HULL, officially HULL, England, a city, river port, municipal and parliamentary borough, and self-contained county, situated in the East Riding of York, on the north shore of the estuary of the Humber, where it is joined by the Hull, 34 miles east southeast of York. Its total area in land and water is 9,042 acres. The buildings of note are the town-hall, the exchange, the corn exchange, market-hall, postoffice, the custom-house, Trinity House, dock offices, public rooms, royal insti tution (containing the rooms of the Philosoph ical Society, etc.), art gallery, technical schools, central library, Hymers College, grammar school, the jail, royal infirmary, borough asy lum, hospitals, crematorium and dispensary. The city possesses three well-laid-out public parks. The industries are varied. There are several ship-building yards, iron-foundries, machine-shops and steam flour-mills; the other principal branches of industry include seed-crushing, color-making, paper-making,can vas, rope and cable-making, tobacco manufac turing and oil boiling. Hull ranks as the sixth
port in the kingdom, and has extensive ship accommodation, docks, quays, etc. The prin cipal exports are coal, coke and manufactured fuel (in 1914, 3,056,368 tons valued at $10,133, 265), machinery, metal goods and woolen and cotton goods; imports —timber, corn, iron, wool, flax, hemp, tallow, hides, pitch, tar, resin, bones, etc. The total net tonnage of ocean going vessels entering and leaving the port in 1914 was 6,760,000. The name of Kingston upon-Hull was given by Edward I, who erected a fortress, and constituted it a chartered town and port. When Edward III invaded France In 1359 Hull contributed 16 ships and 470 mari ners. During the Civil War Hull was besieged unsuccessfully by the Royalists twice. Pop 277,991 of which 136,006 are males.