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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

June W, 1914.

Wigan, Whitehaven, or Orrel coals, screened and free from
slack, for the Board of Management. Tenders to Mr.
John Conway, clerk.

Guildford, June 22.—Coal and coke to the Royal Surrey
County Hospital, Guildford. Forms from the Assistant
Secretary at the Hospital.

Hollinwood.—Approximately 900 tons of unscreened
burgie coal. Particulars from the buyer, Ferranti Limited,
Hollinwood.

Hounslow, June 22.—About 175 tons of best coal for
burning in open grates; 30 tons of best hard steam coal for ■
burning in laundry, boilers, closed ranges, and stoves; 20
tons of anthracite coal; and 20 tons of coke, for the Rich-
mond (Surrey) and the Heston and Isleworth Urban District
Joint Isolation Hospital Committee. Forms from the clerk,
at 213, High-street, Hounslow.

Hoylake, June 26.—Coal for the Urban District Council of
Hoylake and West Kirby. Tenders to the Chairman of the
Electric Supply Committee.

Hunslet, June 23.—Coal for the Guardians. Forms from
Mr. Fred W. Mee, clerk to the Guardians, Union Offices,
Glasshouse-street, Hunslet, Leeds.

Ipswich, June 26.—About 78 tons of best South Hetton
Wallsend coal, well screened, for the trustees of Tooley’s
and Smart’s almhouses, Ipswich. Tenders to Mr. S. A.
Notcutt, clerk to the trustees, 9, Museum-street, Ipswich.

Isle worth, June 24.—About 4,500 tons of steam coal, for
the Brentford Guardians. Forms from Mr. W. Stephens,
clerk to the Guardians, Union Offices, Isleworth, W.

Johnstone (Scotland), June 22.—Coal for the Corpora-
tion. Forms from Mr. James Dickson, engineer and
manager.

King’s Lynn, June 27.—Hand-picked hard steam coal to
the King’s Lynn King Edward VII. Grammar School, for the
governors. Tenders to Mr. H. M. Howard, clerk to the
governors, Education Office, King’s Lynn.

London, S.W., June 24.—About 130 tons of good house-
hold coal to the Bolingbroke Hospital (Incorporated),
Wandsworth Common, S.W., for the governors. Tenders to
the Secretary.

Long Eaton, June 22.—Engine slack, peas, and nuts for
the Urban District Council. Forms from Mr. Frank
Worrall, engineer and manager, Electricity Supply Works,
Milner-road, Long Eaton.

Lusk (Ireland), June 24.—Best Whitehaven coals
(screened), for the Guardians. Tenders to Mr. James Stack,
clerk to the Union, Board Room, Workhouse, Lusk,
Co. Dublin.

Lynn, June 25.—Coal and coke for the Guardians. Ten-
ders to Mr. R. C. Coulton, clerk to the Guardians, Lynn.

Maidstone, June 23. — About 180 tons of coal for the
Trustees of the Edmett Charity. Forms from Mr. Robert
Hoar, clerk to the trustees, 9, King-street, Maidstone.

Morecambe, June 25.—The Morecambe Corporation invite
tenders for about 2,500 tons of coal or slack. Forms from
the Electricity Works.

Northampton, June 23.—Steam and house coal to the St.
Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton, for the committee of
management. Particulars from Mr. Josiah Walker, financial
clerk and accountant.

Northwich, July 1.—About 9,000 tons of screened gas
coal, for the directors of the Northwich Gas Company.
Tenders to Mr. P. S. Welbourn, secretary.

Parkgate (Yorks.), June 22.—Between 2,500 and 5,000 tons
of screened and unscreened gas coal, or washed nuts, for
the Rawmarsh Urban District Council. Forms from Mr.
E. O. Watson, at the Gas Works.

Pontypridd, June 23.—Gas coal and cannel for the Urban
District Council. Forms from Mr. E. H. Swain, engineer
and manager, Gas Works, Treforest, Pontypridd.

Plymouth, July 4. — Steam and house coal, for the
Guardians. Tenders to Mr. W. H. Davey, clerk to the
Guardians, Greenbank-road, Plymouth.

