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376 cargoes unloaded are rum, sugar, hops, grain and furniture woods. The rum vaults are lighted entirely by reflected light and contain a stock of about 40,- 000 puncheons of rum. These docks were opened in 1802 and cover 241 acres. About two-fifths of the grain im- ported into London is discharged at Millwall docks, which were constructed in 1864, and have an area of 231% acres. The East India docks have an area of 68% acres and were opened in 1806. The Authority has recently improved and developed them to a great extent, and they can now be MARINE REVIEW 90 acres and are 38 feet to 42 feet in depth. The liners of the Orient company, the Peninsular and Oriental, the Clan, Bibby and other important lines have their homes here. It is the intention of the Authority to improve the facilities by the construction of a new dry dock, and a passenger landing stage in the river 2000 feet long. On the river near these docks is a deep-water jetty 1000 feet long. for the accommodation of vessels dis- charging part cargoes. In addition to the numerous ware- houses and transit sheds which it pos- sesses at the docks, the Port of Lon- don Authority has two large and com- TILBURY DOCK—R. M. S. CARONIA (GROSS TONNAGE 19,687) IN BERTH SHOWING SIMULTANEOUS DISCHARGE OF GENERAL CARGO BY QUAY CRANES AND OF GRAIN BY A FLOATING PNEUMATIC ELEVATOR used by steamers of 8000 tons net register. Later Dock Development The Royal Victoria, Albert, and King George V docks were opened in 1855, 1880 and 1921 respectively. They have an area of 1102 acres, of which 245 acres are water, and, being con- nected, form the largest single sheet of dock water in the world. The main commodities unloaded at these docks are tobacco, grain, frozen meat, wool, green and dried fruit. The Authori- ty’s tobacco warehouses at the Vic- toria dock are the principal bonded warehouses for tobacco in London, and can accommodate over 30,000 tons. At these docks there are also huge gran- aries, two flour mills and cold stor- age accommodation for over 1,050,000 carcasses of mutton. The Tilbury docks, which were opened in 1886, have a water area of modious warehouses in the city, the Commercial road warehouse and the Cutler street warehouse. The Commercial road warehouse was specially designed for the accom- modation of the traffic to and from Tilbury docks. Its total area is 358,- 000 square feet or about 8 acres. Railway lines run direct into the lower floors, where there is access for road conveyances alongside the platforms. The upper floors are used mainly for the storage of India and Ceylon teas. The Authority’s other uptown ware- house is in Cutler street, Houndsditch. It covers an area of 5 acres and holds over 20,000 tons of goods. Here are stored thousands of tons of tea, carpets and porcelain ware. A feature of this warehouse is the stock of Oriental curios, which includes idols from the four corners of the earth, ivory fig- October, 1925 ures, bronzes, embroidered silk and satin screens, vases and bowls of beaten brass, Egyptian and Persian coffee pots and holders, Japanese pic- tures and ancient manuscripts from Persia and Mexico. To the Cutler street warehouse are also sent consignments of ostrich feathers, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, drugs, silk, and cotton piece goods from China, Japan and Bengal. There is also a silk “conditioning” house, where representative skeins are dried for the purpose of arriving at the net weight as a basis of sale. Improvements and Extensions The improvement in progress and contemplated constitute a large scheme and comprise: At the London docks a quay and a two-story shed 1260 feet long, on the north side of the Western dock, together with a jetty, 783 feet long and 192 feet wide, with two story warehouses’ thereon, equipped with electric cranes of a capacity up to 20 tons. The ships’ passages between the Eastern and Western docks have been widened and deepened, and a pumping installation laid down to raise and maintain the water level so as to provide depth of 25 feet 6 inches in the Eastern dock, and of 24 feet 6 inches in the Western dock. A cold store with accommodation for 78,000 carcasses of mutton is to be built on a site immediately adjoining Smith- field market. At the West India docks, a quay 2456 feet long, with three two story sheds on the north side of the Import dock; and a quay 1608 feet long, and two single story sheds on the north side of the Export dock. At the East India docks, a quay 1400 feet long, with three single story sheds on the north side of the Import dock; and a quay 434 feet long, with a two story shed, on the East side of the Import dock. A lock, 80 feet wide, between the basin and the Import dock, with a depth of 31 feet. A pumping installation to raise and maintain the water level so as to provide a depth of 28 feet at the Import and Export docks. At the Millwall docks, the lengthen- ing of the dry dock to 555 feet and the provision of new de-watering pumps. At the King George V dock, a new dock with 64 acres of water, 2 miles of quayage and a depth of 38 feet, on the south side of the Royal Albert dock, connected thereto by a passage 100 feet wide. An entrance lock 800 feet long and 100 feet wide, with a depth of 45 feet below Trinity high water capable of extension to a leneth of 910 feet by the use of a floating caisson; a large dry dock, sheds, roads, railways, and necessary appurtenances. At the Royal Victoria and Albert docks, a quay, a six story warehouse and the extension of an existing ware- house at the Royal Victoria dock for the accommodation of tobacco. A cold store and a cold ‘sorting shed on the north side of the Royal Albert dock, capable of storing 646,000 carcasses of mutton at one time, equipped with the most modern mechanical appli- ances for handling meat cargoes. The