EMPIRE'S FIFTH PORT

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5883, 10 April 1920, Page 2

EMPIRE'S FIFTH PORT

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Sydney is the Gfifj port of the Empire. This fact is set out in a book &n r titled " The Port of Sydney," issued by tbe Sydiey Harbour Trust. The other ports are London, Liverpoo l , the Tyne. and Cardiff. Sydnoy trade reached its apex in 1914—the year of the war—w' r ien 10,142 ships enter.ed, their aggiegate net tonnage ibeing 9,437,310. Last year the figures were 7499 ships, aggregating 5,1'62,666 tens net. Without counting the ferry wharves and jetties uwd for private purpose", there are nojv 62,4,96 ft of wharfage used, Bpd another 4tj>73ft approaching completion. The greater part of this «hjpp ; ng ac coniniodation is provided within half a mile of the Tost Office. The total area of water in the port is 14,284 acres, or about 22 square miles, of which 3000 acres have a depth of from 35ft to 160 ft. ..Exclusive of the fairway and bays, there are over 1000 acres available for anchoring ships of tha deepest draught. One of the most interesting notes in the book refers to the depth of the channels. There is not a ship afloat that cannot enter Sydney Harbour in safety at any state of the tide. The eastern channel !:as a depth of 40tt l.w.s-

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