Poole, June 23.—Coal for the Corporation. Particulars
from the Borough Surveyor, Municipal Offices, Market-street,
Poole.

Retford, July 4.—About 9,000 tons of screened gas coal
or nuts for the East Retford Corporation. Forms from Mr.
J. B. Fenwick, engineer and manager, Gas and Water
Offices, Grove-street, Retford.

Romford, June 27. — Coal and coke for the Romford
District Sub-Committee of the Essex Education Committee.
Forms from Mr. A. F. Senior, acting clerk, 71, South-street,
Romford.

Saffron Walden, June 27.—About 2,000 tons of best
screened gas coal and about 280 tons of best hand-picked
hard steam coal, for the Corporation. Full particulars
from Mr. A. H. Forbes, borough surveyor.

Salisbury, June 24.—About 30 tons of steam coal, and
about 60 tons of best house coal, for the Directors of the
White Hart Hotel Company (Salisbury) Limited. Tenders
to Mr. Arthur C. Jonas, secretary, Salisbury.

Settle, June 22.—Coal and coke for the Guardians and
Rural District Council. Forms from Mr. T. E. Pearson,
clerk to the Guardians and Council, Town Hall, Settle.

Shrewsbury, June 23.—Good cobbles (free from slack) for
the Corporation. Tenders to Mr. R. F. Prideaux, clerk to
the committee, the Guildhall, Shrewsbury.

Swansea, June 22. — Steam coal for the Corporation.
Forms from the Borough Electrical Engineer, Guildhall,
Swansea.

Swansea, June 24.—House coal, anthracite coal, patent
fuel for the Swansea Education Committee. Forms from
Mr. A. W. Halden, clerk, Education Office, Swansea.

Teddington.—Coal and coke for the Middlesex Education
Committee (Teddington Division). Forms from Mr.' Frank
Welland, Council School, Teddington.

Tetgnmouth, June 29.—About 5,000 tons of best gas coals,
for the Urban District Council. Forms from Mr. J. A.
Gray, gas manager.

Thorton Heath, June 29. — Coal and coke for the
Croydon Guardians. Forms from Mr. Harry List, clerk to
the Guardians, Union Offices, Mayday-road, Thornton
Heath.

Tottenham, June 22.—Best Woolaton hards, best Derby
brights, and best gas coke (properly broken), for the Totten-
ham Education Committee. Forms from Mr. W. Mallinson,
clerk, Education Offices, Philip-lane, South Tottenham.

Uxbridge, June 24.—Coal and coke for the Uxbridge Joint
Hospital Board. Forms from Mr. Charles Woodbridge, clerk
to the Board, 38, High-street, Uxbridge.

Uxbridge, June 29.—Hard steam Warwickshire coal and
yard slack, for the Urban District Council. Tenders to Mr.
W. T. Harvey, clerk to the Council, Council Offices, 63,
High-street, Uxbridge.

Walsall, June 23.—Coal for the Walsall Education Com-
mittee. Tenders to Mr. W. Dawson Sadler, M.A., LL.D.,
director of education, Education Offices, Council House,
Walsall.

West Malling, June 24.—Best steam coal, household
coal, small steam coal, best kitchen coal, and gas coke, for
the Malling Guardians and Rural District Council. Forms
from Mr. Frederick J. Allison, clerk, West Mailing, Kent.

Weymouth, June 22.—Coal and coke for the Borough of
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Education Committee. Par-
ticulars from Mr. G. P. Symes, clerk to the Education Com-
mittee, 9 and 10, East-street, Weymouth.

Whitecroft, June 30.—House and steam coal and coke to
the Isle of Wight County Asylum. Forms from Mr. J. H.
Green, clerk to the visitors, Whitecroft, Isle of Wight.

Wilmslow (Lancashire), June 29. — About 4,000 tons
screened and unscreened gas coal and nuts, and 2,000 tons
cannel, for the directors of the Wilmslow and Alderley Edge
Gas Company. Tenders to Mr. W. H. Welsh, secretary,
52, Brown-stret, Manchester.

Winchester, June 26.—House and steam coal for the
Guardians. Forms from Mr. Frank Faithfull, clerk to the
Guardians, 105, High-street.

