86 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. January 14/ 1916. COAL AND COKE EXPORTED FROM PORTS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES. During the month of December 1915 compared with the corresponding month of 1914. Port. December 1915. December 1914. Coals. Coke. Coals C de. Coals. Coke. Increase. Deer ase. Increase. Decrease. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Newcastle .. 299,614 23,521 260,079 27,820 39,535 — — 4,296 North Shields 21,813 97,162 1,388 — 75,349 — 1,388 South Shields 287,580 16,824 299,130 4,342 — 11,550 12,482 Sunderland . 160,772 5,4(0 124,351 36,421 _— 5,400 — West Hartlepool ... 61,256 1,008 51,247 1,823 10,0C9 — — 815 Goole 49,549 3,214 39,881 1,023 9.668 — 2, 91 — Bly th 162,766 1,227 141,691 564 21,075 —— 663 — Newport 309,994 2,120 309,994 — 2,120 — Liverpool 12,231 -760 41,284 79 — . 29,053 681 —- Methil 115,265 1,360 95,739 2,243 19,526 — — 883 Glasgow 131,593 3,339 122,656 1,816 8,937 — 1,493 — Kirkcaldy 3 774 5,413 — — 1,639 — — B urntisland ... 61,875 1/22 66,065 1,130 — 4,190 692 Cardiff... . 839,1 3 9,666 1,063,797 8,371 — 224,684 1,295 Borrowstoness — — — — Llanelly 4,416 7,144 : — — 2,728 — — Middlesbrough 2,495 353 3,929 1,603 ... — 1,434 — 1,250 Seaham . 38,934 341 10,649 ■ — 28,285 — 341 — Swansea ... 213.297 50 299,693 987 — 86,396 — 937 Granton 6,299 797 15,544 2,041 —- 9,245 —- 1,244 Port Talbot 126,087 3,027 126,087 3,027 Alloa — — 801 — — 801 — 1 — Grangemouth — — — — — — — — Neath — — — — — — — . Hull 103,527 12,232 197,211 6,646 — ■ 93,714 5,586 Immingham 8,869 65,458 200 — 56,589 — 200 Amble . , 16,530 — 16.294 — 236 — — — Troon 7,091 1 17.400 - — . 10,309 . Grimsby 13,881 ' 127 49,270 — — 35,389 — 237 Ayr 23,134 I 5,963 — 17,171 — — — Greenock .. 397 I 350 397 350 Leith 76,879 ! 577 93,945 : — 17,066 577 — Ardrossan .. 21,788 1 . 8,427 ; — 13,361 — — — Irvine 811 i- - — 811 — — — COAL AND COKE SHIPPED FOR LONDON AND OTHER PORTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.* Port. December 1914 December 1915. Port. December 1914 December 1915. Coals. Coke. Coals. | Coke. Coals. Coke. | Coals. | Coke. T. ns. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Newcastle 102,500 2,055 113,624 Ayr 68,250 65,282 North Shields ... 25,600 850 — Irvine 4,558 — 3,8.19 South Shields 137,725 183,260 Alloa ■ — - - ■ Blyth 17,370 — 32,200 i — Whitehaven .... 15,474 — 15,656 — Amble 3,440 — 1,290 i — Liverpool 167,581 3,875 99,384 877 Sunderland 865645 — 91,300 Grimsby 2,301 — 1,880 — Seaham 68,695 — 65,550 - — Granton 7,690 — 4,150 — Hartlepool 30,585 — 26,050 — Borrowstoness — ’ — — — Stockton — — — 2) Burntisland 6,200 — 12,900 — Middlesbrough... — 60 — 24 Kirkcaldy 420 — — — . Hull 69,183 — 28,795 — Methil 18,228 .— 17,350 — Goole 100,369 50,8*7 Port Talbot — ■■ 534 Swansea 13,777 — 10,772 — Glasgow — — 23,676 588 Cardiff 46,275 150 47,861 85 Grangemouth ... . • ■ Llanelly 1,960 4,416 Greenock 1,628 • — 595 — Newport — — 43,850 60 Immingham 8,5. 0 — 2,250 — Troon 10,106 12,264 — - Leith 5,910 4,280 Ardrossan 5,939 — 18,384 — Note.—The figures in the above tables do not include Admiralty and certain other shipments. * From Browne’s Export List. 1,000, 14s.; Marseilles, 750, 50s., part cargo; Malaga, con- tract, 10,000 tons coke, consecutive voyages, Jan.