August 13, 1915.

THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

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Vauxhall Metal and Machine Works Limited. — Private
company. Registered office, 28, Albert-embankment, S.W.
Registered July 30. To acquire the business now carried on
as the Vauxhall Metal and Machine Works at 28, Albert-
embankment, Vauxhall, and to enter into an agreement; to
carry on business as iron founders, mechanical engineers,
metal workers, boiler makers, builders, farmers, carriers, etc.
Nominal capital, £2,000 in’1,000 £1 cumulative preference
shares, and 1,000 .£1 ordinary shares. Directors and sub-
scribers (one share each) :—H. J. Way, 2, Powis-square,
Bayswater, manufacturer; C. Westell, 30, St. Charles-square,
North Kensington, W., manufacturer.

Wave Transmission (British Empire) Syndicate Limited.—
Private company. Registered office, 3, St. Bride’s House,
Salisbury-square, E.C. Registered July 30. To purchase,
take on lease, or otherwise acquire any lands, patents,
mines, buildings, etc., and to develop, turn to account, and
otherwise deal in same; to carry on business of engineers,
tool makers, metal workers, iron and steel converters, manu-
facturers of engines, etc. Nominal capital, £1,000 in 1,000
£1 shares. Directors : W. Haddon (chairman), 132, Salis-
bury-square, Fleet-street, E.C., merchant and manufacturer;
G. Constantinesco (no address given). No qualification of
above directors required.

This list of new companies is taken from the Daily
Register specially compiled by Messrs. Jordan and Sons
Limited, company registration agents, Chancery-lane, E.C.

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR COAL AND COKE.

For Contracts Advertised in this issue received too late
for inclusion in this column, see Leader and Last
White pages.

Army Contracts.—Sealed tenders for supplies of coal and
coke for Military Services at stations in the under-mentioned
Commands for the period ending June 30, 1916, will be
received shortly by the Officers Commanding the Army
Service Corps in the under-mentioned Commands or
Districts :—Aidershot command, Aidershot. Eastern com-
mand : Dover Garrison, Dover; Colchester district,
Colchester; Chatham district, Chatham; Woolwich district,
Woolwich; Shorncliffe district, Shorncliffe; Harwich dis-
trict, Harwich; Brighton district, Brighton. Irish
Command:—Gurragh district, Curragh; Queenstown'
district, Queenstown; Belfast district, Belfast; Dublin
district, Dublin; Fermoy district, Fermoy; Lough Swilly
defences, Buncrana; Athlone district, Athlone; Bere
Island. London district, Horse Guards, Whitehall, S.W.
Northern command, York. Scottish command, Edinburgh.
Southern command:—Salisbury Plain district, Bulford;
Portsmouth district, Portsmouth; Devonport district,
Devonport; Southampton district, Southampton; Wylye
Valley district, Warminster; Fovant district, Fovant;
Larkhill district, Larkhill. Western command, Chester.
Guernsey and Alderney district, Guernsey. Jersey’district,
Jersey. Form of tender, conditions of contract, date for
receipt of tenders, and any further information may be
obtained on application at Horse Guards, Whitehall, by
letter addressed to the Officer Commanding Army Service
Corps, or in person between the hours of 10 and 4 o’clock.

Liverpool, September 1.—The directors of the Liverpool
Gas Company are prepared to receive tenders for the supply
of 80,000 tons of coal, and 20,000 tons of cannel, to be
delivered at the various works of the company, during the
period of nine months between October 1, 1915, and
June 30, 1916. Tenders will be received for the whole or
any portion of the above quantity. The directors reserve
the right to accept tenders for the whole or any portion
of the quantity offered, and do not bind themselves to accept}
the lowest or any tender. Full particulars and printed forms
of tender can be obtained on application to the undersigned.
Sealed tenders (on the printed form only), addressed to the
Chairman of the Company, must be delivered at or before
10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 1915, endorsed
“ Tender for Coal.” By order, R. E. Gibson, engineer,
Gas Office, Duke-street, Liverpool.

Abstracts of Contracts Open.

Blackrock, September 1.—Best screened Wigan coal,
best steam coal, Kilkenny coal and coke for the Urban
District Council. Forms from Town Clerk, Town Hall,
Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Bradford, September 1.—Best screened gas coal, cobbles,
nuts and cannel, for the Corporation. Forms from C. Wood,
gas engineer, Town Hall.

