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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

January 30, 1914.

THE FREIGHT ESARKET.

Outward chartering on the north-east coast has been
very active during the past week. Rates, however, remain
low. Coasting business is being done at 3s., Tyne to
London, and 3s. 4|d. to Hamburg. The Baltic has Aalborg
at from 4s. to 4s. 3d. The Bay is based on from 4s. 9d. to
4s. 10|d. to Bordeaux. The Mediterranean is worth from
7s. 6d. to 8s. to Genoa, according to size and position of
tonnage. At South Wales there has been a fair volume of
fixtures. Mediterranean rates are rather easy. Those for
the River Plate remain quiet. The coasting ports are weak.
The Bay is fairly well maintained. The Humber market is
quiet, but steady. The Clyde is dull, with only a few
fixtures reported. Homewards, the amount of business
done has been fully up to the average. There is only a
moderate enquiry at the Black Sea ports, on the basis of 6s.
for ordinary berth sizes. Indian ports are dull. Australia
is quiet, with a liberal supply of tonnage on offer. The
River Plate is inactive, and inclined to weaken. America
is not taking up much tonnage, excepting for timber
requirements. The Mediterranean and ore ports are quietly
steady.

Tyne to Antwerp, 1,200, 3s. 3d., liner terms, part cargo,
2,100, 3s. 7|d. ; 1,600, 3s. 9d., from Dunston ; Aalborg,

2,500,	4s. ; 1,500, 4s. 3d., from Dunston ; 2,000, 4s. 3d. ;
Alexandria, 4,000, 8s. 4jd., river loading ; Ancona, 5,200, 9s.,
two loading places ; Bayonne, 2,800, 5s. 3d., 500, 5s. 5d., 400;

2,500,	5s. ; Bordeaux, 1,900, 4s. 9d. ; 2,000, 5s., river
loading ; 3,000, 4s. 10|d., river loading, option 4s. 9d. from
Tyne Dock ; Barletta, 4,200, 9s., 500; Boulogne, 1,000,
4s. 6d. ; 1,700, 3s. 9d. ; Bagnoli, 6,000, 7s. 9d. ; Calais, 1,800,
4s. ; 2,100, 3s. 7|d. ; Catania, 2,500, 7s. 9d., 500 ; 2,400, 8s. ;

2,500,	8s., 600 ; Cape Verds, 2,000, 7s. 6d. ; Constantinople,

3.600,	8s. 6d., 400 ; Cherbourg, 1,500, 5s. ; Genoa, 5,000,
7s. 10|d. ; 3,100, 8s. ; 4,000, 8s., river loading ; 6,000,
7s. 6d. ; Hamburg, 2,500, 3s. 4|d. ; 2,900, 3s. 6d. ; 2 900,
3s. 7|d. ; 2 000, 3a. 6d. ; Havre, 2,100, 4s. ; 2,000, 4s. 3d. ;
Islands, 2,600, 7s., February ; London, 1,500, 3s. ; 1,200,
3s. 3d. ; 2,500, 3s. ; 800, 4s. ; 2,000. 3*. ; Las Palmas, 1,800,
6s. 9d., from Dunston ; Leghorn, 2,600, 8s., 500, 6?d. ;
Marseilles, 1,800, 7s. 3d., 600, ; 1,800, 7s. 6d. ; 4,500, 7s. 7|d.,
600 ; 4,100, 7s. 9d., 600, from Dunston ; 4,000, 7s. 6d. ;
Malaga, 1,800, 6s. 9d. ; Madeira, 1,900, 7s. ; Nice, 3,000,
7s. 6d. ; Oporto, 1,800, 7s. 6d., 300; 2,000, 7s. 3d., 350 ; Port
Said, 4,400, 8s. ; 4,200, 8s. 3d. ; Porto Ferrajo, 6,000, 7s. 6d.;
Reggio, 2,100, 8s. 6d. ; Rotterdam, 650, 4s. ; St. Nazaire,

2.800,	4s. 7|d., from Dunston ; 2,150, 4s. 9d. ; St. Vincent,
2,000, 7s. 6d. ; St. Servan, 1,500, 4s. 9d. ; Toulon, 1,700, 8s. ;
Trieste, 7,500, 7s. 3d. ; Tunis, 2,000, 9s. ; Venice, 5,300,
8s. 9d., ; Zeebrugge, 3,000, 3s.

