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FUMIGATING APPARATUS, BARGE "THOMAS."
The fumigating plant was used on 13 occasions during the year, the largest ship
fumigated being one of 8,635 tons, with a cubic capacity of 780,247 cubic feet.

In reporting to your Committee in November last, 1 drew attention to the amount
and frequency of fumigation by this plant in excess of that contemplated on its
establishment.
The table shows five large vessels fumigated in one month alone. Further, that
this may be likely to increase with return of vessels on demobilisation. This increased
work means, of course, extra wear and tear in plant and barge, affecting the estimated
"life" of the plant, and involving considerable expenditure in renewal of parts. It is
probable that in the near future it may be necessary to fully consider the condition of
the vessel and plant from the point of view of replacement.
PORT OF LONDON.
The limits of the Port of London as at present defined commence at High Water
Mark in the River Thames at Teddington Lock, in the County of Surrey, and extend
down both sides of the River Thames to an imaginary straight line drawn from the
Pilot Mark at the entrance of Havengore Creek, in the County of Essex, to the Lands
end at Warden Point, in the Isle of Sheppey, in the County of Kent, such point being
the North- Western limit of the Port of Faversham, and shall extend up and include
both sides of the River Medway to an imaginary straight line drawn from the SouthEast
point of land westward of Coalmouth Creek, thence across the said River
Medway to the Westernmost point of the piece of land which forms the Eastern side
of the Stangate Creek, or, in other words, the North-West point of Fleet Marsh, and
from thence in a Southerly direction to Iwade Church, in the said County of Kent,
and thence in a North-Easterly direction to Elmley Chapel, in the said Isle of Sheppey,
a supposed direct line from Elmley Chapel to Iwade Church, being the Western limit
of the Port of Faversham, and the said Port of London shall include the Islands of
Havengore Creek aforesaid, called Potton and Rushey Islands, and so much of the
said Creek and watercourse as extends from it to the town of Rochford, and shall also
include all other islands, rivers, streams, creeks, waters, watercourses, channels,
harbours, docks and places within the before-mentioned limits contained.