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The navigation, in addition to the enclosed Docks, includes the following navigable
tributary rivers and creeks of the River Thames:—
On the right bank—
From Teddington downwards:—
Wandsworth Creek (River Wandle).
Hay's Dock.
St. Saviour's Dock.
Part of the Grand Surrey Canal within (he
Surrey Commercial Docks.
Deadman's Dock.
Deptford Creek (River Ravensbourne).
Dartford Creek (Rivers Cray and Darenth).
The entrance to Gravesend Canal.
Cliffe Creek.
Yantlet and Coalmouth Creeks.
Part of the River Medway and of the Swale.
On the left bank—
From Teddington downwards:—
The entrance of the River Brent.
Hammersmith Creek.
Chelsea Creek.
Grosvenor Dock.
Limekiln Creek.
Bow Creek (River Lea).
Rainham Creek (River Ingrebournt).
Mucking Creek.
Thames Haven and Hole Haven.
Havengore Creek.
River Roach as far as Rochford.
RIVER,
The whole of this area is divided into three districts, known as the Upper, Middle
and Lower; each district is in charge of an Inspector, as follows:—
Upper District
Teddington to Greenwich
Inspector McDermott, £340 per annum.
Middle District
Greenwich to Erith
Inspector Beattie, £355 per annum.
Lower District
Brith to the seaward limits of the
Port (including part of the River
Medway).
Inspector Dring, £300 per annum.
DOCKS.
The Docks are divided into four districts, known as the Central, Eastern, Western
and Gravesend Districts:—
Central District
West India Dock
South West India Dock
Poplar Dock
Millwall Dock
East India Dock
Inspector Wright, £355 per annum.
Eastern District
Royal Albert Dock
Royal Victoria Dock
King George V. Dock
Inspector Gray, £500 per annum.
Inspector Hundy, £340 per annum.
Western District
London Dock
St. Katharine Dock
Regent's Canal Dock
Inspector Madeley, £370 per annum.
Gravesend District
Tilbury Dock
Left Shore of the River,from Purfleet down
Right Shore of the River, from Northfleet
down.
Inspector Edwards, £440 per annum.
INSPECTIONS.
The total number of inspections for the year was 380, representing a nett number
of 252 boats. The remainder—78—represents repeated visits by Inspectors of this
Authority.
The number of boats not conforming to the Acts and Regulations was 56
(inspected on 76 occasions), or 23.3 per cent. of the total inspections, the percentage
for the previous five years being 14.24 per cent.
NEW BOATS REGISTERED.
Three new boats were registered during the year.
REGISTRATIONS CANCELLED.
Thirty-one boats were removed from the Register during the year. These had
been either converted into uninhabited lighters or mooring pontoons or broken up.