The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-13 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

A
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the-GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY resident in Liverf6ol and the
neighbourhood, will be held at the CLAnEN DON R ass, in South
John-street, on WEDNESDAY next, the Icltlf ustant, at Two
o'clock, to take into consideration so much he Report read
at the last General Meeting of Proprietors Bristol as relates
to the increased width of rails to be adopted On the above Line.
JAMES HEYWORTH.
Liverpool, lath September, 183 G.

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND.
THE Shareholders are respectfully informed thatike Trans-
ferr Books will be closed from Monday, th th instant,
until Wednesday, the 12th of October, on whi day payment
of the Half-yearly Dividend will commence a e head Office
and Branches. THOMAS EVA S, Manager.
Manchester, Sept. 9, 1836.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
AT a MEETING of the DOCK COMMITTEE, held this
sixth day of September, 18.36,
PRESENT,
CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq , Chai an, &c. &c.
The Committee for the Affairs of the. Es eof the Trustees of
the LIVERPOOL DOCKS, having tak into consideration
the Rates and Duties now payable upon several Articles of
Merchandise Imported and Exported to and from the Port of
Liverpool, and also the Rates and Duties now payable upon the
tonage of vessels; and also the Rates and Duties now payable
in support of the Lighthouses and Floating Light,
It is resolved and ordered—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
be and is hereby authorised to take and collect from the Im-
porters and Exporters of the several articles of Merchandise,
particularised and set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed, the
several Rates and Duties hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of the
several Rates and Duties now payable on such Articles of Mer-
chandise, viz. :

Cotton from India. Twopence per 1001bs. weight, Inwards.
Jute, One Shilling and Fourpence per Ton, Inwards.
Nuts, Three Farthings per Bushel, Inwards.
Oranges and Lemons, Twopence per Chest or Case, and One
Penny per Box, Inwards.
Sago, One Shilling and Sixpence per Ton, Inwards.
Silk, Raw or Thrown, One Shilling per 10Olbs. weight,
Inwards.

Silk Waste, Fourpence per 1001bs. weight, Inwards.
Tar, Three Halfpence per Barrel, Inwards.
Muskets or Guns, Threepence per Case, Outwards.
And it is also resolved and ordered,
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
be and is hereby authorised to continue to take and collect from
the Importers and Exporters of all Goods, Wares, and Mer-
chandise (including the Rates and Duties in the before-men-
tioned Schedule, and excepting Goods, Wares, and Merchan-
dis6, brought Coastwise or from Ireland,) a Rate and Duty not
exceeding two-thirds of the Rates and Duties now payable on
all such Goods, Wares, and Merchandise.
And it is also resolved and ordered,
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
be and he is hereby authorised not to charge and collect any
N.ates or Duties upon Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, imported
;oastwise from any Ports or Places in the United Kingdom of
;neat Britain and Ireland, including the Islands of Jersey,
::iernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man.
And it is also rdsolved and ordered,—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
and he is hereby authorised to take and collect the several
.Ites and Duties upon the Tonnage Burthen of Vessels, in the
. • !iedule hereinafter mentioned, in Hut; of the Rates and Duties
payable thereon.