Winsford, June 22.—Coal and coke for the Northwich
Rural and Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford Urban
Hospital Committee. Tenders to Mr. John Holland, 62,
High-street, Winsford.

Witham, June 29.—Coal for the Urban District Council.
Tenders to Mr. William Bindon Blood, clerk to the Council.

Wood Green, June 24.—House coal, steam coal and
broken coke for the Urban District Council. Forms from
Mr. W. P. Harding, clerk, Town Hall, Wood Green.

Workington, June 22. — About 10,000 tons (screened,
round, hand picked Dartly screened, unscreened, washed,
double and single nuts, and peas), gas coals, for the Corpora-
tion. Forms from the engineer and manager, Mr. Horace
Chamberlain, Gas Works, Workington.

The date given is the latest upon which tenders can be
received.

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR ENGINEERING, IRON

AND STEEL WORK,

Hitchen, June 29.—Well.—Sinking, lining, boring, and
testing of a well, 10 in. diameter by 80 ft. deep, for the Rural
District Council. Specification from Mr. A. E. Passingham,
clerk to the Council, Rural District Council Offices, Hitchin,
Hertfordshire.

Leadgate (Durham).—Stone Drift.—For the driving of
a stone drift about 500 yds. in length at the Eden Colliery,
Leadgate, for the Consett Iron Company Limited. Further
particulars obtainable at the mining offices, Medomsley, S.O.

London, N.W., July 1.—Boilers, etc. — For the Metro-
politan Asylums Board, new steam boilers and incidental
work; temporary steam boilers and pipes. Specifications at
the office of the Board, Embankment, E.C.

London, N.W., July 13.—Boiler.—/One Cornish boiler for
the St. Pancras Borough Council. Specification from Mr.
C. H. F. Barrett, town clerk, Town Hall, Pancras-road,
N.W.

Woolwich, July 1.—Lancashie Boilers.—Two Lancashire
boilers, each 20 ft. long by 7 ft. diameter, for the Corporation.
Further particulars from Mr. J. Rush Dixon, borough
engineer, Town Hall, Woolwich.

THE FREIGHT MARKET.

The outward freight market has been fairly active during
the past week, although the prospect of a strike of marine
engineers is now scaring charterers and perturbing ship-
owners. There has been some slight appreciation of rates
on the North-East Coast during the week. Coasting busi-
ness is based on 3s. to London from the Tyne, and from
3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. to Hamburg. The Baltic has Cronstadt
at from 5s. to 5s. 3d., and St. Petersburg at from 5s. to
5s. 4Jd. The Bay has Rochefort at 5s. 3d. from the Wear.
The Mediterranean is being done at from 7s. 4Jd. to 7s. 7Jd.
to Genoa, Tyne loading. At South Wales tonnage is scarce,
and Mediterranean rates are well maintained. The River
Plate is rather firmer. The Bay and coasting ports are
unaltered. The Clyde is dull, with rates easy. Not much
is being done at the Humber. Homewards, Australia is
weaker. The rice ports are dull. The East Indies are
quiet, with less enquiry from Bombay and Kurrachee.
American grain business has been brisk, cotton freights are
quiet, and timber rates steady but slow. The Black Sea,
Azof, and Danube are steady. The Mediterranean and
ore trades are unchanged. The Baltic is steady. The
River Plate continues to be weak.

Tyne to Antwerp, 2,500, 3s. 7Jd.; 2,000, 3s. 7Jd.; 1,700,
3s. 6d.; Aberdeen, 1,100, 2s., f.d.; Algiers, 3,000, 6s. 9d. ;
Barcelona, 5„300, 8s. 6d.; Bagnoli, 5,200, 7s. 3d., June;
Cronstadt, 4,200, 5s.; 3,700, 5s.; 3,000, 5s. 3d.; Chantenay,
1,700, 5s.; Cette, 3,400, 9s.; Fairwater, 1,300, 4s. 6d.;
Gefle, 1,100, 4s. 6d.; Genoa, 4,000, 7s. 4Jd.; 5,700, 7s. 6d.,
three loading places; 4,500, 7s. 6d., reported; 4,000, 7s. 7Jd.,
reported; Hamburg, 2,000, 3s. 3d.; 2,000, 3s. 4|d.; 1,800,
3s. 3d., from Dunston; 2,000, 3s. 6d.; Helsingfors, 1,800,
5s.; Havre, 1,200, 4s.; 2,000, 3s. lid., from Dunston; 1,200,
4s , from Dunston; Kustendje, 3,000, 12s. 3d., coke; Lisbon,

