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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HANRO COLLECTION: HANRO NEWS 1956
Small booklet - twenty pages - titled Hanro news, by the staff for the staff No. 68 June 1956. Hanro through the years, Social club notes, The Gippsland lakes and the Buchan caves, Quiz, The winter scene, News and notes, Recipes, Humour, Book ot the month, from the editor chair are some of the sections in the newsletter.bendigo, business, hanro -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SAMUEL BUSH FREEMASONS CERTIFICATE
Large ornate certificate. Under the freemasons symbola drawing of Coppin Hall and two rows of houses at either side. Then the body of the certificate: Established A.D. 1867 Freemasons' Homes of Victoria. President: the Most Worshipful Grand Master. This is to certify that Wor.Bro. Samuel A. Bush, P.M. of the union of North Gippsland Lodge No.62 was enrolled a Life Governor of this Insitution in the year 1924. Signed by the Chairman: M. Marracott, the Treasurer: G. Rawson and the Secretary. Also Attached an handwritten letter dated 29-04-1925to Samuel Bush from the secretary ot the lodge.societies, freemasons, certificate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRIS COLLECTION: YOUNG FEMALE PHOTO, ninteenth century
Studio photograph of standing young female teenager. Dress length several inches below knee. Lace fringed apron with ruffled shoulder cape on shoulders. Faded ink stamp on photo front. Lancaster Bairnsdale, Gippsland.Lancaster Bairnsdale Gippslandphotograph, person, female -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - EAST GIPPSLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1930>
Artwork, Historic Bindi Station, by artist David Williams '96. Building is on the property. On back of item is written: 'These come from E.G.H.S. Collection at Bairnsdale taken by former member in the 1930's. Thought they would be of interest to your collection, Cheers Tim Gibson.'David Williams '96artwork, print, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF VICTORIA BENDIGO BRANCH COLLECTION: AGENDA
Agenda for Regional Branch Day 8 October 1996, Regional Reports from Ballarat, Central Gippsland, Geelong Branch, Murray Valley and Bendigo Branch. Also a Regional Branch Day Report.organisation, women, national council of women, national council of women of victoria bendigo branch collection, national council of women of victoria bendigo branch regional branch day, mavis carne, gwen harvey, may price -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LABEL GIPPSLAND AND NORTHERN CO-OP COMPANY HIGH GRADE TEA
Gippsland & Northern Co-op Company Ltd -Sheet with the four side labels for a packet of tea. Each side has white printing on a gold or red background. The name is printed diagonally with a red shadow around the letters. The diagonal background is gold. One side has the weight without the wrapper. The other three refer to the tea.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, gippsland & northern co-op company ltd -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Box, medicine, post 1930 after the new town of Leverkusen was named
Email from "Heike Dansard" Only two specimens remain in the Bayer archival collection. ref: email in 'Historical Information'.Oiled rectangular thick cardboard box with printed text on paper label on outside containing white crystalline powder. Top of box lifts off as lid.On box top : BAYER BAYER' as a cross with 'Y" as the centre set in a circle in a square margin. side 1. 'CYCLOFORM FabinFabriken orm (?) FRIEDR.BAYER & Co leverkusen a/ Coln a/ Rh pharmaceohscbe.......'. Side 2. ......'CYCLOFORM............BASYER BAYER Brevate et nom depose en Allamagne et dans la pluparet des autres pays industrials'. (translation : Patent name and deposited in Germany and most other industrial countries). Side 3. ' ......Weiderwerkaul..................in...........CYCLOFORM.........MARKE BAYER BAYER..................Name.....MARKE..................und.............ichgeschuzt.........ubrigon.anaesthetic -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass, c 1929-1950's ref: AGM mark on bottle base
TROVE : The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Thursday 14 February 1867 p 1 Article 'THE EXHIBITION. OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The culminating point in the history of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-7, was reached yesterday, when His Excellency Sir Henry Manners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, publicly received the reports of the jurors, and formally declared their awards. .........................CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES....................... MEDALS - VIctoria .............John Kruse, chemist, Melbourne - For his fluid magnesia...........................'