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CHAPTER III

OME four millions of money have been expended in the building and equipping of South Africa's principal port, and it will not prove unprofitable to peruse the under- mentioned list of its very complete accommodation and exeellent faeilities.

1t may be stated that it is no uneommon oecurrence for a vessel to discharge 4,000 tons of cargo, take in 1,000 tons of eoal, and a füll freight of wool, maize, bark, and other eolonial produce and elear

Wharfage and Depth alongside

On the Point side there are 5,245 feet length of concrete quay with a low water (on spring tide) depth of 23 to 34 feet alongside, and 1,400 feet of timber wharfage with a depth of 16 to 20 feet alongside, whieh however is being replaeed by a permanent quay having a low water depth of 30 to 34 feet alongside. In addition there are two timber jetties and one fishing jetty, with an aggregate length of 2,100 feet, and a depth of 15 to 21 feet. On the Bluff side there are 1,050 feet of timber wharfage, giving a low water depth of 25 feet alongside, and a quay wall of 1,585 feet giving a low water depth of 30 to 34 feet. This represents in all 6,830 feet concrete quay wall with a depth of from 23 to 34 feet. Ten years ago the concrete quay wall was represented by a .length of 4,275 feet on the Point side only.

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Its Capacity and Work