Clacton, August 18.—About 5,000 tons of best screened
gas coal for the Urban District Council. Forms from S.
Francis, Town Hall Buildings, Clacton-on-Sea.

Dublin, August 16.—About 60,000 tons of best quality
locomotive coal, for the Midland Great Western Railway of
Ireland Company. Forms from Secretary, Broadstone
Terminus, Publin.

Dumbarton, August 30.—About 110 tons of house coal,
and 210 tons of washed nuts or triping, for the Board of
Directors of the Joint Hospital. Tenders to A. Roberts,
clerk to the Board.

Glasgow, August 19.—Coal dross and triping, for the
Corporation. Forms from J. Lindsay, town clerk, City
Chambers, Glasgow.

Haverfordwest, August 16.—-About 1,600 tons of double
screened best quality gas coal for the Corporation. Forms
from R. T. P. Williams, town clerk, Haverfordwest.

Ipswich, August 18.—Steam coal, house coal, pea nuts
for mechanical stoker, and anthracite, for the Board of
Management of the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital.
Forms from A. Griffiths, secretary, Hospital.

Kettering, August 23.—Coal and coke for the Kettering
Urban District Education Committee. Forms from J. Bond,
clerk to the Committeej Education Offices.

Limerick, August 16.—7,000 tons of best gas coal,
screened or unscreened, for the Gas Committee. Forms
from M. Fitzgerald, secretary, Gas Offices.

Lisnaskea (Ireland), September 23.—140 tons of best
Scotch coal (screened), and 20 tons of best Irish coal, for the
Guardians. Tenders to Chairman.

London.—1,300 tons of house coal and 1,100 tons of steam
coal, for the ’Governors of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.
Forms from T. Hayes, clerk.

London, August 17.—About 6,125 tons of house coal for
the Asylums .and Mental Deficiency Committee of the London
County Council. Forms from the Asylums and Mental
Deficiency Committee, 6, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, S.W.

Loughnea (Ireland), August 21.—100 tons of best double
screened Whitehaven Orrell or Wigan coal, for the
Guardians. Tenders to J. J. Hanafin, clerk, Loughnea
Workhouse.

Mold, August 28.—Coal and coke for the Flintshire
Education Committee. Forms from J. Bevan Evans,
secretary, County Education Offices, Mold.

Newport (I.W.), September 16. — Fuel for the Isle of
Wight County Council. Particulars from j. Dufton, clerk,
Newport, I.W.

Northallerton, August 21.—Coal or coke for the North
Riding of Yorkshire County Council Education Committee.
Forms‘from secretary, J. C. Wrigley, Education Offices,
County Hall, Northallerton.

Nottingham.—Coal and coke for the Education Com-
mittee. Particulars from Director of Education, Shire Hall,
Nottingham.

Nottingham, August 19.—Coal for the Electricity Com-
mittee. Forms from H. Talbot, electrical engineer, Talbot-
street, Nottingham.

Portland, September 1.—About 150 tons of large Welsh
steam coal, and about 360 tons of anthracite nuts for the
Waterworks Committee. Forms from A. S. Lilby, Council
Offices, Portland.

Rathven (Scotland), August 16.—Best household coal,
for the Rathven School Board. Tenders to J. Archibald,
clerk, Buckie.

Rochester, August 31.—Coal for the Corporation. Forms
from W. Banks, city surveyor, Guildhall.

Stoke-upon-Trent, August 17.—Coal and slack for the
Guardians Institution and Cottage Homes. Forms from
T. Wood, Union Offices, Stoke-upon-Trent.

Whitby, August 20.—Good household coal and steam
coals, for the Guardians.1 Forms from W. S. Gray, clerk,
38, Flowergate, Whitby.

Vork, August 28.—House and steam coal to the provident
and non-provident schools in the city of York, for the
Education Committee. Forms<from J. H. Mason, secretary,
Education Offices, York.

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

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR ENGINEERING, IRON
AND STEEL WORK, Ac.

London.—Engineering firms in a position to manufacture
machine tools from drawings and patterns provided should
communicate by letter to the Machine Tool Department
Ministry of Munitions, Armament Buildings, Whitehall,
S.W.

