The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-16 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

A 1' a MEETING of the DOCK COMMITTEE, held thiS
L.k. sixth day of September, 1836,
PRESENT,
CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq., Chaim , &c. &c.
The Committee for the Affairs of the Estat the Trustees of
the LIVERPOOL DOCKS, having take unto Consideration
the Rates and Duties now payable several Articles of
Merchandise Imported and Expor and from the Port of
Liverpool, and also the Rates and ones now payable upon the
toriage of,vessels; and also the. Rates anii Duties now payable
in support of the Lighthouses and Floating Light,
It is • resolved and ordered,—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dotk 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 iu 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 I.oolbs. weight, Inwards.
Jute, One Shilling and Fourpence per 'i'on, Inwards.
Nuts, Three Farthings per Bushel, Inwards.
Oranges and Lemons, Twopence per Chest ur Case, and One
Penny per Box, Inwards.
Sago, One Shilling and Sixpence per Ton, Inwards.
Silk, Raw or Thrown, One Shilling per 100 lbs. weight,
Inwards.
Silk Waste Fourpence per laYibs, weight, Inwards.
'Far, Three 'Halfpence per Barret; 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 Mau.
And it is also resolved and ordertd,—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock Rates and Duties
be and he is hereby authorised to take and collect the several
Rates and Ditties upon the Tonnage Burthen of Vessels, in the
Schedule hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of the Hates and Duties
now payable thereon.
TONNAGE DUTIES.
To he 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 Duncan'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 galling Head, the suns
bf Threepence Three Farthings per Ton.
Class 3d. All parts of the East and Southern Coasts of Great
Britain, between Duncan's Bay Head and the Land's End, in,
eluding the Islands of Shetland, and ail parts of the West
Coast of Ireland, from Cape Clear to galling Head, including
the Islands on that Coast, the sum of Fivepence Farthing per
Ton.

4th. All parts of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterrei
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 Faro Isles, and Iceland, the suin
of Ninepence per Ton.
Class sth. All parts within the Cattegat 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 Islauds, Ma-
deira, and Azores, the sum of One Shilling per Thu.
Clause 6th. All parts on the East Coast of North America,
the West Indies, the East Coast of South America, to the
Northward of Rio Ia Plata inclusive ; all parts, of the West
Coast of Africa, and Islands to the Northward of, the Cape of
Good Hope, and all parts 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 anti Sixpence, per Ton.
Class 7th. All partS in South America, to the Southward of
the Rio Ia Plata, in the Pacific Ocean, in Africa and Asia, to
the Eastward of the Cape of Gob(' Hope, the sum of Two Shit=
lings and Threepence per Ton.
And it is also resolved and ordered,—
That the Collector or Receiver of the Dock
be and he is hereby authorised to continue to det at
Ratesda,nledvDy,tratinect;
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collect, in lieu of the Rates and Duties now iTty7u,b..l:eninalSupport
of the Lighthouses and Floating Light, and
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For every Ship or other Wessel,
David's,
or orsailing to or from
the Port of Liverpool and Saint Head,Carlisle, or
to any other Port or Place between Liverpool and Saint Da-
vid's 'Head, or Carlisle, the sum of One Farthing perl Ton.
Mid for every
or other Vessel, trading or sailing to or
asrhliisple ,
from the said Port of Liverpool, and any other Port or Place
in Great Britain or Ireia.nd, or the adjacent Islands, not here-
inabove.naml, tstlecshutshhoipf Oornoethllearlf\ss
pfeenneyl,per Ton.
And fur every
trading or sailing
to or from the said Port of Liverpool and any other Port or
Place nut being within the Kingslom,of °Great Britain and Ire-
land, or the adij7aLceonAtTllNanGds,LtihGe
IlsuTna ooftyrnelBPsennYPer Tun.
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All Vessels sailing to or from Livrpool to any Pert or Place
between Duncan's Bay Head and the Laud's End, on the
West Side of Great Britain, and between Mailing Head and
Cape Clear, on the East Side. of Ireland, One-eighth of a
Penny per Ton: •
MI V essels sailing to or from Liverpool to any Port or
Place between Duncan's Bay Head and the. Land's End, on
the East and Southern Coast of Great Britain, and between
Malting Head and Cape Clear, on the West Coastof Ireland,
One Farthing per Ton.
All Vessels sailing to or from Liverpool to any Port or Place
not being within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, or the adjacent Islands to the Northward of the Cape
of. Good Hope, and the Northward of Cape Horn, One Half-
penny ner Ton.
All Vessels sailing to or from Liverpool to any Port or Place
to the, Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, and the Westward
of Cape Horn, One Pennv per Ton,
And it-is alio rejoiced and ordered,—
That the Rates and Duties so hereby authorised to be col-
lectedn and taken as aforesaid, shall be so collected ancidt..,kfteer
Upon all Vessels arriving in the Port of Liverpool
09 '!`.),,,,,tid
the 25th day of September instant, but that such a t ,
reductions shall not' be, or be considered,
or abandonment of the right of the Trustees f
full amount, or arty
Docks' to revive, at any time hereafter,
pthase,able on such Goods,
)art, of the Rates and Du ties
ares, and Merchandise, and tit
esselsi and also in support o the asia,_rtelhlieetfqaLuiks,ehruii,ejl
now
ythe Tonnage of Ships add
Lighthouses and Floating
Light, .
Secretary.
By order of
NtheIECL MASON,omtnittee,