Parliamentary Papers Volume 37 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ... detentions there: of a vessel taking a couple of months to get round. 13.--Yes, there is danger there; but, as far as I could judge from what I have heard mariners say, they have less dread of it now than what they formerly had; this proceeds from their having better ships, and from their being better provided. 19.--It is unpopular at present, owing to the insufficient depth of water, the bad state of the locks, and the impossibility of being sure of a passage through. 20.--Hull, Newcastle, Leith, and the ports of the Firth of Forth; all the northern ports; the Clyde in a minor degree, with the exception of steam navigation; probably Liverpool; Londonderry and Belfast. 21.--Yes, by a considerable proportion of the trade, such as it is; but I doubt if there ever will be any trade on the canal sufficient to give a return for the money that it is proposed to lay out upon it; that is, it will not be remunerative as a mercantile sp'eculation; and if a company were formed to put it into an efficient state, and for obtaining all the facilities to enable vessels to get through, I would not belong to it. 1 do not apprehend any increase to the dues of the canal from more steamers being employed upon it, because I think that branch of traffic upon it is as great at present as it will be likely to be at any future period: and as to any increase of the size of the steamers, the Crinan Canal, in my opinion, is a decided barrier to that; but even if that obstaele were overcome, I do not see the probability of any trade to warrant the employment of a class of steamers materially larger. 22.--If the war was with France; but not with a northern power. 23.--If with France, there would be a considerable difference. 24.--No, I have no hesitation upon that point. Appendix, No. ...