3,500,	6s. 6d.; 3,000, 6s. 6d., 350; London, 2,000, 3s.;
Malaga, 2,200, 8s., 350; Marseilles, 4,900, 7s.; Nice, 2,600,
7s. 6d.; Naples, 4,300, 7s. 4Jd.; 4,400, 7s. 4|d., from Pelaw ;
Nice, 2,500, 7s. 6d.; North Norway, 2,000, 4s. 3d.; Oran,
6s. 7}d., 500, Is., reported; 3,000, 6s. 9d.; Porto Ferrajo,

5,200,	7s., June; Port Said, 4,200, 7s. 6d.; 4,500, 7s., 4^d.;
3,800, 7s. 4£d.; 5,000, 7s. 9d.; 4,500, 7s. 7|d.; 5,000,
7s. 7|d.; Rotterdam, 3,000, 3s. Id.; 1,700, 3s. l|d.; St.
Petersburg, 4,200, 5s., 500; 2,900, 5s. 3d.; 2,200, 5s. 4Jd.;
Savona, 5,700, 7s. 6d.; Terneuzen, 1,700, 3s. 4Jd.

Cardiff to Algiers, 2,500, 8 fr.; 4,200, 7| fr.; 4,900, 7f fr.;
Alexandria, 6,000, 7s. 3d., 500, June 20; 4,200, 7s. 4Jd.;

5,200,	7s. 4Jd.; Ascension, sail, 19s., Admiralty terms; Bar-
celona, 3,700, 8s. 3d.; Beyrout, 3,500, 8s. 6d. coal, 9s. 3d.
fuel; Bordeaux, 2,400, 7 fr.; Cape Verds, 5,300, 7s. 6d.,
June 22; Colombo, 6,700, 10s. 6d., July 1-15; Dieppe, 1,500,
3s. 9d.; 2,200, 3s. 9d.; Genoa, 4,000, 7s. 3d. ; 4,000, 7s. 6d.,
June 23; Grimsby, 950, 2s. 3d.; Garrucha, 1,600, 9s. 6d.;
Gibraltar, 2,000, 6s. lOJd.; 2,800, 4s., Admiralty terms;

3,500,	6s. 7Jd., 500; Havre, 1,900, 3s. 7Jd.; 1,050, 3s. 7Jd.;

Huelva, 2,500, 6s. 3d., 300; Haulbowline and or Queens-
town, 2,200, 2s. 3d.; Lisbon, 2,000, 6s. 3d., 350; 3,800,
6s. l|d.; 3,600, 6s. IJd., 350; 3,300, 6s. IJd., 350, June 24;
Las Palmas, 2,700, 7s., end June; 5,800, 7s.; Marseilles,
4,000, 8|fr., end June; 4,000, 8| fr.; Morlaix, 700, 4s. 9d.;
Malta, 4,600, 5s. 3d., Admiralty terms; Monte Video, 5,000,
12s. 6d., early July; 5,700, 12s. 6d., June; Nantes, 1,400,
6 fr.; Naples, 4,200, 7s. 3d.; Oporto, 1,000, 6s. 4|d.; 1,600,
6s. 6d., June; 900, 6s. 9d.; Portsmouth, 2,500, 2s. Hd.,
Admiralty terms; Pirseus, 5,400, 7s. 9d.; Port Said, 5,000,
7s.; 6,600, 6s. lOJd., end June; 5,000, 7s., July 3; 6,000,
7s.; Rosario, 4,000, 14s. 3d.; River Plate, 5,000, 13s. 3d.;
5,000, 13s. 3d., end June; 5,000, 13s., July 15; 4;200,
13s. 3d.; 13s., early July; 4,500, 13s. 6d., June 22; Rio de
Janeiro, 5,000, 12s. 6d., June; 6,000, 12s. 6d., 300; 6,500,
12s. 6d., 300; 12s. 9d., June; 5,000, 13s. ; 6,500, 12s. 3d.;
6,000, 12s. 3d.; Rio Grande do Sul, 5,000, 23s.; Rouen,
1,650, 4s. 4Jd.; Spezzia, 5,000, 7s., 600; Syra, 5,400, 7s. 9d. ;
St. Vincent, 5,000-5,300, 7s. 6d.; Syracuse, 2,500, 8s. 9d.,
June 22; Santos, 12s. 9d., Rio terms, June; St. Petersburg,
900, 6s.; 6s., 600; St. Nazaire, 2,000, 5| fr.; 3,300, 5|fr.,
June 23; Teneriffe, 6,000, 7s.; 4,000, 7s., early July; 5,000,
7s.; Torre Annunziata, 4,200, 7s. 3d.; Venice, 4,200,
7s. 4Jd.; 5,800, 8s., 500; Zea, 5,400, 7s. 9d.

