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

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

AT a MEETING of the DOCK COMMITTEE, held this
sixth day of September, 1836,

PRESENT,
CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq., Chairman, &c. &c.
The Committee for the Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of
the LIVERPOOL DOCKS, having taken into consideration
the Rates and Duties now payable upon several Articles of
Merchandise Imported and Exported to and from th, :Port of
Liverpool, and also the Rates and Duties now payab upon the
tonage of vessels ; and also the Rates and Duties, .ow payable
in support of the Lighthouses and Floating Li:. • ,
It is resolved and ordered,—
~.-That the Collector or Receiver of the • o Rates and Duties
be and is hereby authorised to take an, .llect from the Im-
porters and Exporters of the several a Iles 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 1001bs. weight,
Inwards.

Silk Waste, Fourpence per 100Ibs. 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-
dise, 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
Rates or Duties upon Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, imported
Coastwise from any Ports or Places in the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, including the Islands of Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man.
And it is also resolved and ordered,—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
he and he is hereby authorised to take and collect the several
Rates and Duties upon the Tonnage Burthen of Vessels, in the
Schedule hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of the Rates and Duties
now payable thereon.
TONNAGE DUTIES.

To be charged for certain classes of Voyages.
Class Ist. Between the Mull of Galloway and St. David's
Head, including the Isle of Man and Anglesea, the sum of Two-
pence Farthing per Ton.
Class 2d. Between the Mull of Galloway and Duncau's Bay
Head, including the Orkney Isles and all the Islands on the
Western Coast of Scotland, and between St. David's Head
and the Land's End, including the Scilly Islands and the East
Coast of Ireland, from Cape Clear to Malting Head, the sum
of Threepence Three Farthings per Ton.
Class 3d. All parts of the East and Southern Coasts of Great
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Britain,cudingie
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of Shetland,
hßCoast of Ireland, from Cape Clear to Mailing Head, including
Setalayn, Hdeaanddan alldll
the
parts o
the Islands on that Coast, the sum of Fivepence Farthing per
Ton.
4th. All parts of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterre,
and to the Westward of the North Cape, and without the Cat-
•
tegat and Baltic Sea, and including the Islands of Guernsey,
Jersey, Alderney, Sark, the Fare Isles, and Iceland, the suns
of Ninerence per Ton.
Class oth. All parts within the Catt e,at and Baltic, including
the whole of Sweden, the White Sea, and all parts to the East-
ward of the North Cape, all parts in Europe, to the Southward
of Cape Finisterre, without the Mediterranean, Newfoundland,
Greenland, Davis's Straights, Canaries, Western Islands, Ma-
deira, and Azores, the sum of One Shilling per Ton.
Clause Gth. All parts on the East Coast of North America,
the West Indies, the East Coast of South America, to the
Northward of Rio la Plata inclusive; all parts of the West
Coast of Africa, and Islands to the Northward of the Cape of
Good Hope, and all }arts within the Mediterranean, includ-
ing the Adriatic, the Black Sea, and Archipelago, the Islands
of St. Helena,
Ascension, and the Cape de Verde Islands, the
sum of One Shilling and Sixpence per Ton.
Class 7th. All parts in South America, to the Southward of
the Rio la Plata, in the Pacific Ocean, in Africa and Asia, to
the Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, the sum of Two Shil-
lings and Threepence per Ton.
And it is also resolved and ordered,—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
be and he is hereby authorised to continue to demand, levy, and
collect, in lieu of the Rates and Duties now payable in support
of the Lighthouses and Floating Light, of and from all Ships
and Vessels entering into, and sailing out of, the Port of Liver-
pool, the Rates and Duties in the following Schedules, viz. :