Cardiff to Algiers, 2.500, 8 fr.; 5,000, 8 fr.; 2.800, 7f fr.;
2,000, 8 fr., Februaiy 2 ; Alexandria, 6.500,8s.; 4,000, 8s. 3d.;
5,000, 8s. 3d.; Barcelona, 3,500, 7s. 10|d.; Brindisi, 4 300,
8s., f.d.; 5,100,8s.; Bizerta, 3,500, 8| fr.; Barcelona, 3,400,
7s. 9d.; 3,700,8s.; Bari, 4.500, 8s.; Brest, 1,650, 3s. 10|d.;
Buenos Ayres, 15s., early February, reported; Bordeaux,
2,100, 6 fr.; 3,000, 6| fr.; 1,800, 6| fr., 500; 2,300, 6 fr.,
February 2; Catania, 2,600, 7s. 3d., 600; 2 6C0, 8s., 350,
February 2; Calais, 2,400, 3s. 9d.: 1,800, 3s. 6d.; Civita
Vecchia, 2,500, 8s., 400; 4,400,8s., February 11; 3,600, 8s.,
February 5 ; Constantinople, 4.000, 8s. 6d. ; 8s. 6d.,
February 2; Cherbourg, 1,350, 4s. 6d.; Chantenay, 2.000,
6 fr.; Dieppe, 1,050, 4s.; Genoa, 4,200, 7s. 10|d. ; 5,000,
7s. l|d.; 6,800, 7s. 3d., February 2; 5,250, 7s. 6d. ; 3,800,
7s. 3d., February 2; 3,600, 7s. 4|d. ; 4,500, 7s. 3d. ; 5,500,
7s., February 3 ; Gaeta, 6,000,8s., February 2 ; Havre, 1,700,
3s. 9d.; Islands, 5,100. 7s ; La Rochelle, 2,400, 5| fr.; Las
Palmas, 3,000, 7s.; 2,600, 7s., February 5; Leghorn, 6.800,
7s. 3d., February 2; 6,200, 7s. 9d., 500, February 2; La
Pallice, 3,400, 51 fr.; Marseilles, 6,000 81 fr.; 5,000, 8|fr.;

4.800,	9fr.; Malta, 4,400, 6s. 71d., February 4, net terms;
Montevideo, 5,300, 14s., February 10; 4.300, 14?.; 5,000,
13s. 9d., early February; 6,000, 13s. 101d, February 10;
Messina, 2,600, 6s. 3d., 700, net terms; Maddalens, 6,400,
8?.; Naples, 5,000, 7s. 9d., 500, February 10; 4,800, 7s. 3d.,
February 8; 6,200, 7s. 9d., 500, February 2; Nantes, 2,700,
51 fr.; 2,000, 51 fr.; Oporto, 1,400, 6s.; Oran, 1,800, 8 fr.;
Port Said, 6;2U0, 8s. ; 3,200, 8s.; 5,2C0, 8s.; 3,000, 8s. 3d. ;
5,800,7s.9d.; February 5; 6,000,7s. 9d.; February 9; Palermo,

