ENGLAND!  LIVERPOOL.

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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  “  public ­
  trust.”  It  exists  by  special  act  of  Parliament.  Most  of  the  members ­
  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  bureau ­
  controlling  the  river  navigation.  The  board  exists  for  the  good
°f  the  port  and  not  for  the  purpose  of  making  profit.  Speaking  generally, ­
  it  may  be  said  that  whatever  profits  are  made  go  to  improvements, ­
  after  the  ordinary  working  expenditures  have  been  met,  interests ­
  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  business). ­
  Northeast  block  (No.  9),  length,  263  feet;  width,  wide  portion ­
  (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  conduction ­
  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