-April, 59s.; Naples, 5,000, 64s.; 2,000, 72s. 6d. ; Nantes, 1,500, 37s.; Oran, 2,000, 40s.; 1,600, 42s. 6d.; Porto Ferrajo, 2,000, 72s. 6d. ; Rouen, 550, 30s., coke; 1,600, 22s. 6d. ; 1,600, 25s.; 1,500, 26s.; 2,000, 26s.; 3,000, 26s.; 2,000, 27s.; 2.500, 26s. 6d., voyages; 2,100, 22s. 6d., voyages over six months; Savona, 2,600, 70s.; Treport, 1,400, 24s.; 700, 35s., coke; 1,200, 27s. Cardiff to Alexandria, 1,800, 75s.; Algiers, 1,400, 65 fr., 500; Bordeaux, 1,600, 39} fr.; 2,200, 40 fr.; 2,800, 40 fr. ; Buenos Ayres, sail, 3,500, 30s.; Bagnoli, 5,200, 70s., 800; Colon, 3,400, 47s. 6d., 150; Cherbourg, 800, 21s. 6d.; Dakar, 2,000, 32s., 500; Dunkirk, 3,300, 23s.; Genoa, option Savona, Spezzia, or Leghorn, 2,000, 73s. 6d. ; 3,000, 75s., guaranteed terms; 3,500, 75s., g.t. ; 4,500, 75s., g.t. ; Gibraltar, 2,000, 34s. 6d., fast as possible; 1,500, 35s., 500; 2,000, 35s., 500; 1,800, 35s. 6d., 500; Havre, 1,100, 19s.; 1.200, 20s. 6d.; 900, 21s.; 1,400, 21s.; Havre Canal, 1,200, 21s.-; La Rochelle, 2,000, 35} fr.; Lisbon, 1,500, 29s. 6d., 400; 2,000, 31s., 400; 3,300, 30s. 6d., 500; 2,900, 30s., 500; La Pallice, 2,000, 35} fr.; Monte Video, 38s. 9d., Jan.; Nantes, 1,000, 38 fr. ; 1,600, 36 fr. ; Oporto, 1,400, 33s. 6d.; 1,100, 33s. 3d.; 1,400, 33s.; Port Said, 7,000, 70s.; 3.400, 70s.; Porto Ferrajo, 5,200, 68s. 6d., 800; River Plate, 39s. 9d.;. 3,900, 39s., end Jan.; 5,000, 39s. 6d.; Rouen, 2,000, 22s.; 1,200, 22s.; 950, 21s.; 3,300, 21s. 6d.1,600, 22s. 6d.; St. Nazaire, 2,000, 37 fr. ; 2,000, 38 fr. Swansea to Dieppe, 2,800, 20s.; Oporto, 1,000, 33s.; Havre, 900, 20s..; Rouen, 1,800, 21s.; 900, 21s. 3d.; 1,500, 21s. 6d. ; 1,800, 21s. 9d. ; 1,500, 22s. ; Treport; 1,000, 22s. ; St., Malo, 900, 18s.; 700, 18s. 6d. ; Caen, 800, 21s. fid.; Honfleur, 950, 21s. 6d.; Alexandria, 2,000, 75s.; 900, 21s. 6d.; Caen, 600, 21s. 9d.; Granville, 600, 20s. 9d.; Dieppe, 900, 21s. 6d. Newport to Gibraltar, 2,200,. 34s. 6d., fast as possible; 1.500, 35s., 500; Monte Video, 3,300, 39s.: Rouen, 2,200, 21s.; 2,400, -21s. 6d. ; 1,200, 20s. ; 2,200,. 20s.; 2,100, 22s. Mersey to Gibraltar, 2,500, 33s., 500. Port Talbot to Nantes, 1,600, 36 fr.; Bordeaux, 1,650, 39} fr.. 2,200. 40 fr.: 2,900, 40 fr. ; Caen, 1,130, 21s.; Rouen, 1,800, 21s. 9d. ; 1,100, 22s.; 2,300,'22s. ■ • London to Rouen, 30s., coke. Wear to Havre, 700, 24s.; Caen, 500, 24s. 6d. ; Rouen, 2.200, 25s.; Bayonne, 1,900, 42s. 6d. Hull to Dunkirk, 250, 30s., coke; Rouen, 1,650, 24s. 6d,; Barcelona, 1,900, 48s. 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D. de Ros, No. 31, Gerrard-street, Islington, County of Middlesex.—Relates to improvements in liquid fuel burners of the type comprising a tube for the passage of the air, steam or other fluid under pressure, such tube being con- stricted, tapered internally, and furnished with a fuel nozzle pipe or passage projecting or opening radially into the said tube at or near the discharge orifice. The taper burner tube or body portion for the passage of air, steam, or other fluid under pressure is provided’ with radial fuel nozzles, which are mounted so that they are in the region of the greatest constriction of area of the bore of the burner tube, and are adjacent to the discharge orifice, or their outer parts even partially project