Iron Ship Building.
Three screw steamers are being constructed, each 3000 tons burthen; and wages paid in one establishment (whose owners, Messrs. Harland and Wolff, have been appointed constructors for the Admiralty up to 5000 tons), range from £1000 to £1200 weekly.
Machine Making and Engineering Establishments.
Turning out work yearly value for £550,000; of this £320,000 is for Ireland; £70,000 for England and Scotland; and £110,000 is for Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
Spinning and Weaving by Power in Ireland.
Total cost, £3,514,416; and of this there is, within a radius of ten miles from Belfast, £2,476,920.
Deposits.
Our three local Banks have at their command, in deposits and other resources, upwards of £8,000,000 sterling; and the value of the exports from this harbour last year amounted to £11,755,170.
