The Encyclopaedia Britannica; A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature Volume 13 (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. 1888 Excerpt: ...Leghorn, Messina, Civita Vecchia, and Brindisi; and those of the second in elude Portofino, Porto Venere, Porto Ferrr.io, Porto Ercole, Marciano, Porto d'Anzio, Gseta, Ponza, Baia, Manfrcdonia, Tortoli, llilazzo, Cotrone, Syracuse, Longone, Nisida. In extent of commerce Genoa is facile princeps, as is evident from the following table (XXIII.) of tonnage, according to the official J/orimenio dclla Kavigazione (Rome, 1880): --Of the foreign nations that are eugaged in the shipping trade of the Italian ports Great Britain has by far the most important share (7669 vessels, of 5,950,279 tons burden); next comes France (4256 Teasels, 2,061,073 tons); third, but at an enormous distance, is Austria, and fourth Greece. It is calculated that in the vessels, native and foreign, that visited the Italian ports in 1879, no less than 1,748,717 men were engaged as seamen. The Government undertakes the engineering works necessary for the improvement and maintenance of the harbours of the tirst three classes, and it further subsidizes the communes which have to maintain the harbours of the fourth class. In 1878 there were 60 light houses on the Italian coast, of which 16 are of the first class, exclusive of the international light at Cspe Spartivento. The whole cost of harbour and lighthouse maintenance is thus indicated (in lire) for 1877 and 1878 (Table XXIV.): --The Italian seaboard is officially divided into 23 maritime dial ricts (compartmenii): --Votto Manrizio from Ventimiglia to Alassio), Savona (onwards to Arenzano), Genoa (to Rapallo), Spezia (to Avenza), Leghorn (to Graticciare), Porto Ferraio (island of Elba), Civita vecchia (from Graticciare to Torre Gregoriana), Gaeta (to Lago di Patria), Naples (to Torre del Greco), Castellamare di Stabia (to Sapri), Pizzo (to Ba...