Swansea to San Sebastian, 950, 8s.; Caen,- 950, 4s. ljd.;
950, 4s. 3d.; Cherbourg, 1,180, 4s. 6d.; Honfleur, 950,
4s. 3d.; Memel, 800, 5s. 9d.; Havre, 900, 4s.; Gefle, 900,
5s. 3d.; Barcelona, 2,300, 9s.; Brest, 1,050, 4s. ; Chantenay,
1,900, 6fr.; St. Nazaire, 2,200, 5f fr.; Catania, 3,700,
7s. 9d. coal, 8s. fuel, 600; Rouen, 650, 4s. 9d.; London, 850,
4s.; Oran, 9 fr.; 3,500, 9| fr.; Piraeus, 1,600, 9s.

Llanelly to Hamburg, 1,200, 4s. 3d.; Rouen, 680, 4s. 9d.

Seaham Harbour to Konigsberg, 900, 5s.

Hartlepool to Alexandria, 4,200, 8s.; Cronstadt, 3,300,
5s.; 4,300, 5s.; 3,000, 5s. 3d.; Leghorn, 2,600, 7s. 9d.

Wear to Lisbon, 3,000, 6s. 6d.; Hamburg, 2,100, 3s. 4Jd. ;
Rochefort, 1,900, 5s. 3d.; Bordeaux, 3,000, 5s. 4Jd.; Cron-
stadt, 2,400, 5s. lid.; Gefle, 1,100, 4s. 6d., 400.

Blyth to Hamburg, 2,800, 3s. 3d.; St. Petersburg, 5,600,
5s. lid.; Fairwater, 1,400, 4s. 3d.; Antwerp, 2,100, 3s. 9d.;
Cronstadt, 3,300, 5s.; 5,600, 5s.; 2,000, 5s. 3d.

Hull to Rouen, 1,700, p.t.; 2,500, 4s. 4id.; Alexandria,
5,000, 7s. 4id.; St. Petersburg, 4,300, 5s., June 23; 2,800,
5s. 4id., 500; Riga, 3,000, 5s. 3d.; North Norway, 1,400,
4s. 4id.; Bordeaux, 1,600, 5s. 6d.; 1,600, 5s. 10id.

Goole to Oporto, 850, 8s.; Rotterdam, 850, 3s. 4id.;
Boulogne, 700, 4s. 3d.

Port Talbot to Nantes, 5*90 fr.; 1,500, 5f fr.; Rouen,
1,250, 4s. 9d.; 1,600, 4s. 7|d.

Immingham to Oporto, 950, 7s. 3d., 300; Alexandria,
5,000, 7s. 4id.; Kiel, 1,700, 4s. 6d.

Wales to Batavia and Sourabaya, 12s. 6d., June-July;
Iquique, sail, 15s., August.

Burntisland to Bandholm, 2,200, 4s. 9d.

Newport to Bombay, about 14s. 9d., sleepers, June;
Bourgas, 3,000, 8s. 3d.; Bilbao, 950, 6s.; Naples, 4,000,
7s. 3d.; Torre Annunziata, 4,000, 7s. 3d. ; Huelva, 2,600,
6s. 3d., 300; Honfleur, 900, 4s. 3d.; Chantenay, 2,200, 6 fr.