2.600,	8s., 350, February 2 ; Palma, 2,700,7s. 3d., 300, free tax ;
Rouen, 1,650, 4s. 9d.; 750, 5s. 6d.; River Plate, 14s. 3d.;
6,000, 14s. 9d. ; 7,000, 15s., 21 per cent., mid-February ;
5,000, 14s. 9d., early February ; 7,000, 14s. 9d. ; 6,200,’
14?. 9d, February 3; 5,000, 14s. 71d.; Rochefort, 1,500,
5f fr.; Rio de Janeiro, 6,000, 14s.; 5,400, 14s. 6d., early
February; Rosario, 5.000, 15s., Is. discharge ; 15s., 250,
15s. 3d., 200, February; Savona, 4,200, 7s. 101d. ; 5,000,
7s. lid ; 6,800, 7s. 3d., February 2 ; 3,800,7s. 3d., February 2;
St. Malo, 2,200. 3s. lOjd.; 1,000, 4s. 3d.; Santos, 5,400,
13s. 6d., early February; Spezzia, 4,200, 7s. 101d.; 5,000,
7s. lid. ; 6,800, 7s. 3d., February 2 ; 3,700. 7s. 3d.,
February 2 ; Syracuse. 2,400, 8s. 6d. ; 2,300, 8s. 71d.; 350 ;
Teneriffe, 2,600, 7s., February 5; Taranto, 4.C00, 7s. 6d ,
February; 4,700, 7s. 6d., 600 ; Torre Annunziata, 4,400, 8s.,
February 11; 3,600, 8s., February 5; 2.500, 8s„ 400;
Tarragona, 1,800, 7s. 9d.; Venice, 8s. 6d., 800 ; 5 800, 8s. 9d.,
500, February 2; 3,600, 9s. lid., with options; 4,000, 9s. 3d.,
400, February 15; 3,000, 9s. 3d.; Valencia, 1,400, 6s. 9d.;
Zarate, 4,000, 15s. 6d.; 4,300, 16s. 6d.

Swansea to Genoa, 1,600, 8s. coal, 8s. 9d. fuel; 3,500,
7s. 3d.; Savona, 1,600, 8s. coal, 8s. 9d. fuel; 3,500, 7s. 3d.;
Spezzia, 1,600, 8s. coal, 8s. 9d. fuel; 3,500, 7s. 3d.; Nice,
1,700, 8s.; 2,700, 8s. 71d. ; Nantes, 2,300, 6 fr.; Rouen, 650,
5s. 6d.; 2,300, 4s. 9d. ; 1,300, 5s. lid. ; Toulon, 2,700,
8s. 71d ; La Rochelle, 1,200, 6 fr.; St. Nazaire, 3,000, 6 fr.,
February 9 ; 2,200, 6 fr.; St. Malo, 1,050, 4s. 3d.; Valencia,
1,400, 7s., February 3; 1,400, 6s. 9d., 250, f.t., February 2;
1,200, 7s. 3d., 250; Bremerhaven, 1,200, 4s. 6d.; Marseilles,
2,000, 91 fr.; 3,200, 91 fr.; Nantes, 2,100, 6 fr.; St. Nazaire,

2.800,	6 fr.; Honfieur, 1,400, 4s. 6d,; Stockholm, 1,200, 6s. 6d.,
February 6; Leghorn, 1,200, 8s.; Bona, 1,400, 91 fr.;
Bayonne, 950, 71 fr.; Oran, 2,300, 4s. 9d.; Caen, 950, 5s.;
Buenos Ayres, 4,500, 14s. 9d., February 5; Brest, 1,700,
4s. lid.

Llanelly to Caen, 1,000, 5s.; London, 850, 5s. 4jd.

Wear to Havre, 1,700, 4s. 3d.; Halmstadt, 1,300, 4s. 9d.;
St. Nazaire, 2,000, 4s. 9d.; Lisbon, 2,700, 5s. 3d.

Hartlepool to Aalborg, 1,400, 4s. 6d.; Mentone, 1,800,
8s. 6d.; Antwerp, 2,900, 3s. 9d.

Grangemouth and Sunderland to Monte Video, 14s., 200.

Liverpool to Chili, sail, p.t., general cargo.

Wales to direct nitrate port, sail, 16s.; West Coast South
America, about 17s. 9d. coal, 15s. 9d. fuel.

Glasgow to Genoa, 7s. l£d.; Savona, 7s. lid.; Leghorn,
7s. lid.

Rotterdam to Callao, sail, 24?.; Porto Ferrajo, 4,ICO,
6s. 71d., early February; West Coast copper port, sail,
20s. 3d., coke, 80, March-April; 21s. 3d., coke, March-April;
Bagnoli-Porto Ferrajo, 5,000, 6s. 9d., February 5-10;

5,800,	7s.

Immingham to Genoa, 3,600, 7s. 6d.

