The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-04 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL.

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On Thursday last a meeting was bold t tbe Council
Chamber. Present—the Mayor, Aldermea 11.dg. and
Potheoary, Cousinßore Roberta, Buck, Aylee, Brown,
Webb, Dyer, Commies, Eliot, Drew, and Bette, with
P. C. Small, Eaq., town clerk.

BI•LING DIMS.
The seal of the oouncil was &diced to the nomination
of eeeee yors under the Lands Clauses Coneolidation
Act, a. to the pieces of land taken by the Weymouth
and Portland Railway Company ; and also to the
appointment of Insp.:Mrs of Weights and Measures.

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101 l 01 WEYMOUTH TIL&DR.
An application was made by Meters. Deveniah and
Co. that the Council should reduce the wharfage
dues on bottled beer exported from the harbour. This
great brewing firm purpose to go Largely into the
bottled pale ale buttes's, and expected to do about
250,000 doz, per year. The wharfage dues Sr. now so
high that it would searcely answer their purpose to
ship the pale ale, but if they could be reduced to Id.
Per doom bottles, it would be sent from the port, and
the Council might reckon on an income ,of from
A3lOO to I:400 • year from the dues.
The MAYOR laid the present charge Wu ld., and he
thought the reduction to 41. was too great.

M,. Wass propood test tbe duel be Mooed to 14.
They got nothing from this source now. and they ought
to swept Mews. Deveniab's offer, if they only got rig
ynit.
Mr. ROBERTS said be had caleulated the dues, and the
wharfage alone would produce £260 • year. Then them
would be the charges on bringing the bottles here fird,
and Messrs. Devenish must have 20 or 22 vessels from
150 to 200 tons each to export the beer. • large
number of men would be employed, and all this would
be, for the beeefit of the town. He 'encoded Mr.
Webb.
TO* MATOI said they ought to give every facility;
but they ought not to go too low. The t.me would
come when there must be a considerable expenditure on
the I.inay walls. No person or firm carried business
for the benefit of the town alone, and he thought the
charge of id. would not drive away this trade.
Mr. MILL/IDOL pointed out that by their present
scale, the wharfage on • ben of beer was IL, and am
50 dozen were equal to • ben, the charge of id, par
dosen would produce id. more than if tin beer were
charged for as at present.
Mr. flocs understood that if the offer were not
accepted the beer would be bent away by rail.
Mr. Minn replied that the matter would be decided
by two o'clock that day.
Mr. POTIIIC/lIT did not think any firm should force
the question on in that manner. With respect to
Messrs. Devenish, it was their duty to facilitate the
matter to the utmost of their power, and it mattered
very little whether the beer was put in the cask direct
or in the bottles, and the bottles in the cask. Menu.
Devenish were the largest employer" of labour io the
town ; bathe doubted whether it would be beat to reduce
to id., or to take if. per doe., Lod he was sorry there
wee not a fuller meeting of the Counsel, and sweated
that they should try the id. per dos.
'The g•T011 tlriught they ought not to altrr the dues
after Messrs. Deventsh had been induced to erect their
buildings.
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It ..ea unanimonely weed to reclaim the wherfege to
j& per doe. bottler.