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tin direct.
Fore Cabin. Saloon.
To or from Gravesend and London.. • 10d. .. Is. 2.1.
„ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. 05. Bcl.
BOIT TICKETS.--Twelve Mouths, 5..0 •. ; Six Months, 31. Os. ;
Three Months, 2r. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors oil board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Graiesenl.
Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursims. Far Terms,
apply to Mr. W. Moran, Agent, Stir 001 co, Fenchurch-street Ter-
minus, Blackwall Railway.
Am 11 6. 1853.

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MERCANTILE MARINE FUND.-An account of the in-
come and expenditure under the Mercantile Marine Act
(1850), for the year ending Dec. 31, 1852, has been
printed. It appears that the income derived from fees,
'received at the several shipping offices, was :-Examina-
fion of masters and mates, 4,217/. 12s. ; fees on etgage-
meat of crews, 12,4041. 11s. 6d. ; fees on discharge of
crews, 10,9691. 9s. 6d. ; fees on renewal of certificates,
and copies of documents, 61/. 4s. 6d. ; fines and
forfeitures on board ship, 437/. 17s. - sd. ; penalties
inflicted under the Mercantile Marine Act, 1481. 11.-
7d. Total income, 28,2391. Os. 6d. The expendi-
ture was :--1. Expenses of the naval department
of the Board of Trade-viz., salaries of two commis-
sioners, at GOO/. per annum each, 1,2001. ; salaries
of the secretary, clerks, &c., 1,2221. Os. 9d. ; postage,
travelling expenses, and office contingencies, 3721. 13s.
6d. ; expenses incurred at the seamen's register office,
for clerks, &c., employed upon duties connected with
9T ofsh.
expenditure
periodical
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the Mercantile Marine Act, 6041. 12s. 10d. 2.
Expenses of the shipping offices and local marine
boards at the ports-viz., salaries of the shipping
masters, examiners, clerks; &c., 15,8071. 14s. 90.,
remuneration to the collectors of Customs who act as
shipping masters at the minor ports, for services for the
year 1851, paid to them through the Commissioners of
Customs, 2,800/, ; rent of offices, postage, stationery,
&c., 3,631. Os. 9d. Total expenditure for 1852,
23,700/. 2s. Balance excess of expenditure, Dec. 31,
1851, 4941. Leaving a balance, Dec. 31, 1852, as excess
of income over expenditure, of 4,044/. 12s. lid. The
Board of Trade naval department is, of course, all ex-
penditure and no income. The cost of the staff, &c.,
was 3,3991. 7s . ld. The largest income received is at
Liverpool ; it is 7,431/., arid the balance of income above
expenditure was 2,599/. Next comes London, including
Minories, Poplar, Well-street, Limehouse - income
6,6951. ; balance, 1,840/. only, owing to more expensive
staff. At Glasgow, the income was 1,056/. ; balance,
371. 7s. sd. Hull-income, 9571. ; balance 348/. Bris-
tol-income, 8351. ; expenditure, 5701. ; balance, 2651.
excessA Aber-
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