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

T OF PARLIAMENT,

INCORPORATED BY

!al One Mi.

it, in 10,000 Shares of

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John Laird, EN.!
M. F. Brownrigg, Esq
John Macvicar, Esq.
Robert Barbour, Esq.
Ambrose 1"..,. 1:....

100 each,

1, M.P., Chairman

TO MERCHANTS, SHIPOWNE

GENTLEMEN

J. T. Clay, Esq.,
Augustus Radcliffe, Fsq,
Henry Winch, Esq.,

ADNTISTH Ehs

TN consequence of tin
acconwn

- gre,,,. emand for increased
ition to the tr e of the Mersey, Parliament
s, sanctioned, in 1844, the coo ction of Dock Works on the west
bank of the river, by the rkenbead Dock Commissioners, and
ee..l-
exempted vessels enter g their works from the payment ofthe
Liverpool dock rates. In 1845, a second act empowered the
Commissioners to deepen and wall in NVallasey Pool, convert-
ing it into a Floating Dock of 150 acres—making, with the
works authorised under the act of 1844, an area of 2071 acres
dock accommodation.

In 1845, the Birkenhead Dock Company was incorporated,
with a capital of one million, for the purpose of constructing

. . .
kenhead Dock. This company has purchased the ground co-
loured red on the accompanying plan, from the railway station
to Ilchester road, having a frontage to the Birkenhead Dock of
2500 yards, which form its northern boundary, while on the
south side it is bounded by a railway, communicating via Ches-
ter with the general railway system of the kingdom.
~_By this arrangement the owners of all goods warehonsed on

penses :-
Ist. The cartage to and from the ship and warehouse.
2nd. At least one-third the present expense of porterage.
3rd. Ohe-half the present rate of fire insurance.
4th. All dock dues, no rates being levied on produce of any
description entering the Birkenhead Docks.
sth. All pilferage.
6th. Damage from exposure to, the weather, the goods being
under cover from the tune 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-

The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are a public body,
created it ' ent•
• ::tke .
kAt nof avow,. oltern • tel • , _
area of wrfagetotuttote
.—kiet
site of the tyorkai- en the seCurity lit PV*—"'"` -
which are to lie levied on the shim' .e- of the docks,-
they have borrowed money for their construction.
7he maximum rate they are allowed by the act to charge is
one shillitur and sixpence per register ton (or such less rate sa
may be sufficient to pay the interest of the money borrowed

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their docks, but they have no power to charge dock rates upon
goods or produce from any part of the world ; all cargoes.
therefore, discharged in these docks are free of dock-rates.
In Liverpool the dock rates are levied upon all goods entering
the docks, and the statement, No. I 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 .e 80,030. 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 Birkenhead Dock Company will
have warehouses for a considerable anantit. of

he same time

I, therefore. beg to call your attention to the advantages they
offer, particularly for bulky goods, in the saving of charges,
and to suggest that in itny shipments made to this pore, the
bills of lading may be 414+1.1p to Liverpool or Birkenhead, at
the option of the consigilitiSe,--I remain, Gentlemen your most
obedient servant, MACGREGGOR LAIRD, Secretary.
Birkenhead Dock Company's Offices,
Birkenheaa,lst Sept., !Rd,

To.l.—Statement of Dock Rates received at the Port of Liver-
pool, on Goode and Shipping, in the Fear ending 24th Jenie,
1845.

WHERE FROM. ON GOODS
East Indies £11,041 16 4
New S. Wales and New Zealand 389 17 10
West Coast of South America.. 1,429 17 5
Brazils
West IDdies and Gulf of Mexico 6,156 19 4.. 5,901 16 9
United States of America 55,166 16 9.. 44,121 15 0
Brit. America & Newfoundland 9,787 7 8.. 18,451 10 0
\Vest Coast of Africa 2,022 2 3.. 7,259 8 3
Mediterranean 7,046 12 4.. 6,994 3 4
Ports in the Baltic
European Ports
Coasters 0 0 0.. 21,174 16 6

ON SHIPPING.
10,281 18 8

.e 105,032 3 2 .e 127,447 7 7
In addition to the sum of t'103,032 3s. 2d. levied upon the
Cargoes of Ships entering and leaving the Liverpool Docks, a
further sum of .t'Bo,ooo was paid as Town Dues, making a total
sum of .e 185,032 3s. 2d., which, if the same quantity of Goods
had entered the Birkenhead Docks, would have been saved to
the proprietors.

'o. 2.—Eslimated eomparative statement attending the Import,
into Liverpool, of 1,000 bales New Orleans Cotton, fair qua-
lity, Liverpool classification, supposing the Cotton to be
Warehoused and held for Six Months in Ware
Dock Quays and in the Town Warehouses. Value
say 420,000/b.r. at 4d. per lb., t'8,093 15s.

LIVERPOOL

Town dues, 2d. per bale
Dock dues, 3d. per 100 lbs., less is. 3d
Weighing on quay loading, lighting.
stowing in Warehouse, sd. per bale
Cartage, first length, 2id. per bale
Mending, canvas and twine, say in
order, 4d. per bale

[).?r week

Re-weighing in Wareha

.#'B 6 8
35 0 0

20 16 8
9 7 6

16 13 4

5 0
Removing scales and weights, if only once 0 3 0
Fire Insurance in certifim

'houses on
of Cotton,

•_ ,ca Li i icUl TV atrenouses,
(10s. 6d. per cent., Is. 6d. duty,) 12s. per
cent.*

Rate of
charges

per cent.
on value
of Cotton.

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