The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

LOCAL CHARGES UPON SHIPPING

uire into. the subject
in their report submit the

THE commissioners appointed
of local cha

following recommendations

1. That a sing...
each public harbour_
2. That the limits within which each body orconserva—
tors shall exercise jurisdiction be determined 7 and that
provision be made for revising these limits from three to
time.

body of conservators be constituted in

3. That all powers necessary for the maintenance and
government of the harbour, be vested exclusively in.thecon-
servators of the harbour.

4. That all property held by the existing authorities
of any public harbour, and appropriated to the purposes oC
the harbour, be transferred to the conservators of that
harbour. •

5. That all revenues appropriated to the purposesof any
public harbour, be transferred to the conservators of that
harbour.

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6. That all dues and tolls on ships, or on goods carried fir
ships, leviedby municipal corporations, or other townautho-
rifles, within the limits of any public harbour, be transferred
to the conservators of the public harbour within which.
they are levied.

7. That the debts secured, either partially or wholly, oa.
the property or revenues transferred to the conservators,
a charge on the harbour revenues.

8. That, where these debts are also secured on aborough
fund, or on rates payable by the inhabitants of a district.,
the harbour revenues be indemnified against these debts.,
by such borough fund or rates, unless these debts hav
been incurred for harbour purposes ; and that, where
requisite, special provision. be made to secure to the har-
bour revenues indemnification from the ratepayers of the
town or district against debts which are not secured, or
inadequately secured, on a borough fund, or on rates, but
which have been incurred for municipal or other town.
purposes.

9: That the tariffs of the dues and tolls on ships, or oir
goods carried in ships, transferred to the conservators, be

revised

10. That the limits within which each suckdue or toll is
leviable be also revised.

11. That provision be made for the future• re'
such tariffs and limits from time to time.

12. That all exclusive privileges within publicharbo

be abolished,

13. That compensation to individuals, whose veal&
terests are prejudiced by the abolition of these privile,
be provided from the revenues of the harbour in whin'
the privilege existed.

14 That the conservators of a public harbour be enr—
powered to regulate the supply and removal of ballast
within that harbour ; but that this power be not exercised
for the purpose of obtaining a profit, either by the supplx
or by the removal of the ballast.
15. That the " passing tolls " be abolished.
16. That the Dover harbour debt continue a charge,
on the remaining revenue of the harbour, and on
the property appropriated to the purposes of the har—
bour.

17. That the annuity of £2OO charged on the revenuesof
Ramsgate harbour, and applicable to Sandwich. harbour.

18. That the harbour debts of Whitby and. Bridlingtot
be provided for from public funds.
19. That the barque money levied by the: company or
pilots at Dover, the dues and tolls on ships or on goods
carried in ships, levied by the fraternity of Hostmen at
Newcastle, the trustees of the Totness charities, the Trizr-
ity-house of Hull, the Trinity-house of Newcastle, the
Society of Merchant Venturers at Bristol, and the Russia=
Company be abolished.
_ _ _

20: That the vested interests of the officers orthese cor-
porations or companies, and of the recipients of their
charities, be provided for on the principle adopted in the
analogous case of the Trinity House, Deptford, Stronct,
and sanctioned by the Legislature.

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