. Haines, Gregory, 1994, Á History of Pharmacy in Victoria, The Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company in association with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australai (Victoria) Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.opp. page 54, photo of 'John Kruse' and of 'John Kruse's pharmacy, Russell Street, Melbourne, 1866'. TROVE : Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) Thursday 21 January 1897 p 3 Article A Musical Genius. BY X. THERE is a chemist's shop in Hawthorn in the drawingroom over which some of the best, music that has ever been heard under the Southern Cross has been discoursed. Here John Kruse, the famous violinist , has delighted his late father with his violin. Here Nellie Mitchell's (Madame Melba's) voice found appreciative admiration long before she became famous. It is the shop of John Kruse, chemist and druggist, the inventor of fluid magnesia, insecticide and a world of well-known articles of daily consumption. The old mail died some time back, but lived long enough to gratify his chief wish, viz,, to see his famous son, Herr Johann Kruse. John journeyed from Germany to see his dying father. His brief but brilliant sojourn amongst us will be remembered by all lovers of music. TROVE: Colac Herald Friday 1 September 1876, page 4, Article. TROVE: The Argus Tuesday 2 July 1867, page 3, Advertisement. 'Felton Grimwade, 125 Russell Street, Melbourne'Clear glass bottle, oval shaped in section with text embossed on both sides and on base. Embossed on base 'M65' over '1923 6' over 'AGM'. Side 1 : 'KRUSES PRIZE MEDAL MAGNESIA' Side 2 : 'THIS BOTTLE IS THE PROPERTY OF FELTON GRIMWADE & CO PTY. LTD. MELBOURNE'. Over the numeral '1'.chemist, magnesia -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Nation Banknote Display
8728.1 - Thin wooden frame with very dark stain and gold paint on the inner part of the frame. 8728.2 - Very large print of a one pound note. 8728.3 - Brief description of the note and it's history.8728.2 - 1 - MELBOURNE - VICTORIA - ONE - POUND - THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED - On demand I promise to pay the bearer ONE POUND sterling at MELBOURNE June 1893 - For THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA - Manager - ENTd 8728.3 - NATIONAL BANK NOTE - The first note issued by the National Bank when it reopened for business on 26th June, 1893 after reconstruction following the 1893 land boom. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass, C. 1866 - 1895
TROVE : The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Thursday 14 February 1867 p 1 Article 'THE EXHIBITION. OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The culminating point in the history of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-7, was reached yesterday, when His Excellency Sir Henry Manners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, publicly received the reports of the jurors, and formally declared their awards. .........................CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES....................... MEDALS - VIctoria .............John Kruse, chemist, Melbourne - For his fluid magnesia...........................'. Haines, Gregory, 1994, Á History of Pharmacy in Victoria, The Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company in association with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australai (Victoria) Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.opp. page 54, photo of 'John Kruse' and of 'John Kruse's pharmacy, Russell Street, Melbourne, 1866'. TROVE : Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) Thursday 21 January 1897 p 3 Article A Musical Genius. BY X. THERE is a chemist's shop in Hawthorn in the drawingroom over which some of the best, music that has ever been heard under the Southern Cross has been discoursed. Here John Kruse, the famous violinist , has delighted his late father with his violin. Here Nellie Mitchell's (Madame Melba's) voice found appreciative admiration long before she became famous. It is the shop of John Kruse, chemist and druggist, the inventor of fluid magnesia, insecticide and a world of well-known articles of daily consumption. The old mail died some time back, but lived long enough to gratify his chief wish, viz,, to see his famous son, Herr Johann Kruse. John journeyed from Germany to see his dying father. His brief but brilliant sojourn amongst us will be remembered by all lovers of music. TROVE: Colac Herald Friday 1 September 1876, page 4, Article. TROVE: The Argus Tuesday 2 July 1867, page 3, Advertisement. 'Felton Grimwade, 125 Russell Street, Melbourne' Clear glass ellipse in section bottle, with embossed text on both sides and initials and numerals on base.'KRUSES PRIZE MEDAL MAGNESIA', 'This bottle is the property of FELTON GRIMWADE & CO Pty Ltd Melbourne on sides. 'S1935' 'AGM' on base.magnesia, kruse, felton, grimwade, chemist -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass, Australian Glass Manufacturers, c. 1916-1923
