Ships not having British Registers are to pay one fourth more of the rates of pilotage than stated in the above table (except chiefly laden with corn or other provisions), and which is to be paid at the custom house.

For half a foot exceeding the above draughts of water the medium price between the two limits.

For intermediate distances a proportionate rate,

For removing a ship or vessel from moorings into a dry or wet dock :

£. s. d.

In the river

Thames above

Gravesend

For a boat of a class carrying an anchor

of above 4 cwt, with a corresponding tow line, the rate with an anchor above 2 cwl. and corresponding tow line with an anchor under 2 cwt. &c.

And for each man's service in those boats, 10s. 6d. per tide.

A TABLE of the respective RATES to be received by the Pilots of the Cinque Port Establishment.

For every half foot exceeding 10 feet of the above draughts of water an increased rate, equal to the medium between the two limits, is to be paid.

For intermediate distances a proportionate rate equal to half the difference between the two limits.

Ships and vessels which shall be boarded by pilots westward of the Downs are to pay the several rates following:

£. s. d. 550 4 4 0

330

From off Dover and westward of the South Foreland to
the Downs

From off the South Foreland, and to the northward of
that promontory to the anchorage in the Downs, or
for coming on board when at anchor there

110

Ships not having British Registers, to pay one-fourth more of the rates of pilotage than is stated in this table, except such as are chiefly laden with corn or other provisions. To all the several rates above mentioned shall be added 101. per cent, when the number of Cinque Port pilots shall be increased to 160, and 201. per cent, when they shall be increased to 180; of which increased numbers respectively notice shall be given by the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, or by his authority, in the London Gazette, and in one or more newspapers circulating in the counties of Middlesex and Kent.

In the river above Graves-<

end

0

for

Per trip the whole distance from Gravesend to >London; and in 6 proportion for any

For a boat of a class carrying an anchor £. s. d.
of above 4 cwt, with a cor-
responding tow line, the rate
with an anchor above 2 cwt.
and corresponding tow line
with an anchor above 2 cwt.
&c.

2 2

1 11

1

And for each man's service in those boats 10s. 6d. per tide. [See the regulations under TITLE 237.]

part of this disO tance,

TITLE CCLXVII.-TABLE W.

A TABLE of RATES payable to the East India Dock Company by the Masters or Owners of Vessels.

For every vessel (except country vessels hereinafter described) entering
inwards, and unloading her cargo in the East India Docks, and loading
her cargo outwards in the said docks, of such vessel, to be paid within
10 days, after such vessel shall be cleared inwards, the ton
For every vessel built in the East Indies (called country ships) and navi-
gated by Lascars (not less than two-thirds of her crew being Lascars)
entering inwards, and unloading her cargo in the said docks, and load-
ing her cargo outwards in the said docks, to be paid within 10 days
after such vessel shall be cleared inwards; this rate being 2s, the ton
less than the rate on other vessels, in consideration of the expenses of
the maintenance of the Lascars whilst such country vessels are unload-
ing, the ton

For every vessel loading outwards in the said docks, being a new ship, or
not having upon her last arrival unloaded inwards therein, to be paid
before such vessel shall depart from the docks, the ton
In case any such British, or country, or other vessel, having unloaded
her cargo in the said docks, shall remove from the said docks before
loading any cargo outwards, and shall not load any cargo outwards in
the said docks, there shall be allowed and returned, in respect thereof,
out of every such 14s. or 12s. respectively, to be repaid before such
vessel shall sail from the said port of London
And in case such vessel shall have completed her regular number of voyages,
or shall not be continued in the East India trade, there shall be allowed
and returned, in respect thereof, for the last voyage of such vessel in
such East India trade, out of every such 14s. or 12s. to be repaid within
one calendar month after such vessel shall be removed from the dock
And there shall also be payable to the said East India Dock Company,

for all goods imported or brought from the East Indies or China,
which shall be landed, unshipped, or discharged from on board of
any vessel entering into and using any of their docks or basons,
by the East India Company, or by any other owner or consignee
of such goods (besides the rates hereinbefore specified) the rate
following; that is to say,

£. s. d.

0 14 0

0 12 0

0 4

020

040

For all goods imported from the East Indies or China, and unloaded in the said docks, the ton

Such ton to be estimated and calculated on all goods whatever, according to the usual mode of estimating tons of goods by the East India Company; which rate shall be paid in respect of all such goods so imported, within three months after the vessel containing such goods shall be cleared; and in respect of all such goods so imported for any other persons such rate shall be deducted out of the produce of such goods at the sales thereof, by the receiver of the East India Company, and shall by him be paid over to the collector for the said East India Company, as soon after such sales as the account of such privileged or private trade of such goods can be made up. Which several rates shall be accepted in satisfaction of the use and convenience of the said docks, and all charges and expenses of the navigating, mooring, unmooring, removing, and management of such vessel, from her arrival at the entrance into the said docks until such vessel shall be unloaded and removed from the said docks, and also the unloading or unshipping of her cargo and stores within the said docks, and also for the loading of her cargo and stores within the said docks, together with the use of the light dock for any space of time, not exceeding six calendar months from the time of unloading such vessel, in case there be sufficient and convenient space for the reception of such vessel in such light dock during such period.

The foregoing rates shall not extend to any lighters or craft entering into the said locks, to convey, deliver, discharge, or receive goods, or any other matter or thing whatsoever, to or from on board of any vessel, in such docks.

The tonnage or admeasurement of all vessels liable to the payment of any of the rates of tonnage by this act imposed, shall be ascertained according to the certified tonnage in the ship's register, and the master of each such vessel is required to produce such certificate of registry, at the time of payment of the said rates, to the persons who shall be duly authorized to collect such rates, and in case of any dispute about the same, then the tonnage of such vessel shall be ascertained according to 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. [TITLE 2, Rules 4 and 6.]

£. s. d..

020

TITLE CCLXVIII.-TABLE X.

A TABLE of RATES to be charged at the East India Docks in Londen on Goods imported by private Merchants from the East Indies, and which are not, upon being landed, sent to the East India Company's Warehouses.

The following are the rates of tonnage, according to the usage of the East India Company, of the principal articles (piece goods excepted) imported in the Company's ships, and which, by the acts of 43 and 46 Geo, 3. [TITLE 238.] were those upon which the duties and rates to the East India Dock Company were appointed to be paid.

1

On 1 Imports by Private Ships, (the Goods not being sent to the East India Company's Warehouses, but warehoused with the Dock Company,) the following Charges will be made, according to the preceding Scale of Tonnage.

(The above charges being independent of the 2s. the ton for dock dues, granted by the act 43 Geo. 3. c. 126. and the 2s. the ton for wharfage and loading, granted by 46 Geo. 3. c. 113.)

And the goods so warehoused will be charged with rent as expressed by the following tables.

(a) The tonnage of these articles is estimated by the East India Company at a certain number of pieces, but the packages being unopened by the Dock Company, the measured ton at the London Docks is adopted instead of the number of pieces.