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THE MARINE RECORD. eo ee eee NOTICE TO MARINERS. CHART OF LAKE OF THE WOODS. Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, 12th April, 1897. A chart of Lake of the Woods, District of Algoma, _ Ontario, has been published by the government of Can- ada showing the whole of the lake and some connecting waters, aids to navigation, steamboat channels, &c. Copies may be obtained from the Department of Marine and Fisheries at the published price of $1.00 each. F, GOURDEAU, Deputy Minister of Marines. Lighthouse Establishment, Office of the Lighthouse Inspector Ninth District, Chicago, Ill., April 26th, 1897. Notice is hereby given that the following buoys were established on April 25th in Green Bay, to mark the chan- a between Green Island and the west shore of Green ay: Menekaunee Shoal Buoy: A second-class nun buoy painted red, moored in 28 feet of water on the eastern edge of Menekaunee Shoal, to the southward of the mouth of Menominee River, Wis. Bearings from buoy: Menominee Pierhead Lighthouse, N. N.W. ? W., 2 m. Green Island. Lighthouse, E. S.E., ? E., 4 m. Sherwood Point Lighthouse, S. S.E., § E., 148 m. Green Island Shoal Buoy: A 30-foot spar buoy painted black, moored in 18 feet of water on the western point of the spit extending from the _ western end of Green Island. Bearings from buoy: Green Island Lighthouse, E. # S., 18m. Chambers Island Lighthouse, N.E. § N., 123m. Menominee Pierhead Lighthouse, N.W. 8 W., 48m. By order of the. Lighthouse Board. Respectfully, Jed DAYEON, Coma: Sain. : Inspector 9th Lighthouse District. Ce ‘ EASTERN FREIGHT REPORT. Messrs. French, Edye & Co., New York, furnishes the Record this week with the following eastern freight report: to grain tonnage has continued, and the late advance in wheat, in a measure participated in by the minor cereals and only partially responded to by Europe, has unfortu- nately not improved the situation. There is still some un- covered demand for tonnage. May boats are in ample supply at 2s. od. Larger vessels for picked ports, with option of general cargo, cannot be qttoted at above 2s. 6d., with a tendency to a shade lower figure in competiton with rates obtainable by regular liners. A fair amount of char- tering having been effected for deals from the British Provinces, rates thence are easier. Timber freights from the Gulf, however, continue to show strength and a slight advance. The demand for time boats for trips up from the West Indies appears to have been covered, and inquiry limited to special trades, for which charterers are generally expecting to secure vessels at quite a concession from rates conceded for short periods. We have no important change to report in regard to sail tonnage. The market remains quiet, and the charters have been effected at about previous rates. 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Naval stores about hold their own, whilst the demand for general cargoes to the colonies is very light and confined to far-off vessels, shippers in that line being apparently well supplied for the next two months. : TT oO oe The New York Dock Department has resolved to build nine more docks on the North River front, at an estimated expenditure of $10,000,000. These piers will be 800 feet long, or 100 feet longer than those which are now being erected between West Eleventh and Gansevoort streets for the Cunard, White Star and Wilson Lines. They will be the finest piers ever seen at the port of New York, and will have a width of 80 feet. The National-Local Fire Insurance agents hold a con- vention at St. Louis, and the Nickel Plate road offers ex- cursion rates lower than via other lines. Inquire of agents. Tickets good going May 4th and 5th. 40 Queen City Hydraulic Steerer. 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