"Article 5.-Foreign vessels will be measured in | the same manner as Netherlands vessels on their first arrival in this country. Should the said vessel be provided with a foreign certificate of measurement, issued by the proper authority, the contents may be determined by reduction into Netherlands measure. The statement of this reduction replaces the certificate of measurement for the application of Articles 7 and 8 of the law of the 14th July, 1855 (Official Gazette, No. 105). The reduction will, moreover, be regulated by a general rule to be made by authority. "Article 6.-The vessels of those countries in which the same system of measurement prevails as in the Netherlands may be exempted by us from measurement in this country on condition of reciprocity and further necessary stipulations. 'Article 7.-Articles 2, 3, and 4 of the abovementioned law of the 14th of July, 1855, are repealed. The last sentence of Article 2 continues in force until the period fixed at the close of Article 3 of the present law. "Article 8.-The present law comes into operation on the 1st of July, 1875. We order and command that these presents be inserted in the Official Gazette, and that all Ministerial Departments, authorities, boards, and officers whom they may concern do see to the strict execution thereof. Given at the Loo, the 3rd of June, 1875. 'WILLIAM. "The Minister of Finance, H. J. Van der Heim. 'Published June 14, 1875, then Minister of Justice, Van Lynden Van Sandenburg.' [See LONDON.] LINEN. The value of the exports of linen yarn and linen manufactures, exclusive of jute, the produce of the United Kingdom, in 1874, LIVERPOOL. Exports Milreis 7,299,900 8,145,526 8,024,619 8,225,773 For an account of her port, docks, &c., see article Docks, sub-head Liverpool, in Dictionary. [See also COLLISIONS, in this Supplement, for special rules referring to the Mersey.] The value of the exports in 1874 from this port of the produce of the United Kingdom was 84,357,9871., as against 93,925,396/. in 1873. The chief articles of import were raw cotton, corn, coffee, hides, petroleum, spirits, sugar, tobacco, wine, and wool. In 1874 there entered this port from foreign countries and British possessions and coastwise 14,016 vessels of 6,258,319 tons, and in the same year there cleared out 13,629 vessels of 6,110,089 [IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.] The customs duties collected at this port in 1874 amounted to 2,966,2411. tons. The population of Liverpool in 1871 was 493,346. LLOYD'S. [INSURANCE, MARINE.] In Thornbury's Old and New London,' pp. 509-510, it is mentioned that after the Fire of London, and destruction of the Exchange, the Underwriters met in a room in Cornhill, and thence they removed to a coffee-house in Lombard Street, kept by a person named Lloyd, where intelligence of vessels was collected and made public. The early history of Lloyd's List is also referred to thus:In a copy of Lloyd's List, No. 996, still extant, dated Friday, June 7, 1745, and quoted by Mr. Effingham Wilson, it is stated: "This List, which was formerly published once a week, will now continue to be published every Tuesday and Friday, with the addition of the Stocks, Course of Exchange, &c. Subscriptions are taken at 3s. per quarter, at the bar of Lloyd's Coffee-house, in Lombard Street." Lloyd's List must therefore have commenced about 1726, if the previous issue had been uniformly once a week. LOAD-LINE. [SEAWORTHY.] LONDON. For a description of the various docks on the Thames, see article Docks in the Dictionary. The value of the exports in 1874 from the port of London of the produce of the United Kingdom was 60,232,1187., as against 57,199,0987. in 1873. The chief articles of import were cocoa, coffee, corn, fruit, jute, hides, petroleum, provisions, rice, silk, spirits, sugar, tea, tobacco, wine, and wool.. The amount of customs duties collected at the port of London in 1874 was 9,506,7217. In 1874 there entered the port of London from foreign countries and British possessions and coastwise, 43,847 vessels of 8,337,408 tons, and in the same year 18,763 vessels of 5,195,884 tons cleared out. [IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.] Account of the number of Vessels which entered the Port of London from Foreign Ports in 1873 and 1874, and the Amount of their Tonnage. (Extracted from 19th Customs Report.) Total of all sorts 11,017 4,547,934 11,503 4,763,571 The population of London (within the police districts) was, in 1871, 3,883,092. Extract from schedule referred to in Order in Council of February 5, 1872, as to the Conservancy of the Thames : Accommodation for vessels between London Bridge and Irongate Stairs. 3. The harbourmaster shall provide, as far as practicable, accommodation between London Bridge and Irongate Stairs for vessels passing up and down the river, maintaining, as far as practicable, a navigable passage of not less than two hundred feet. Width of passage between Irongate Stairs and Barking Creek.