just beyond the outside edge of the said discharge orifice, which may have a smaller, but must not have a greater cross-sectional area than any other part of the bore. The exterior surface of the discharge orifice is' also tapered obtusely or chamfered to prevent the minute particles of sprayed fuel from collecting thereon and dripping or falling in liquid form; and the mouths of the nozzles may be more or less parallel or inclined to each other. The fuel nozzles are radially arranged in the burner tube, and suitably directed somewhat forward, more or less parallel to the exterior surface of the tapered outlet end of said tube. The bore of taper tube may,in the immediate vicinity of the discharge orifice, be cylindrical, or of other appropriate cross- section, and with parallel or converging sides. The bore of the fuel nozzles may be uniform or vary between the ends, and may be circular, oval, oblong, square, or narrower in the middle than at the ends or sides in cross section ■and similarly, the apertures or mouths of the nozzles may be circular, oval, square, oblong, narrower in the middle than at the sides or ends, or sector or segment shaped, or curved in cross section, and the extremities of the mouths may be flat or convex or concave. The object in employing fuel nozzles having mouths of oval, oblong, or similar cross section, such as mouths narrower in the middle than at the ends, is to produce a flame which shall be more or less fan-shaped, or wide and of lesser dimensions in the other direction. In fact, an exceptionally wide or fan- shaped flame is produced with a burner tube approximately oblong in cross section, having oppositely arranged fuel nozzles, the mouths of which are narrower in the middle than at the ends, and the axes of the fuel nozzles intersecting the major trans- verse axis of the bore of the burner tube. Air or steam under pressure is supplied to the burner tube, .and the fuel may be conveyed to the fuel nozzles by gravity or otherwise. Fig. 1 is an elevation; fig. 2 an end view; fig. 3 a plan; fig. 4 a section on the line IV— IV, fig. 1; fig. 5 a plan section on the line V—V, fig. 1; fig. 6 a sectional elevation on the line VI— VI, fig. 3; and fig. 7 a cross section on the line VII— VII, fig. 6. The burner tube consists of a piece of metal a having a taper bor section for the greater part of its length, and oval in cross section, but of uniform dimensions or.with parallel sides, in the immediate neighbourhood of the discharge orifice d. The front e of this burner tube a is preferably chamfered or conical to avoid the collection of drops of fuel thereon, which would carbonise, and thus form an objectionable deposit having a deleterious effect on the working of the burner. It has an opening f at the top communicating with the oppositely or equi-distantly arranged passages or ducts g, which reach to near the chamfered or coned discharge end of the burner tube a, and each of these passages g (which is shown angular to, but -which may be parallel to the taper bore b) opens into .a radjal hole It, made parallel or approxi- mately parallel to the surface of the discharge end e. These holes h are screw-threaded, and each hole has screwed therein a tubular nozzle i, which is suitably circular in cross section