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EIVEE AND HARBOUR DUES.
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All Goods not enumerated or described
in the above Table, to be charged either
l|d. per ton, weight or measure, accord-
ing to the freight rate, or in proportion to
such articles in this Schedule as they come
nearest to.
XXVII. And be it further enacted,
That, for defraying the expenses of exe-
cuting the Sheds, Cranes, and Weighing
Machines, before authorised, the said
Trustees shall be and are hereby autho-
rised and empowered to demand, exact,
and recover, from all and every person
or persons importing or exporting goods
at the said quays, for the said Sheds,
Craues, and Weighing Machines, the
rates and duties specified in Schedules
A, B, and C, hereto annexed ; and the
surplus of the said duties, if any, to be
applied generally towards the purposes of
this Act.
XXVIII. Provided always and be it
enacted, That, if the rates of Shed Du-
ties, specified in the said Schedule (A),
shall, upon an average of three years
from the date of the erection of the said
Sheds, exceed fifteen per centum upon the
capital sum expended in the construction
thereof, the said rates shall be therefore
reduced hi such proportion as may afibrd
an annual revenue to the said amount,
and no more in all time coming, videlicet,
five per centum as the legal interest of
the capital expended in the erection of
the said Sheds, and ten per centum to de-
fray the expenses of repairing and main-
taining the same, and gradually to pay
off and discharge the principal of the said
debt.
SCHEDULE (B).
CRANE DUTIES AT THE BROOMIELAW.
Each hhd. of Sugar and Hoists, not
exceeding 12 cwt., - - 3d.
Each hhd. of Sugar and Hoists, from
12 to 15 cwt , - - - 4d.
Each hhd. of Sugar and Hoists, from
15 to 20 cwt., - 6d.
Each ton of Hemp, - - - 6d.
do. Timber, - - 6d.
do. Marble, - - Is.
do. Machinery or other arti-
cles, exceeding one ton, - Is.
Taking out and putting in Machinery,
&c, of Steamboats, from £2. 2s. to £8. 8s.
according to the number of hoists and
trouble.
SCHEDULE (C).
WEIGHING DUTIES AT THE BROOMIELAW.
Each Cart, Waggon, or other car-
riage load or weight, not exceeding
12 cwt., Id.
Each Cart, Waggon, or other car-
riage load or weight, exceeding 12
cwt., 2d.
Weighing Duties to be paid by the
Owners, Shippers, or Importers of Goods,
if required by the Tacksman or Collector
appointed by the Trustees for ascertain-
ing the River Tonnage, or other Duties
granted by this Act, provided the weight
alleged by the Shipper or Importer of the
goods be found less than the real weight,
but if equal to or greater than the real
weight, the weighing duties to be paid by
the Tacksman or Collector.
Weighing duties for Coals to be paid
only when weighed on the application of
the Owner or Shipper.