-4. The harbour-master shall provide and maintain, as far as practicable, for vessels passing up and down the said river between Irongate Stairs and Barking Creek a navigable passage of not less than three hundred feet, and where the navigable passage shall be between a tier of vessels and the shore the space hereby allotted for any such passage shall be reckoned from the vessel in such tier which shall be nearest to the said shore to the low-water mark on the said shore, and in all parts of the river where the navigable passage shall be in the stream between tiers of vessels the space allotted for the navigable passage shall be reckoned from the vessel in each of the said tiers nearest to the other or opposite tier. Number of vessels to be moored at the respective tiers.-5. The several tiers used by colliers shall be placed as near to the respective shores of the river as the depth of the water will permit, and no more colliers or vessels shall be moored and distributed thereat at the same time than the number hereinafter respectively specified and allotted, that is to say : ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. sixteen vessels. Ratcliffe Cross, upper tier, At all the said tiers or stations herein before mentioned not more than one half of the said number of vessels so allotted and specified shall be moored with their heads up the river, nor more than one half of the said number of vessels with their heads down the river. 'Number of colliers to be moored at the several stations.-6. No more vessels shall be placed or permitted to remain at or in the several stations for colliers below Blackwall, at one time, than the number herein respectively specified (that is to say), ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. Station No. 1, from Black wall Point to the Charl- seventy-five vessels. Station No. 2, Galleons, fifteen vessels. 'No vessel to remain longer than fifteen days.7. No vessel shall under any circumstances, without an order or consent for that purpose first had and obtained from the harbour-master, remain in any of the tiers in the said river for a longer shall have entered any such tier exclusive of period than fifteen days next after such vessel the day of entering the same. tide.-8. Every vessel admitted into any tier in Vessels to remove from tiers at the next floodany part of the river shall go out and remove from such tier at the next succeeding flood-tide after its cargo shall have been discharged, and shall forthwith proceed to such station as shall be for that purpose appointed by the harbourmaster, who is hereby authorised and required, in case of any such vessel not being so removed within the time aforesaid, to remove the same from such tier, and to take and place the same in such part of the river as shall be by him for that purpose deemed fit; and the expenses of so removing and placing such vessel shall be recoverable from the owner or owners of the said vessel, or from the master thereof, to the use of the Conservators, as provided by the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857. float abreast, nor shall more than three such floats or rafts in one body in continuous succession go into or pass along any part of the said stream lengthways, nor shall any following float or raft of timber go within the distance of three hundred yards of any other such float or raft floating upon the stream of the river. No vessel to be moored in in-shore passages or ferries, so as to obstruct.-9. No vessel shall lie at, be placed, made fast, or moored in any of the in-shore passages or ferries or upon the banks or shores of the river, so as to prevent the free transit of any other vessel. And it shall be law-gating the river between London Bridge and ful for the harbour-master forthwith to unmoor and remove, or cause to be unmoored and removed, any vessel so placed, made fast, or moored, and the amount of the charges and expenses of such unmooring and removal shall be recoverable from the owner or owners, or from the master of the said vessel, to the use of the said Conservators, as provided by the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857. 'No vessel to be anchored between the tiers or in the water-way.-10. No vessel shall be anchored, moored, or placed between the tiers herein before mentioned, or outside the stations herein before mentioned, or in any part of the navigable waterway of the river, otherwise than by the order and direction of the harbour-master. For removal of vessels encroaching upon the passage.-11. The harbour-master may give notice for the removal, within a time to be in the said notice specified, of any vessel which shall at any time be so moored, anchored, or placed in any part of the river, as in his opinion shall encroach upon the free navigation of the river, to such other place as such harbour-master in his discretion shall see fit, such notice to be given to the master of such vessel, or in case there shall be no person on board the said vessel, then such notice to be affixed and left affixed to some conspicuous part of such vessel, and in case the same shall not be removed in accordance with the said notice before the expiration of such time, the harbour-master is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed any such vessel, and the amount of the charges and expenses of such removal shall be recoverable from the owner or owners, or from the master of the said vessel, to the use of the Conservators, as provided for by the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857. "Vessels to pass singly.