Canada Yearbook - 1897

372 5 TA TIS TIC A L YEA R-BOOK.
DESCRIPTION, NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS ON THE REGISTRY
OF SHIPPING, CANADA.
1883. 1892. 1895.
DESCRIPTION.
No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
Steamers
Ships
Smacks and yawls
2
1,006
196
919
4,048
231
766
70
89
3
11
3
69
120,212
250,865
519,057
250,760
13,798
94,467
5,668
5,549
78
742
129
1,500
123
495
3,897
269
541
78
73
9
13
5
3
3
1
144,848
179,200
286,194
243,247
16,904
81,601
6,570
4,504
175
630
60
12
344
62
1,718 153,682
73 113,486
342 194,367
4,032 244,802
328 23,609
580 84,357
89 6,694
60 3,568
14 205
1 107
7 83
6 30
3 495
9 352
Total 7,374 1,267,394 7,010 964,351 7,262 825,837
Steamers divided in 1883 into 627 screw, with 64,547 tons, and 379
wheel, with 61,665 tons.
Steamers divided in 1895 into 1,382 screw, with 95,308 tons, and 306
wheel, with 58,374 tons.
There are four graving docks in Canada, three belonging to the
Federal Government and one owned by a company. The following
statement shows the dimensions of these graving docks:—
NAME.
Length.
WIDTH.
At At en­ At
coping. trance. bottom.
Water
on
Sills.
RISE OF
Spring ' Neap
tide. ] tide.
Esquimalt.
Kingston.
Levis
Halifax ...
Ft. Ft. Ft. Ft. Ft.
430 90 65 41 *26*
280 79 55 47 16*
445 100 62 73 25*
585 102 89J 72 30
Ft.
7 to 10
t
26*
6"
Ft.
5 to 8
"26*'
3^
'' At ordinary spring tide.
t Height of water on Lake Ontario varies 3* feet.
For 20 years from the completion the company owning it have subsidies
from the Imperial and Canadian Governments and from the city
of Halifax, amounting in all to about $30,000 (£6,180).