The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

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T. SMITH,
84, BOLD-STREET, and 66, IVIIITECHAPEL

GE:TrLsmEN

Deputy

J. T. Clay. Es
Augustus
Henry Wi

i Wm. L
CGREGOR LAIRD

I TN consequence of the great demand for increased
1. accommodation to the trade of the Mersey, Parliament
^tioned, in 1844, the construction of Dock WOI kson the west
"'he rive lteithead Dock Commissioners, and
-,pls entering their works from the payment of the
In 1845, a second act empowered the
to steepen and wall in Wallasey Pool, convert_
Floating Dock of 150 acres—making, with the
ed under the act of 1844, an area of 2071 acres

r, by the Bir

, exempted
Liverpool dock rates
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kenhead Deck Company was incorporated,
me million, for the purpose of constructing
her conveniences for trade, on the plan of

This Company has purchased the iround co-
, accompanying plat, from the railway station

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, arc to Ilchester road, having a fionidge to the Birkenheadlrica:o7
,gth 2500 yards, which form its northern boundary, while on the
r, of south side tis bounded by a railway, communicating via Chea-

penses :-
Ist. The cartage to and from the ship and warehouse.
2nd. At least one-third the present expense of porterage.
3rd. One-half the present rate of tire insurance.
4th. All dock dues, no rates being levied on produce of any
description entering the Birkenhead Docks.
sth. All pilferage.

6th. Datimel.e fr-om exposure to the weather, the goods being
under cover from the time they leave the ship's hold until de-
livered into the river craft or upon the railway truck.
The annexed plan of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks
shows the relative position and dimensions of the dock works
on both sides of the Mersey, and the distances from the Ex-

he common centre of busi-

ne nirkenneaa Docic Commissioners are a public body,
created in 1844 by the Act of Parliament which authorised the
construction of the docks ; to them the crown has granted an
area of wharfeg.e/M4.Water space of 2724 acres, which form the
site of-the works; on the security of this property and the rates
whit]) are to be levied on the shipping making; use of she docks,
they have borrowed money for their construction. ' •
'the ni.ritnunt rate they are allowed by the act to charge is
one shilling and sixpence per register ton (or such less rate as
Ry he sulliclent to pay the interest" of the' honey borrowed

for the construCtion of the works on the shipping: entering
their docks, but they have no power to charge duck rates upon
goods or prildnee from any part of the world ; all cargoes.
therefore, discharged in these docks are free of dock-rates.
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upon an goods entering
the docks, and the statement, No. 1 annexed, will show the
saving that would accrue in dock dues alone to each trade by
making use of the Birkenhead docks.
In addition to dock dues, the Corporation of Liverpool levy
a rate, called Town's dues, on all goods landed and shipped.
In 1845 these dues amounted to .4'80,000. It is believed that
they cannot be enforced on goods landed or shipped at Birk-
enhead.

The Commissioners of Birkenhead, having their first dock
nearly completed, expect to open for general trade in the course
of the present year. and the HirkPnbend Finek s,;11