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Question.
PORTS AND HARBOURS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE:
12. What extra charges for
the maintenance-
(a) of the entrance and
approach channel,
(b) in the case of en- closed docks, of the entrance lock, if any, to such important dook or docks,
(c) of
the principal berthe-
would be involved as a result of these improve- menta?
(Note-Whore detailed ea- timates have not already been prepared only approximate fig ures are desired.)
Humber (Hall and Immingham).
Laith.
It is probable that extra charges would be incurred for the maintenance of quays with the depth indicated in Answer to the preceding question, but no estimate has been made na Jet.
UNITED KINGDOM,
Tees (Middlesbrough).
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Tyne (Newcastle. North Shields, South Shields).
The present charges for maintenance would be increased as a result of these improvements, but no esti- mates au to amounts have been mude out.
13. State any additional par-
ticulars necessary to show the existing and contem-
plated capacity of the
port
(a) in general,
(b) for the accommoda
tion of vessels of large size and deep draught.
(Note-In answer to this question brief details should be given of im- portant schemes of im- provement now in pro- grees or in contempla tion, and of their estimated cost, in so far as they have not been given in reply to Question 11.)
The new works referred to in answer to question 11, only contemplate a depth of 90 ft. (L.W.O.S.T.), with a maximum of 25 ft. (L.W.O.S.T.) ultimately
The Cunard liner, "Mauretania," 790 ft. in length, was built and com- pleted for sea in the River Tyne. When leaving the port this vessel bad a draught of 32 ft. 6 ins. Building berths up to 1,000 ft. in length have been constructed on the Tyne.
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