London, August 17.—Steel Sleepers, etc.—About 162
tons of steel sleepers for the Madras and Southern
Mahratta Railyaw Company Limited. Specifications from
Secretary, 91, York-street, Westminster, S.W., on payment
of one guinea.

London, August 18.—Steel Tyres.—Steel tyres for
locomotives, steel boiler tubes and plates, for the South
Indian Railway Company Limited. Specifications from
R. White, 3, Victoria-street, S.W., on*payment of £2.

London, September 1.—Steel Rails, etc.—About 33,570
tons of 80 lb. steel rails, and about 2,111 tons of steel fish-
plates, for the Victorian Railway Commissioners.
Specifications from Messrs. John Coates and Company
Limited, 115, Victoria-street, S.W.*

* Specifications, particulars, etc., may be seen at the
Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade,
73, Basinghall-street, E.C.

THE FREIGHT MARKET.

There has not been any great degree of activity in the
outward freight market during the week, and the list of
fixtures is, therefore, a short one. The market at South
Wales has by no means got over the dislocation caused by
the strike of miners, and business has been of an irregular
and hand-to-mouth character. The new Governmental Order
prohibiting the exportation of coal to Allied Countries except
under licence has also had much effect on chartering, and
operators have shown little inclination to attempt to do busi-
ness for after the 13th inst. At the beginning of the week
steamers were offered freely, and there did not appear to be
much likelihood of rates showing appreciable increases, but
during the past day or two there has been a very marked
absence of tonnage, particularly for Mediterranean and the
more distant ports. Rates for North France are, on the
whole, about steady on the week. A notable exception,
however, is Rouen, for which prices have advanced by from
7|d. to 9d. The Bay has been very dull and weak, but, at
the time of writing, is gaining strength, for, while St.
Nazaire has been fixed for at a reduction of Ifr., a recent
fixture for Bordeaux realised nearly 1 fr. more than last
week’s prices. There has.not been much doing for the
Mediterranean beyond the despatch of a few steamers to
West Italy at rates which show an advance of about 3d. in
the case of Naples, and of from 6d. to Is. 6d. for Genoa.
The River Plate is a slow market, but 23s. .has been secured
for Monte Video. At the north-east coast there has been
only a limited enquiry for tonnage, almost wholly for imme-
diate loading. With a very heavy demand for coals and
loading turns lengthening out, ship owners are glad to accept
reduced prices whenever there is a chance of getting their
ships away quickly. The market is, in consequence,
decidedly weaker. Coasting offers the only exception, and
is firmer, on the basis of 7s. Tyne to London. North France
is generally weak, with Rouen worth 13s. 6d., and tending
to Jail still further. The Bay is dull and lower, St. Nazaire
at 16s. 6d. being a representative figure. The Mediterranean
has been fixed for at prices which show very considerable
reductions on recent rates. Genoa, at 23s., records a decrease
of from Is. to 2s., and Marseilles is Is. down on the week.
Porto Ferrajo, option Bagnoli, has been done at so low a
figure as 22s. In other directions rates are about steady.

Homewards, the River Plate is very strong, as is well
illustrated by the fact that owners are continuing to send out
steamers from this country in ballast. Though shippers are
inclined to hold off until rates show signs of declining, there
is a good enquiry for tonnage, and 67s. 6d. is indicated from
up-river ports for Sept.-Oct., with 65s. for Oct.-Nov. In the
American market 160s. can be obtained for cotton from the
Gulf to Genoa for about 155 ft. measurement. There is
little doing in oats, but further tonnage for heavy grain is

wanted at the Gulf at Ils. for the Mediterranean, Aug.-Sept.
India is quiet, with Bombay paying 52s. 6d. for Mediter-
ranean or United Kingdom on d.w. Kurrachee is worth
barely 40s. for barley, and Madras 72s. 6d. for handy boats
for kernels. From the rice ports 75s. has been refused,
Saigon-France. North Pacific indicates from 90s. to 92s. fid.,
for handy sizes for United Kingdom.

