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DOCK BOARD WAREHOUSES. 
I am able to give more specific information in regard to the dock 
Warehouses and transit sheds owned and controlled bv the Mersey 
Docks and Harbor Board (that is, the dock board of Liverpool). 
The Mersey Docks and Harbor Board is not a Government board, 
neither is it a private corporation. Its organization is, I believe, 
peculiar to Liverpool. It is what is known in this country as a “ pub 
lic trust.” It exists by special act of Parliament. Most of the mem 
bers of the board are elected by the shipowners using the port and 
those who pay dock rates. The British Government, however, has a 
certain representation on the board, as also has the Government bu 
reau controlling the river navigation. The board exists for the good 
°f the port and not for the purpose of making profit. Speaking gen 
erally, it may be said that whatever profits are made go to improve 
ments, after the ordinary working expenditures have been met, inter 
ests on loans paid, and a certain amount set aside for the liquidation 
°f the principal of the indebtedness. 
BUILDINGS AND MANAGEMENT. 
The dimensions, etc., of the Albert, Stanley, and Wapping Dock 
Warehouses are as follows: 
Albert Doch warehouses.—These warehouses are in five blocks, 
with a connecting building between two of them. They vary in 
length and are not of uniform width throughout, as there is a series 
°f embayments, or yards, and the width of the warehouses at the 
points where the yards are situated is considerably less than 
il t the other parts. The following are particulars of the outside 
measurements: North block (let off to a company for a special busi 
ness). Northeast block (No. 9), length, 263 feet; width, wide por 
tion (191 feet long), 96 feet; narrow portion (72 feet long), 56 feet, 
^outheast block (No. 1), length, 271 feet; width, wide portion (199 
|eet long), 96 feet; narrow portion (72 feet long), 56 feet. South 
block (Nos. 2 and 3), length, 405 feet; width, wide portion. (312 feet 
mug), 133 feet; narrow portion (93 feet long), 59 feet. Building 
connecting south and west blocks, length, 62 feet; width, 88 feet. 
West block (Nos. 4 to 7), length 824 feet; width, wide portion (548 
met long), 114 feet; narrow portion (276 feet long), 61 feet. The 
Warehouses are fireproof, and consist of vaults, quays, and half-decks, 
a ml four upper floors. The cost of construction, excluding the value 
°f the land, was $1,751,035. 
Stanley Dock.—There are three blocks, the north block, length 630 
feet, width 90 feet; the south block, length 630 feet, width 90 feet; 
a ud the new warehouse, length 730 feet, width 165 feet. The north 
;'ml south stacks each consist of a vault, quay, and four upper floors. 
|he new warehouse consists of a basement, quay, and twelve upper 
hoors. The three blocks are fireproof, and the upper floors thereof 
ar e devoted exclusively to the storage of tobacco. The cost of con 
duction of these warehouses, exclusive of the value of the land upon 
which the north and south blocks stand, but including the filling up 
°f the portion of the Stanley dock upon which the new block has 
been erected, was nearly $2,500,000. 
1V a vying Dock.—Length, 766 feet; width, 75| feet. This is also