 327 ;
Drontheim, 220; Fredericia, 1,220; Gefle, 3,266; Gothen-
burg, 301; Ghent, 2,213 ; Hamburg, 6,334 ; Harburg, 2,391;
Halmstadt, 908; Hoganas, 366; Husum, 723; Harlingen,
604; Jersey, 365; Landscrona, 1,115; Libau, 361; Malmo,
1,394; Naples, 1,913 ; Oxelosund, 2,112 ; Oscarshamn, 1,117;
Oporto, 2,379 ; Rotterdam, 650 ; Riga, 7,109; Reval, 3,878 ;
Rouen, 6,122; Skier), 398; Stockholm, 1,305; Trieste, 480;
Uddevalla, 762—total, 60,347 tons. Corresponding period
January 1913, 64,826 tons.