-14. All vessels naviBugsby's Hole shall singly and separately pass along the same, except vessels in tow of steamtugs, skiffs, wherries, or ship's boats fastened together or towed at the stern of any vessel, and vessels not exceeding six in number, two only abreast, and towed by steam. 'Course of vessels navigating Gravesend Reach. -15. All vessels navigating Gravesend Reach are to keep to the northward of a line defined by a skeleton beacon erected upon the India Arms Wharf on with the high chimney of the Cement Works at Northfleet; and all vessels intending to anchor in the Reach are to bring up to the southward of that line. A lantern is placed on the above beacon which shows (at night) a bright light to the northward of the same line, and a red light to the southward of it, over the anchorage ground. All vessels so anchoring and remaining beyond a period of twenty-four hours are to be moored. 'Barges over fifty tons to have two persons to navigate them.-16. All barges, boats, lighters, and other like craft navigating the river shall, when under way, have at least one competent man constant on board for the navigation and management: ereof, and all such craft of above 50 tons burden shall, when under way, have one man in addition on board to assist in the navigation and management of the same, with the following exceptions: when being towed by a steam vessel, or when being moved to and fro between any vessels or places a distance not exceeding 200 yards; and in case of non-compliance with this present bye-law, the harbour-master may take charge of and remove such craft to such place as to such harbour-master may seem. fit, and the amount of the charges and expenses of taking charge thereof, and of such removal, shall be recoverable from the owner or owners or master thereof, to the use of the Conservators, as provided by the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857. 'Left anchors to be buoyed.-17. Any vessel slipping or parting from her anchor, shall leave a buoy to mark the position of such anchor. Vessels obstructing passage to be removed.-12. No vessel shall be brought up, stopped, or placed so as to encroach upon or obstruct the free navigation of or passage on the river, nor on any vessel going into any of the said tiers, or quitting the same and getting into the stream of the fairway of the river, shall any anchor be let go therefrom (except for the purpose of navigating such vessel), and no part of the cargo of any 'As to anchors in the stream.-18. No anchors vessel and no ballast shall be discharged or taken or anchors shall be suffered to lie or remain in in whilst the same is lying in the stream of the the stream of the river outside of the line of the fairway of the river, and the harbour-master is said tiers so as to endanger any vessel. And if hereby authorized and required to remove any any anchor or anchors of any vessel shall be so pervessel so causing such obstruction to the naviga- mitted or suffered to lie or remain in the stream tion and fairway of the river, and the amount of of the river outside of the line of any of the tiers the charges and expenses of such removal shall in such a manner as in the judgment of the be recoverable from the owner or owners or harbour-master to endanger the vessels passing master of such vessel to the use of the Conser-up or down the river, it shall be lawful for the vators, as provided by the Thames Conservancy harbour-master, and he is hereby required to Act, 1857. 'As to floats or rafts.-13. No float or floats, or raft or rafts of timber, either singly or together, exceeding sixty feet in length (except timber in one length), and twenty feet in width, shall be permitted to go into or pass along any part of the stream of the river between Bugsby's Hole and London Bridge, nor shall any float or floats, raft or rafts of timber, exceeding forty feet in width, be permitted to go into or pass along any other part of the stream of the river, nor shall any two or more floats or rafts of timber go or deliver or cause to be delivered on board such vessel a notice in writing, signed by him, requiring the master of such vessel forthwith to remove such anchor or anchors; and if such master shall not within a reasonable time after the delivery of such notice, remove such anchor or anchors, the harbour-master is hereby further authorized and required to remove or cause to be removed such anchor or anchors,and the amount of the charges and expenses of such removal shall be recoverable from the owner or owners or master of the said vessel, to the use of the Conservators, |