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APPENDIX. 79
Ghent — s.s. Whimbrel and Bittern sail as trade requires from
Greenock — Allan Swan, Customhouse, agent.
Glasgow — Passenger steamers frequently during summer. Luggage
steamers and lighters of Glasgow and Greenock Shipping Co. daily
from east end of Customhouse Quay.
Gothenburg and Christiania — "Napier Line of Steamers," from
Glasgow, calling at Greenock — T. O. Hunter & Co., agents.
Gourock — Passenger steamers frequently during summer season.
Helensburgh, Row, and Rosneath — From Customhouse Quay and
Princes Pier — s.s. Elaine at 7.45 and 10 a.m., I, 4, and 6 p.m.;
returning from Helensburgh at 8.30 a.m., 12.15, 3.15, 4.50, and
6.55 p.m.
Highlands and Western Islands, namely — Colonsay, Iona, Bunessan,
Tiree, Carbost, Struan, Glendale, Colbost, Dunvegan, Stein, Uig,
Tarbert, Obbe, Lochmaddy, Kallin, Carnan, Skipport, Lochboisdale,
Barra — Steamer, Dunara Castle, every Thursday, from West Quay at
7 p.m. — D. M'Cormick, agent, Customhouse Quay.
Highlands and Western Islands — Steamer Hebridean, for Port-
askaig, Colonsay, Oban, Tobermory, Coll, Tiree, Carbost, Colbost,
Dunvegan, Loch Eport, Scotvin, Carnan, Skipport, Lochboisdale,
Barra, and any other ports that may be agreed upon, every Monday about
6 p.m. — Win. Miller, Customhouse Quay, agent.
Highlands and Western Isles — See also Ardrishaig, Eigg, Fort-
William, Inveraray, Inverness, Islay, Lochgoilhead, Lochfyne, Oban,
Salen, Stornoway, and Ullapool.
Inveraray — Steamer Lord of the Isles sails every morning (except
Sunday) during summer months, calling at Gourock, Dunoon, Rothesay,
and other intermediate piers ; returning from Inveraray about 2 p.m.—
D. M'Cormick, agent.
Inverness and Fort-William, calling at Craignish, Luing, Easdale,
Oban, Aird's Pier(Appin), Ballachulish Pier, Onich Pier, Ardgour Pier
(Corran), Corpach, Banavie, Gairlochy, Laggan, Cullochy, Fort
Augustus, Invermorriston, Inverfarigaig, and Temple Pier — Every
Monday and Thursday from Customhouse Quay about 5 p.m. — s.s.
Cavalier and Ethel — Wm. Lindsay & Co., agents.
Islay —Daily (via Tarbert), passengers only. R.M.S. Columba or
Grenadier from Customhouse Quay about 8.50 a.m., Princes Pier at 9
a.m., to East Tarbert, and swift steamer from West Tarbert to Port
Ellen, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday ; to Portaskaig
every Monday and Thursday — Wm. Lindsay & Co., agents.
Islay and Jura — Every Monday and Thursday at 4 p.m. from
Customhouse Quay with goods and passengers — s.s. Islay or other
steamer ; Monday, to Port Ellen and Port Charlotte ; Thursday, Port
Ellen, Portaskaig, and Jura — William Lindsay & Co., agents.
Isle of Man — Tynewald, Peveril, Fenella, or other steamer, sails
on Wednesdays from Customhouse Quay and Princes Pier about noon
— W. Lindsay & Co., agents.
Isle of Whithorn — See Drummore.
Kilcreggan, Cove, Blairmore, Strone, Ardnadam, Kilmun —
Steamers frequently during summer season, from Customhouse Quay
and Princes Pier.
Lamlash — See Arran.