Administration of Ports: (b) The Administration of the Port of Bristol
| Published date | 01 July 1938 |
| Date | 01 July 1938 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1938.tb02092.x |
| Author | R. H. Jones |
Administrat
ion
of
Ports
(b)
The Administration
of
the Port
of
Bristol
By
R.
H.
JONES,
O.B.E.,
M.1nst.T.
General Manager
of
the
Port
of
Bristol
Authovity
[Paper
to
be discussed at the Summer Conference
of
the Institute
of
Public Administration, Bristol,
July,
19381
RISTOL
is a port of great antiquity and has played an important
B
part in the mercantile history
of
the country.
Its
ships and
seamen have been prominent in matters
of
discovery, exploration
and colonisation, and at the present time Bristol takes
a
place
amongst the large
ports
in the country.
2.
Its history as a modern port under municipal ownership may
be said to have commenced in the middle
of
the
last century, when
the City Docks were purchased by the Corporation from the BristoI
Dock
Company which early that century had carried out
the
dockisation of that part
of
the River Avon which passes through the
heart of the the city.
3.
Before going into matters
of
detail relating to Bristol
it
may
be of interest to mention the various forms of administration for
docks and harbours in this country and the duties and obligations
which rest upon the Authorities administering and controlling them.
There are altogether about
330
harbours in Great Britain and their
administration may be divided into four categories
as
follows
:
-
(a)
Local Commissions or Trusts not working for
profit, established under statutory authority
...
IIO
...
...
...
...
(b)
Municipal Authorities
70
(c)
Railway Companies
50
(d)
Harbour Companies and individuals
...
...
I00
...
...
...
...
4.
The overseas trade
of
the
country
is,
however, confined
to
between twenty and thirty
of
these ports. The other
300
are in the
main restricted to coastwise traffic and the fishing industry, but
nevertheless they play an important part in the economy
of
the
country as they are used to supply the local population
with
some of
the
staple
commodities which
are
iniported at the large ports and
can be distributed economically
by
water around the coast.
5.
Many
of
the large ports engaged in
the
overseas trade are
3=4
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