Seaham Harbour to Nice, 2,800, 8s.; Pillau, 950, 5s. 6d.

Antwerp to Caldera, sail, 20s.

Laurvig to Melbourne, sail, 50s.

Forth to East Norway, 1,200, 5s. ; Kiel, 2,300, 4s. 6d.;
Genoa, 3,500, 7s. 9d.; Bagnoli, 3,500, 7s. 10|d.

Goole to London, 1,000, 4s. 3d.; Ostend, 1,350, 4s. 3d.

Glasgow and Liverpool to Colombo, Madras and Calcutta,
16s. 6d., February.

Bly th to Hamburg, 3,300, 3s. 7|d.; 2.800, 3s. 7i~d.;
Harstadt, 2,000,5s,; Reval, 2,800, 5s. 6d.; Antwerp, 2,000,
3s. 9d.

Norway to Melbourne, sail, 50s.

Hull to Christiania, 600, 8s.; Catania, 1,400, 8s.; Barce-
lona, 1,400, 8s.; Santos, 5,000, 17s. 6d., February loading.

Grangemouth to East Norway, 1,300, 5s. l-|d.

Fife port to Copenhagen, 680, 5s.; Stockholm, 1,450,
5s. 6d.; Aalborg, 1,650, 4s. 4|d.

Emden to Marseilles, 3,000, 8£ fr.; Bougie and Algiers,

3,600,	8’371 fr.; Licata, 2,400, 9s.; Port Said, 5,000, 7s. 9d.

Christiania to Melbourne, sail, 50s., May-June.

Grimsby to Barcelona, 1,400, 8s., end January.

Amble to Dover, 1,000, 3s. 9d.

Tyne, Wear, or Hartlepool to Hamburg, contract, 50,000
tons, steamers 3,100 tons each, 3s. 3d., delivery April to
December.

Newport to St. Nazaire, 1,250, 6 fr.; Bahia Blanca, 14*. 9d.,
early February; Marseilles, 4,700, 8^ fr.; 4.400, 8|fr.,
February 3; 9fr.; Naples, 4,200, 7s. 3d., 800, February 3;
4,000, 7s. 3d., 800; Bona, 2,000, 10fr., fuel; Venice, 5,200,
8s. 9d., 500, February 6; Santa Liberata, 3,700, 8s.,
February 10; Genoa, 5,000, 7s. 3d., February 2; Savona,
5.0U0,7s. 3d., Fabruary 2; Spezzia, 5,000, 7s. 3d., February 2;
Leghorn, 5,000, 7s. 3d., February 2; Ancona, 5,200, 8s. 9d.,
500, February.

Port Talbot to Calais, 1.800, 4s. ; Algiers, 3,000, 8fr.