Tyne to Algiers, 3,000, 17s. 6d.; Bordeaux, 16s. 9d.;
Boulogne, 600, 13s.; 1,600, 12s. 9d.; Bagnoli, 6,500, 22s.;
'Calais, 600, 13s.; Caen, 1,100, 13s.; 1,400, 12s. 9d.;
Fecamp, 400, 13s.; Genoa, 3,000, 23s.; 4,500, 23s.;
Gibraltar, 2,800, 17s.; Havre, 1,000, 12s. 3d.; 1,650, 12s.;
Leghorn, 4,000, 23s.; London, 2,500, 7s., C.T.; 2,000, 7s.,
C.T.; Las Palmas, 2,000, 19s.; 3,500, 19s.; La Rochelle,
1,700, 16s. 9d.; La Pallice, 16s. 9d.; Lisbon, 2,700, 17s.;
Marseilles, 4,500, 22s., from Dunston; Nantes, 16s. 9d.;
Oporto, 1,500, 19s. 6d.; 1,500, 19s. 3d.; Port Vendres,
1,800, 26s.; Porto Ferrajo, 6,500, 22s.; Port Said, 5,600,
24s.; 5,000, 23s.; Rouen, 1,700, 13s. fid.; 1,850, 13s. 9d.;
1,100, 13s. 6d.; 650, 18s., coke; Rio de Janeiro, 4,000, 24s.;
St. Nazaire, 1,700, 16s. 9d.; 2,000, 16s. 6d.; Teneriffe, 2,000,
19s.; 3,500, 19s.

Cardiff to Algiers, 1,900, 21 fr.; Bafyia Blanca, 4,400, 24s.;
Barcelona, 1,300, 13s. 6d.; Bordeaux, 2,900, 11J fr.; 1,400,
11 fr.; Boulogne, 1,300, 9s. 6d.; Bombay, 5,300, 25s., end
August, P.*and O. terms; Copenhagen, 1,700, 15s.; Chan-
tenay, 2,100, 10 fr.; Caen, 1,400, 9s.; Cadiz, 1,800, 13s.;
Dieppe, 1,400, 9s.; Fecamp, 1,400 , 9s.; Genoa, 2,400, 17s.;
3,500, 18s.; Gibraltar, 1,700, 13s. 6d.; 1,900, 13s.; Havre,
1,050, 8s. 6d.; Honfleur, 1,400, 9s.; Las Palmas, 10,000,
16s.; 3,000, 17s.; Lisbon, 3,000, 10s., 350; 1,300, 10s. 3d.;
London, 1,200, 7s.; Leghorn, 2,400, 17s.; Monte Video,

5.300,	23s.; Naples, 3,800, 16s. 6d., 800; 2,400, 17s.;
Nantes, 1,000, 11 fr., 400; Port Said, 5,000, 23s.; Rouen,
1,400, 10s. 6d.; 1,000, 10s. 9d.; Savona, 2,400, 17s.; St.
Malo, 800, 8s.; St. Nazaire, 2,100, 10 fr. coal, 11 fr. fuel;
3,200, 10 fr.; 1,900, 10| fr.; Spezzia, 2,400, 17s.; Teneriffe,
10,000, 16s.; 3,000, 17s.; Vigo, 1,700, 10s.; Valencia, 1,100,
17s.

Swansea to Havre, 1,400, 8s. 6d.; Genoa, 2,200, 18s.;
Savona, 2,200, 18s.; Leghorn, 2,200, 18s.; Algiers, 3,600,
17| fr., coal, 18| fr. fuel; London, 1,000 , 8s.; Caen, 800, 9s.;
900, Ils. 6d.; 10s. 6d.; La Rochelle, 1,750, 10 fr.; Roche-
fort, 1,750, 10 fr.; Alexandria, 20s. 6d., fuel; Havre, 8s. 6d.;
Rouen, 1,600, 9s.; 800, 11s.; Ils. 3d.; 1,200, 11s. 6d.; Havre,
800, Ils.; Tonnay Charente, 1,600, 15 fr., fuel; St. Brieux,
500, 10s. 6d., coal, Ils. fuel.

Seaham Harbour to Rouen, 2,000, 13s. 9d.

Partington to Genoa, 2,000, 20s.; Savona, 2,000, 20s.;
Civita Vecchia, 2,000, 20s. ;♦ Rouen, 1,300, 12s. 6d.; Dieppe,

1.300,	11s. fid.