Haines, Gregory, 1994, Á History of Pharmacy in Victoria, The Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company in association with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Victoria) Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. Page 41 '..................Although John Kitchen and his sons began their soap making business in South Melbourne in 1855, these low standards of hygiene and the overcrowding in Melbourne and on the diggings helped to cause significant health problems.........''. TROVE : The Age, Monday 6 October 1919, page 10, Advertisement. 'J Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltd, 10 Queen Street Melbourne......Kitchen's .....Phenyle...' TROVE : The Australasian, Saturday 1 October 1921, page 11, Article. 'Kitchen's Phenyle for sinks and drains....'Aqua blue tinted glass, diamond shaped in section, poison bottle with embossed text and pattern around two panels containing text with bottle manufacturers monogram on base.'KITCHEN PHENYLE', 'POISONOUS', NOT TO BE TAKEN' between panels of stippled crosses on sides. In a diamond shaped cartouche, the letter 'V' over 'D M' over 'A'. AGM monogram on base.poison, phenyle, kitchen -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass, Post 1916 - c.1939
TROVE : Port Philip Gazette and Settler's Journal (Vic. : 1845 - 1850) Saturday 21 April 1849 p 3 Advertising 'On MONDAY, 23RD INSTANT, (WITHOUT RESERVE,) at 12 o'clock, AN INVOICE of Drawings, Prints, Crayons, Portraits, coloured Figures II M. Ships '"Vindictive," "Victory," "Pomona," ''Vanguard," " Carysfoot," " Magicienne," &c., coloured ; the Channel Fleet, Jenny Lind, and a large quantity of Engravings. Three hundred volumes Books, comprising Novels, History, Poetry, School Books, &c., &c., &c. A large quantity of assorted stationery consisting of boxes of India rubber bands, pens, show cases, fancy wafers, satin note paper. One cask Stephen's Fluid Ink, in pints and half-pints. Terms— Cash'. TROVE : The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tuesday 27 March 1956 p 2 Advertising 'PUBLIC NOTICE TO BOTTLERS, BOTTLE DEALERS. Etc., RE PROPERTY BRANDED BOTTLES WHICH ARE NOT SOLD The undermentioned Firms and Companies,' carrying on businesses at Sydney and elsewhere, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that all Bottles delivered by them to their customers having: a notification moulded thereon (including bottom) that they are, or remain the property of. the Firms and Companies mentioned below ARE NOT SOLD WITH THE CONTENTS THEREOF BUT REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF SUCH FIRMS AND COMPANIES. Such Bottles are loaned solely for the purpose of enabling the contents to be delivered to purchasers from the said Firms and 'Companies and to all subsequent purchasers of the contents. As soon as the Bottles are emptied of their contents they must not be refilled destroyed, damaged, or used again for any purpose, but must, on demand be delivered up to the Companies or Firms whose names are moulded thereon or to their Accredited Agents: BUTLER & NORMAN PTY. LTD., MANDIBLE STREET. ALEXANDRIA, N.S.W. The remuneration received by Collectors, Dealers, etc.,- is simply an allowance for the safe custody and collection of the Bottles LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST ANY PERSON OR COMPANY VIOLATING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THESE FIRMS OR COMPANIES' BRANDED BOTTLES. ABC Mop Co.......................Stephens Ink (Australia) Pty Ltd.......................'.Squat round clear glass ink bottle with embossed text on heel at base and monogram on base'PROPERTY OF STEPHENS INKS AUSTRALIA LTD' on heel of base. Austrralian Glass Manufacturers monogram on base with embossed illustration of a feather quill.ink bottle -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
History Book, Mozart: Days with the Great Composers
Book titled "Mozart - Days with the Great Composers" Printed portrait of Mozart on front cover. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FAMILY HISTORY & RESEARCH DOCUMENTATION: SLARKE FAMILY, 17th November, 2011
Family history & various research documentation - re Slarke family.The Argus, The Gippsland Times, The Clarence and Richmond Examiner.person, individual, thomas richard slarke, sandhurst city police court, loyal bendigo lodge, manchester unity i.o. oddfellows, sandhurst city fire brigade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - WEEKLY TIMES SPORT, 1928
Brown paper folder containing cuttings from Weekly Times showing football teams and cricket teams. Football teams include North Melbourne, East Albury, Horsham, Dimboola, Echuca, Nhill, Preston, Port Melbourne, Essendon, Wangaratta, Preston, Benalla, Hamilton, Kyabram, Echuca, Shepparton, Castlemaine, Sandhurst, Albury, St. Patrick's, Maryborough, Brunswick, Wimmera, Gippsland, St. Kilda, Melbourne Grammar, South Melbourne and Hawthorn. Cricket teams include the English Cricket Team and the Australian Team (1928).newspaper, football -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NEW STAR GOLD MINE HARRIETVILLE NL, 1935
McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, New Star Gold Mine Harrietville NL. a/ Agreement to purchase the mining operations and land at Black Snake Creek, Dargo, Mining District of Gippsland. For Mining Leases numbers 5187 & 5195, 31 acres. The purchaser Company is to be called Kong Meng Gold Reefs NL. Dated: 16/2/1935. Signed: J A Michelsen?, C Kingsley?, J Stanistreet, E R Grelis & ??? Inscriptions: Signed sealed and delivered by the said Ronald Alexander Rankin in the presence of E R Grelis. b/ Leasehold. Transfer of Land situated in the Parish of Dargo County of Dargo Mining District of Gippsland from New Star Gold Mine Harrietville NL to Kong Meng Gold Reefs NL. Dated: 12/3/1935. Signed: G ??, Geo ??, Stanistreet, G ??, Jamie Jeps ? Markings: pencil line through Gold Mining Lease No. 5187 change to a Leasehold Estate, line through January to be changed to March. c/ Indenture (copy of b/ with adjustments made) New Star Gold Mine Harrietville NL with Kong Meng Gold Reefs NL. Dated 13/3/1935. Signed: G ??, Geo ??, Stanistreet, G ??, Jamie Jeps ?, Stanistreet. d/ Carbon copy of a/. Signed: J A Michelsen?, C Kingsley?, J Stanistreet, E R Grelis & ??? Inscriptions: Signed sealed and delivered by the said Ronald Alexander Rankin in the presence of E R Grelis, J Stanistreet. e/ Indenture, agreement between New Star Gold Mining Harriet NL and Kong Meng Gold Reefs NL, was on the 9/3/1935 registered and Incorporated under the Companies act 1928 Part 2. Signed: E R Grelis, J Stanistreet, G ??, Geo ??, Stanistreet, G M?, Stanistreet. Dated: 12/3/1935.organization, business, gold mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet new star gold mine harrietville nl black snake creek parish of dargo county of dargo mining district of gippsland mining leases numbers 5187 & 5195 kong meng gold reefs nl 1935 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - KELLY AND ALLSOP COLLECTION: SHARE CERTIFICATES - MOUNT DEDDICK SILVER-LEAD MINING CO, 14/07/1898 to 09/02/1899
Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. Two share certificates issued by the Mount Deddick Silver-Lead Mining Company, No Liability, Snowy River, East Gippsland. Certificate No. 1851 for 20 fully paid up shares @ 1 Pound each issued on 14 July 1898 to M.Kelly. Certificate No. 2113 for 5 fully paid up shares @ 1 Pound each issued on 9 Feb.1899 to M.Kelly of Bendigo. Capital raised was 60,000 Pounds from 60,000 shares. Each certificate signed by the Manager (signature not readable). Registered office - 31 Queen St., Melbourne.Mount Deddick Silver-Lead Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, share certificates, mount deddick silver-lead mining co., m.kelly. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Treatment of Aliens in Australia During World War 2, 1988
Presented to the Museum by the Author, Frank Pronesti. An interesting comment of the treatment of Aliens, Australian Government attitude and Major Layton.A4 sized document in plastic cover, Clear front cover with a blue grey margin 1.7 cm wide extending to the back page. A vague photocopy of Murchison camp 3, Dept of Social Science - Gippsland College of Advanced Education 9 December 1988Treatment of Aliens in Australia during WW2 (1939-1945) by Frank Pronesti. Research project history/politics.tatura internment camps, internment camps, frank pronesti, major layton -
Grey Street Primary School, Traralgon
Binder, Pre-1930 Photos
Contains copy of photo from Campbell St 1911 - Grades VII and VIII; original photos of Grey St School, named and un-named class photos, notes on history of school from 1870 by I. T. Maddern, report on official opening of school on Grey St in 1912, photos of dress-up days, newspaper articles, dated and undated photos. Class photos from 1918 Gr 4 & Gr 3, 1918 Gr VI & IV; 1920 Gr V, 1922?; 1920 Gr VI; 1923?, Higher Elementary School (HES) photos 1922 and D Form,Contains early photos from Campbell Street, and from Grey Street dating from the official opening in 1912.4 Ring, black plastic cover labelled "Pre-1930" on front and on spine -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Folder, Treatment of Aliens in Australia during in World Two (1939- 1945), 1988
Research project, Department of Social Science, Gippsland College of Advanced Education.Blue two ring binder containing 63 double line spaced text typed pages.Front page: Treatment of Aliens in Australia During World War Two (1939-1945) by Frank Pronesti. Research project. History/Politics. Map of Murchison Camp 13. Department of Social Science Gippsland College of Advanced Education 9 December 1988department of social science, gippsland college of advanced education, treatment of aliens in australia, internees in australia, ww2 internees, ww2 pow's, frank pronesti, murchison camp 13 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Through foreign eyes : European perceptions of the Kurnai tribe of Gippsland, 1994