Homeward Charters:—Novorossisk, 5,500, Antwerp or
Rotterdam, 6s., with 3d. less barley up to half cargo, 1,000
tons oilcake Is. 6d. extra, early February ; 5,400, Rotterdam,
6s., with 400 tons load ppt.; 4,8C0, West Italy, basis 8 fr.,
option Marseilles and Genoa, 8fr., ppt.; Kustendje, 5,300,
Antwerp er Rotterdam, 6s.; option 1,500 tons oats Is. 6d.
extra, early February; Taianta Channel, 4,600, Middles-
brough, 5s. 6d., ppt.; Hornillo Bay, 3,800, Cardiff, 4s., ppt.;
Bilbao, 1,450, Britonferry, 4s. 9d., ppt.; 3,500, Middles-
brough, 4-., ppt.; 3,000, Newport, 4s. l|d., ppt.; New York,
2,474 net, Lisbon, 2s. 6d., January-February; 210,000 cases,
10 per cent., South China, four ports, 20i cents, February-
March ; Philadephia or Baltimore, 20,000 quarters, 10 per
cent.; Algiers and or Tunis, 2s. 9d. one port, 2s. 10 jd. both
ports, February; Gulf timber port, 1,150 stds., 10 per cent.;
Genoa 92s. 6d., Genoa and Spezzia 95s., February-
March; 700 stds., Rotterdam, 76s. 3d., excluding hewn,
February ; 1,000 stds., 10 per cent., 75s., February-March ;
Gulf, 1,980 net, Denmark, basis 12s. one port; 2,000 net,
Liverpool 25s. 9d., Bremen 30s., cotton, February; San
Lorenzo, not above, 4,000, 10 per cent, United Kingdom-
Continent, 11s. o c., less 6d., with options, February ; 4,400,
10 per cent., 14s. 6d. o c., less 6d., May ; 4,500, 10 per cent.,
11s. 3d. o.c., less 6d., February 20 ; Japan, 2,350 net, Singa-
pore, 3 50 dols., ppt. ; Rangoon or Bassein, 6.000-6,600,
Continent, p.p., 21s. 9d., with 6d. less cleaned rice, Feb-
ruary, about 21s. 6d , cleaned rice ; Kurrachee, 7,000,
Antwerp, 13s., net terms, March ; 2,214 net United King-
pom-Continent, 13s. one port, 13s. 6d. two ports, including
Hamburg, 9d. extra France, February ; Newcastle, N.S.W.,
sail, 22s., Valparaiso, March 21 ; guano deposits, sail 10
ships, United Kingdom-Continent, B. to H., basis 25s. one
deposit, various dates from April to August; time charter,
Transatlantic trade, 4s. 6d. one trip, delivery Gulf, re-
delivery United Kingdom-Continent; Norfolk, 2,000 net,
144 ft., Liverpool or Bremen, 25?., cotton, February ; Saigon,
6,000-6,500, Liverpool, 24s., rice meal, March ; Madras Coast,
5,000, 10 per cent., Marseilles, 22s. 6d., net terms, April;
Azof, 5,000, 10 per cent., basis Rotterdam 9s., with 3d. less
barley, with options, April ; Nicolaieff, 8,000, Marseilles,
8| fr., for 5,000 tons to start, ppt. ; Benisaf, 3,300, Tyne
Deck, 6s. 6d., f.t., February ; South Australia, &c., 6,800,
10 per cent., United Kingdom-Continent, 27s., with full
loading and discharging options, March ; 2,442 net, ditto,
ditto, March ; 8,200 max , 26s. 6d., with options, February-
March ; 3,198 net, 27s , with options, Feb.-March ; PortPirie,
2,759 net, Antwerp 26s., ore, March-April ; Tocopilla, sail,
19s., United Kingdom-Continent, option South Africa,
18s., February - March ; guano deposits, sail, basis
25s. one deposit, United Kingdom-Continent, April 5-30;
time charter, States and West Indies, .£625, one trip,
delivery Cuba, re-delivery North of Hatteras ; time charter,
Gulf trade, .£1,250, eight or nine months, delivery March;
Savannah, 28s. 9d., Liverpool, Manchester or Continent,
with options, February 15 - March 20; Vivero, 1,800,
Immingham, 4s. 4d., early February; Santander, 1,600,
Rotterdam, 5s., early February ; Dunkirk, 1,850, Lisbon,
9s. 3|d., rails, free in and out; Philadelphia, 19| c., one or
two ports Japan, February-March ; Norfolk and New York,
1,944 net, United Kingdom - Continent, p.p., 27s. 6d.,
February; Buenos Ayres, 5,500, 10 per cent., London, 8s.,
seed Is. extra, days, February 2, 6d. more if February 9;
Sulina or Kustendje, 2,200, Antwerp or Rotterdam, 6s. one
port, 6s. 3d. both ports loading, 3d. less barley up to 1,000
tons, 800 tons oats Is. 6d. extra, ppt.; Kustendje, 3.850,
7s. 6d., n.c., ppt.; South Australia, 6,500, United Kingdom-
Continent, 27s., less 6d. direct, with full loading and
discharging options, February 20-March 20; Saigon, 2,238
net, Dunk, 23s. 9d., early February ; Bombay, 8,000, United
Kingdom-Continent, p.p., including France, 17s. one port,
17e. 6d. two ports, on d.w„ February 10-25; Bahia Blanca,
6,400, 10 per cent., 64 ft., United Kingdom-Continent, p p.,
10s. one port, 10s. 6d. two ports, no reduction direct, ppt.;
Ils. 6d., London or Rotterdam, oats, ppt.; Calcutta, 2,789
net, Rangoon, Rs. 2T4, February; Sulina, Kustendje or
Bourgas, 4,300 max., Continent, 8s., charter terms, Feb.;
Bougie, 3,600, Cardiff, 4s. 3d., mid - February; 3,600,
Middlesbrough, 4s. 9d., ppt.; Huelva, 2,750, Antwerp,
7s. 7|d, f.d., days, February 15; Castro Alen, 1,600,
Rotterdam, 4s. 6d., ppt.; Buenos Ayres, sail, 20s. 6d., Libau,
quebracho; Concepcion del Uruguay, sail, 16s., United
Kingdom-Continent, grain.

