. Cassier's magazine . ., an amalgamation hav-ing been effected some years agowith the shipbuilding firm of Laird,which has been situated at Birken-head almost from time , under the new regimemuch is being done to bring back theMersey its old shipbuilding laurels,and many kinds and sizes of boatsfor the Admiralty and the merchantmarine have already been turned outfrom the Tranmere yards. BetweenTranmere and the Birkenhead Docksare some privately-owned gravingdocks for the repair of vessels. Onthe Lancashire side of the river, butfar beyond the southernmost docks,is the London

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. Cassier's magazine . ., an amalgamation hav-ing been effected some years agowith the shipbuilding firm of Laird,which has been situated at Birken-head almost from time , under the new regimemuch is being done to bring back theMersey its old shipbuilding laurels,and many kinds and sizes of boatsfor the Admiralty and the merchantmarine have already been turned outfrom the Tranmere yards. BetweenTranmere and the Birkenhead Docksare some privately-owned gravingdocks for the repair of vessels. Onthe Lancashire side of the river, butfar beyond the southernmost docks,is the London & North WesternCompanys port of Garston, whichhas within recent years become arival for Liverpools smaller steam-ers, who find they can obtain veryconsiderate treatment at the handsof the railway company, both asregards dues and are three docks—the Old,North, and Stalbridge Docks—andmore than 3,000,000 tons of importsand exports are dealt with each year,two-thirds of the total being exports. CANADA GRAVING DOCK, LIVERPOOL THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 213

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