... history, Victoria, Gippsland, Kurnai, European..., Victorian history, local history, Victoria, Gippsland, Kurnai ...This book is the second of Gardner's 3 volume history on the Kurnai tribes. It studies the Kurnai through the diaries and letters of various European observers, including an explorer, squatters, government officials, Aboriginal protectors, missionaries and an anthropologist. There is also an account of one of the victims, a summary of Gardner's massacre thesis and an appendix on the 'white woman' affair. This book is considered the most professional production of the trilogy and was highly commended in the Caltex-Bendigo Advertiser Awards of 1988. B&w illustrations, b&w photographshistories, victorian aborigines, victorian history, local history, victoria, gippsland, kurnai, european -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Phillip Pepper et al, You are what you make yourself to be : the story of a Victorian Aboriginal family 1842-1980, 1989
The story of the Pepper Family and their life on the Mission at Lake Tyers. This strong family have recounted their tales and the history of the area and the lives and control of Aboriginal people.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, tables, word lists, document reproductionswotjobaluk, kurnai, ramahyuck, gippsland, lake tyers -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ron Vanderwal, John Bulmer's recollections of Victorian Aboriginal life, 1855-1908
John Bulmer spent forty years of his life as missionary to Aboriginal people in Victoria, in 1855 devoting his activities to communities on the Murray, but most of his life was spent at Lake Tyers where he established a Church of England mission in 1862, In his later years he wrote a series of thirteen papers in which he recorded his observations on the life and times of the people to whom he ministered. Over a period of several years Alistair Campbell transliterated the manuscripts, altering a little but retaining the flavour of the original text.maps, b&w photograph, word lists, tablesgunai kurnai, gippsland, lake tyers, lakes entrance, king charley, snowy river, ellen hood, sarah moffat, lance mcdougall, kassie mcdougall, tom foster, alec mccrae, nellie blair, john bulmer, victorian history, indigenous social life, kinship, religion and mythology, bush foods -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Marie Hansen Fels, Good men and true : the Aboriginal police of the Port Phillip District, 1837-1853, 1988
... Murray District Gippsland Pentridge Stockade Victorian history b ...The Aboriginal Police in the Port Phillip District were LaTrobe?s orderlies. This book contrasts what attracted men to this force in comparison with Mission life.�b&w illustrationsport phillip district, wimmera, lower murray district, gippsland, pentridge stockade, victorian history -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names around the Gippsland Lakes : their origins, meanings and history, 1991
Gives descriptions of area, origin and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgippsland, gunnai, kurnai, bairnsdale, wurruk, place names -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of East Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
Detailed examination of the origins of local names from Mallacoota to Marlo and from Wingan Inlet to Willis. Includes explanations of the origins of major towns and their features.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographskrauatungalung, gunnai, kurnai, bidawal, east gippsland, lake tyers, point hicks, -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of South Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
Provides an account of the origins and histories of local names in the South Gippsland region.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, kulin, gunnai, kurnai, brataualung, seaspray, phillip island, mirboo, wilsons promontory, woodside, foster, inverloch, leongatha, wonthaggi -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
An account of the origins and histories of local names from Robin Hood to Kilmany, and from Mirboo North to Mt. Howitt.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, braiakaulung, bunerong, wurundjeri, kulin, coranderrk, warragul, morwell, rosedale, governor la trobe, drouin, noojee, darnum, walhalla, strzelecki, heyfield, gormandale -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names on the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney : their origins, meanings and history, 2000
Place name list in a specific area. Giving descriptions and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrationsdandenong, genoa, south coast nsw, yarra river, moruya, kiama, captain cook, east gippsland, rosedale -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Parsons Ronald, Scuttled and Abandoned Ships in Australian Waters, 2000
A guide to the Ship Register and transaction books held at Australian ports, and to the microfilmed records in the National Archives. Alphabetical index of ships enrolled at the various ports.ships and shipping