ABSTRACTS OF FATERT SPECIFICATIONS-
RECENTLY ACCEPTED.

837 (1913). Improvements in Brake Apparatus for Railway1
Wagons and like Vehicles. G. B. Bowles and S. W. Bowles,,
both of 14, Avenue-road, Forest Gate, Essex.—Relates to
brake riggings in which oppositely-movable brake blocks are
operated by oppositely-moving push-rods under the control
of a rook shaft mounted in stationary bearings, the motion
of the rock shaft being transmitted to the push-rods
through a two-armed lever suspended in a floating manner,.

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so that neither brake block can act to prevent the com-
panion block from being applied with any incraase in
pressure as the force applied is enhanced. The inven-
tion consists in the provision in the brake rigging of
compensating lever arrangements, whereby the unequal*
forces transmitted to the oppositely moving push-rods
through a two-armed floating lever to which they are
connected are caused to apply the brake blocks with equal
or substantially equal pressure. The drawings show
various applications. (Four claims.)

1754 (1913). Apparatus for Controlling Speed of Winding >
Engines and Preventing Overivinding. T. Morton, of Nether-
wood, Manse-road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, and W. Shaw, of
Greenlea, Manse-road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.—Relates to
that class of apparatus wherein is employed a screwed shaft
driven from the engine through appropriate gearing and
furnished with a nut or screwed sleeve which is adapted to
travel along the shaft and in so travelling to engage stops
on a second longitudinally movable shaft which is rotated
also by the engine governor in such a manner that in certain
predetermined circumstances such as when the speed of the
engine reaches or exceeds a predetermined limit and the
governor rotates the stop-carrying shaft, or should the
engine not be stopped at the proper time the travelling nut
will engage one or other of the stops and will move the-
stop-carrying shaft longitudinally, to effect the stopping of
the engine. According to the invention the longitudinally/

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movable shaft carries two fixed stops which are constantly
in the path of the travelling nut and. two series of adjustable
fingers, stops or other abutments normally ly in g out of the path,
of the travelling nut and located on the shaft intermediate,
of the fixed stops in such a manner that should the engine
over-run the travelling nut on the driven shaft will engage,
one or other of the fixed stops, or, when through excessive)
engine speed the stop carrying shaft is rotated from the,
governor, one or other of the adjustable fingers or abut-
ments will be projected into the path of the travelling nut,,
and in all cases effect the longitudinal movement of the ,
shaft. Further, the stop-carrying shaft acts directly upon
a trip device which is connected to the engine-controlling
gear. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a mechanism embodying
the present invention ; fig. 3 is an end view showing the
trip device ; and fig. 4 is section showing one of the series
of governor-controlled stops or abutments. (Five claims.)

9307 (1913). An Appliance for Filling Bags or Sacks with
Loose Material, such as Coal, Gravel and the like, from Trucks,
Shoots, Bins or other Receptacles. W. J. S. Ptrkins, of 2,
Naval Residence, Portland, Dorset.—Relates to appliances

for filling bags or sacks with coal or like material. V is a
hood, receiver or funnel, suitably shaped and secured to the
door of the truck or receptacle containing the material to
be filled into bags, or arranged to receive the end of a shoot
or pipe conveying the material. S is a circular shoot fitting
into the mouth of the bag and riveted to V. Around the