The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

ACCOUNTS OF THE• LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

The statement of the accounts of the trustees of the'
Liverpool docks for the year commencing 25th June,
1847, and ending 24th of June, 1848, has just been pub-
lished. From these it appears-that the year which com-
menced with a balance in hand of £191,081 14s. 7d. has
ended with a balance only of £5887 Is. 10d. the receipts
of the year being only £764,905 ss. ld., 4hilst the ex-
penditure has been £970,099 18s. Bd. Amongst the items
of expenditure we find the following :-Bonds and assign-
ments, £153,583 19s. 2d. ; interest, £138,784 7s. Bd.
Salaries-Surveyor's office, (including £3500 to• Mr. Jesse
Hartley,) £7033 4s. ld. ; secretary's office, (including
£lOOO to Mr. Mason,) £1650; treasurer's office, (includ-
ing £lOOO to Mr. Withers,) £4240 ; . marine surveyor's,
(including £6OO to Mr. Lord,) £llOO ; solicitor's office,
(including £l4OO to Mr. Worthington,) £1610; har-
bour, dock, and pier masters, £4515 2s. Bd.-; special
auditors, £3OO ; police establishment, £14,209 16ii. 3d. ;
lighthouse keepers, £765 9s. Bd.; telegraph establishment,
£1654 17s. 4d. ;: purchase of property, £217,350 18S. 4d. ;
buoys and landmarks, £1965 2s. sd. ;. Albert Dock ware-
houses, £20,74105. 4d. ; new river wall at the north
shore, £6703 Os. 4d. ; new north works, £269,254 18s. ;
landing stages,. £15,820 19s. ld. ; dredging- machines,
£13,652 4s. 7d. ;-bond stamps, £2460 10s. ; .Subscriptions
to the charities, £420 ; materials unexpended, £26,619
13s. 2d. The amount paid to workmen in wages amounted
to £230,000, or at the rate of £730- per day. On the
credit side we find that the amount of unexpended mate-
rials last year was £37,719 Bs. Bd. The principal receipts
have been, borrowed, £458,278 9s. ld. ;-rents, £6745 2s.
2d. ; from Harrington Dock, £2145 6s. 5d ; -tonnage dues,
£107,589 10s. 4d. ; duties on goods, £90,028 6s. 6d.;
lighthouse duties, £9274 4s. 10d. ; floating-light duties,
£3998 4s. Bd. ; graving docks, £12,084.155. ; graving
blocks, £2256 lOs. ; from Denison, Heywood, and Ca.,
£20,000; Corporation of Liverpool, £21,518 3s. 6d.4.
trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, £4OOO. The bond
debt amounts to £3,715,483 7s. 9d. Of this amount there
is redeemable on demand £158,213 14s. 7d. ' • in 18481 _
£77,700 ; in 1849, ' £341,191 4s. sd. • in 1850, .£308,075
in 1851, £534,360 is. ld. ; in 1852, £483;631 7s. 4d. ; in
1853. £303,272 ls. 10d. ; in 1854, £944,836 10s. 11d.•, in-
-1855, £402,340 Re. sd. ; in 1856, £970 ; in 1857, £2OOO.
The following is the amount of dock duties received at
this port for the last ten years ending 24th June each year
Amount fore
Year. Vessels. Tonnage. Tonnage. Goods. Total.
1839 15,445 .. 2,158,691 .. 81,680 .. 74,874 .. 156,555
1840
1841
1842 16,458 .. 2;425,319 .. 93,360 .. 83,871 .. 177,231
1843 16,606 .._ 2,445,278 .. 96,445 .. 91,840 .. 188,286
1844 18,411 .. .2,632,712 .. 99,040 .. 86,119 .. 185,164
1845 20,521 .. 3,016,531 .. 118,046.. 105,200 .. 223,247
1846 19,951 .. 3,096,444 .. 114,709 .. 98,714 .. 213,423
1847 20,889 .. 3,351,539 .. 127,982 .. 116,453 .. 244,435
1848 20,311 .. 3,284,963 .. 107,589 .. 90,028 .. 197,617

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Ist December, 1844.—A reductfon of 33 per cent. was
made in the tonnage dues on East India voyages, or 18
per cent. on the aggregate foreign dues.
24th June, 1848.—A reduction in the dock dues,
amounting to £40,000 was made this year.