Port Talbot to Rouen, 2,000, 10s. 6d.; St. Nazaire, 1,900,
11 fr.; St. Servan, 1,400, 9s. 6d.

Immingham to Dieppe, 1,050, 12s. 6d.; London, 1,550,
6s. 3d.

Hull to Brixham, 900, 8s.; Rouen, 2,000, 13s. 6d.; 2,200,
13s. 9d.; 2,500, 13s. 6d.;- Buenos Ayres, 6,000, 24s. 6d.,
Aug. 25.

Glasgow to Porto Vecchio, 20s. 6d.; North France, Dieppe-
Brest range, excluding Rouen, contract, six voyages, Aug.-
Jan., 17s.

Humber to Dunkirk, 900, 13s.

Goole to Calais, 800, 13s. 3d.; Dieppe, 750, 13s.; 950,
12s. 3d.; Honfleur, 1,000, 12s. fid.; Rouen, 1,000, 13s. 9d.;
Boulogne,. 800, 13s.; 850, 12s. 3d.

Grimsby to Dieppe, 950, 12s. 3d.

Blyth to Havre, 800, 12s. 6d.

Leith to Rouen, 1,800, 14s.; Alexandria, 1,200, 22s. 6d.

Thames to West Italy, 3,000, 35s., coke.

Methil to North France, 14s. fid.

Wear to Bavonne, 1,800, Ifis. 9d.; Havre, 1,550, 12s.;
Caen, 850, 13s.

Hartlepool to Rouen, 1,700, 13s. 6d.

Newport to Oporto, 850, 12s.; Genoa, 5,600, 17s.; Gibraltar,
1,800, 13s.; River Plate, 5,000, 23s.; Cadiz, 1,850, 13s.

Liverpool to Sydney and Newcastle, N.S.W.., sail, 32s. 6d.

COAL AND COKE EXPORTED AND SHIPPED
COASTWISE FROM PORTS IN ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND AND WALES.

During the Month of July 1915.*

Port.	Expor's.		Coastwise shii - ments.	
	Coals.	Coke.	Coals.	Coke.
Newcastle 		... 377,990 .	.. 16/02	... "152,531	...	29
North Shield-...	...	20,606 .	842	6,-00	—
South Shields ...	... 344,472 .	7,091	192.345	7. 330
Sunderland		.. 163,386 .	2,078	... 114,550	
Hartlepool 		...	68,346 .	455	58,910	—
Goole 		...	78,184 .	849	...	94,580	—
Blyth 		... 200,4 ;9 .	545	...	21,890	—
Newport 		... 195,435 .	250	...	48.300	—
Liverpool 		...	30,848 .	185	... 135,897	.7 550
Methd 		... 124,116 .	1,038	...	11,960		
Glasgow 		... 182,116 .	2,558	...	49,035	.7 758
Kirkcaldy		...	11.268 .	—	—	—
Burntisland		...	72,875 .	“	514	10,245	—
Cardiff 			5,294	...	40,789	240
Llanelly		9,541 .	—	2,788	
Middlesbrough	150 .	1,446	550	..’ 146
Seaham		...	57,662 .	153	...	89,044	—
Swansea		... 265,966 .	292	10,134	—
Granton		...	12,455 .	4,401	12,416	—
Port Talbot		... 131,139 .	..	1,387	5,869	—
Irvine 		—	—	...	11,323	—
Hull 		252,048 .	.’.	1,635	...	55,347	—
Immingham		9,345 .	—	4,900	—
Amble 	  Troon		...	29,591 .	—	...	2,613	—
	8,050 .	—	...	18,498	—
Grimsby 		...	46,776 .	1,065	2,126	—
Ayr 		9,937 .	—	74,244	65
Greenock 		—	—	3,302	... 11
Leith 		... 145 296 .	7,440	1,069	...	12
Ardrossa >		8,605 .	—	...	20,362	—
Stockton 		—	■ —	—	80
Whitehaven		—	—	20,946	... 245
Note.—The figures in the		above tables do not		include
Admiralty and certain other shipments. Corresponding figures for the month of July 1914 are unavailable.  * From Browne's Export List.