Emden to St. Nazaire, 1,800, 5s. 9d.; Oran and Algiers,

4,500,	9i fr.; Callao, sail, 20s. 6d.

Weser to Jacksonville and Charleston, 6,500, 8s. 6d.,
July; Savannah, 8s., kainit, August.

Glasgow to Civita Vecchia, 4,000, 7s. 9d.; Riga, 1,900,
4s. lOd.; Genoa, 7s. 3d.; Savona, 7s. 3d.; Leghorn, 7s. 3d.;
North Norway, 2,100, 4s. 3d.; Bordeaux, 2,200, 6| fr.

Hamburg to Charleston and Wilmington, 8s. 6d., July;
Callao, sail, 19s.

Ardrossan to Genoa, 7s.; Savona, 7s.

Grimsby to Christiania, 1,450, 4s. 4id.

Methil to Sundswall, 1,800, 4s. 6d., 350, end June.

Fife port to Dieppe, 1,000, 4s. lid. ; St. Petersburg, 1,800,
5s. 3d.; Cronstadt, 3,400, 5s.; Stockholm, 1,800, 4s. 7Jd.

Grangemouth to Hamburg, 2,100, 3s. 9d.; Cronstadt,

2,200,	5s.; St. Michael’s, 4,000-4,500, 7s. 6d., 250, June.

Forth to Cronstadt, 3,600, 5s.; 4,000, 4s. 10id.; Riga,

2.100,	5s.; Hamburg, 2,100, 3s. 9d.; North Norway, 1,500,
4s. 3d.; Sundswall, 2.300, 4s. 4id.; Aarhuus, 1,500, 4s. 6d.;
Kiel, 2,300, 5s. 3d.; Bandholm, 2,100, 4s. 9d., 450.

Rotterdam to St. Nazaire, 5,000, 4s. 9d., Trignac terms,
end June; 3,300, 5s. lid., June 23; Bagnoli, 6,150, 6s. 9d. ;
5,000, 6s. 10id., June 23; Porto Ferrajo, 6,150, 6s. 9d.;
5,000, 6s. 10id., June 23; 6,800, 6s. 6d., July 10-25; Bilbao,

1.100,	4s. 10id.; 2,500 tons coke, 6s. lOJd.; 3,200, 5s., begin-
ning July; Porto Vecchio di Piombino, 5,800, 7s., July 10;
5,000, 7s. 4|d., June 23; La Rochelle, 2,900, 5s. lid.; Roche-
fort, 2,900, 5s. 3d. ; Trignac-Chantenay, 3,300, 5s. 3d., June
23; Chantenay, 2,000, 5s. 3d. ; Savona, 3,700, 7s. 3d.

BOOK NOTICES.

South Wales Coal and Iron Companies 1915; Northern Coal,

Iron and Steel Companies 1914. London, Newcastle,
Cardiff, and Hull : The Business Statistics Company
Limited. Price Is. (net) each.

Two excellent little manuals of more than ordinary
utility. They show in their respective spheres the capital
of each company, last balance-sheets, profits, and divi-
dends over a number of years, and highest and lowest
prices (in some cases) for a considerable term. The
South Wales booklet deals with about 30 companies,
and the other with upwards of 60, the area covered
extending from the Tweed to the Trent.

Rambles Among our Industries : Coal and the Miner : Iron
and the Iron Worker. By W. J. Claxton. London :
Blackie and Son. Price 9d. each.

These little books are well suited, as readers in the
elementary school. In one we are taken rapidly from
the primaeval forest through the colliery to the coaling
station and the gas works, our journey being lightened
by simple drawings and some excellent colour sketches
by Shepperson, the well-known Punch artist. The other
conducts us round the blast furnace and steel works,
and introduces us to the mysteries of the Black Country
and the Sheffield district.

The contract for a double inlet Keith reversible mine fan,
to handle 400,000 cu. ft. of air per minute at 6 in. water
gauge, to be installed at Nantgarw Colliery, South Wales,
has been placed with Messrs. James Keith and Blackman
Company Limited.