The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

PETER WRIGHT, Esq., and

Resolved,

That Sir Howard Douglas, Bart. be one of the Candidates to
represent this Borough in the ensuing Parli nt.
It was proposed by JOHN SHAW off, Esq., seconded by
THOMAS H it, Esq., and
Resolved,
That Sir Dighy Mac orth, Bart. is a fit and proper person
to represent this Bor gh in the ensuing Parliament.
It was proposed h J. S. LEIGH, Esq., seconded by J. A•

LIVERPOOL DOCKS,

DOCK RATES AND DUTIES.

AT a MEETING of the DOCK COMMITTEE,
held the 17th day of June, 1847,
Present, J. BRAMLEY-:MORE, Esq., Chairman,
&c. &c. &c.
The COMMITTEE for the AFFAIRS of the ESTATE of the
TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS, having taken into
consideration the Rates an i Duties now payable upon Articles
of Merchandize, imported and exported ad from the
Liverpool Docks ; and also the Rates a uties now payable
upon the Tonnage of Vessels enterinr• d using the said Docks;
do hereby, in pursuance of the very and authorities con-
tained in the several Acts of P lament, relating to the Docks
and Harbour of Liverpool OWER and REDUCE the said
RATES and DUTIES u the several Articles of Merchan-
dize hereunder speci , viz.:—
SALT, Rock
--, Whit
COTTON WOOL, from the U.
From Mobile
„ New Orleans
„ Natchez
„ Apalachicola
„ Galveston
- St. Mark's
:horkrk's
ff
„ Boston
„ Georgia
„ Virginia
„ South Carolina
„ Charleston
„ Savannah
From South America, viz,
From Maranham
„ Ceara
„ Paraiba .
„ Pernambuco
~ Bahia
„ hlaceio
~ Demerara
Berbice
„ La Guayra
„ Peru
„ Carthagena
From Egypt
From East Indies, viz.
From Surat.
„ Bengal
From West Indies, viz
From Nassau....
„ Barbadoes

lid. per Ton Nett—
./ Outwards.
nited States, viz. :
41d.1

Per Bale Nett—
Inwards.

~
IRON, viz. :
Bar. Bolt, or Rod l.
Broken or Old
Cast or Pig °Awards.
1 _ —........- ..... -
- itfoops-artd srireurr:::•)*
COAL } Id. per Ton Nett—
Outwards.
And the said Committee do also hereby, in pursuance of the
same powers and authorities, lower and reduce the Tonnage
Rates and Duties on Ships and Vessels performing the voyages
t,) or from the Docks of the said Trustees, and any one or more
of the places particularised in the classes hereunder mentioned,
viz.:--

TONNAGE DUTIES,
To be charged for certain classes of voyages.
Class 6.—A1l parts gn the East Coast of North America, the
West Indies, the East Coast of South America to the north-
ward of Rio la Plata inclusive ; all parts of the West Coast of
Africa, and Islands to thenorthward of the Cape of Good Hope,
and all parts within the Mediterranean, including the Adriatic,
the Black Sea, and Archipelago, the Islands of St. Helena,
Ascension, and the Cape de Verd Islands, the sum of One Shil-
ling and Threepence per Ton.
Class 7.—A1l parts in South America to the southward of the
Rio la Plata, in the Pacific Ocean, in Africa and Asia to the east-
ward of the Cape of Good Hope, the sum of One Shilling and
Threepence per ton.
And the Collector andßeceiver of the saidßates and Duties is
hereby directed and authorised to take and collect the Rates
and Duties so particularised and set forth in the above-men-
tioned schedules in lieu of the several Rates and Duties now
payable on such articles of merchandise, and on the tonnage of
such ships and vessels respectively.
And the Rates and Duties so hereby authorised to be collected
and taken as aforesaid shall be so collected and taken on and
after the Twenty-fifth day of June instant.
By order of the Committee,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 21st June, 1847.