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TABLE OF RATES FOR CHIMNEY-SWEEPS.
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WEIGHING DUES.
Each cart, waggon, or other carriage load
or weigh, not exceeding 12 cwt., Id.
Exceeding 12 cwt., - - - 2d.
The Weighing Dues are not exigible
when the correct weight of the goods is
furnished.
CRANE DUES.
Each hoist not exceeding 12 cwt., 3d.
„ from 12 to 15 cwt, - 4d.
,, from 15 to 20 cwt., - 6d.
Each ton of machinery, and other
articles exceeding one ton, - Is.
Hemp, per ton, - - - - 6d.
Marble, do. - - - - Is.
Timber, do. 6d.
Taking out and putting in machinery, &c,
of steam-boats, from £2, 2s. to £8, 8s.,
according to the number of hoists and
trouble.
Cranemen's time, per hour or part of an
hour, - - - - - 6d.
The following are the Charges for Water
supplied by the Clyde Trustees to Ves-
sels in the Harbour of Glasgow, viz. : —
Vessels under 25 tons register, 6d. each.
,, 25 tons and under 50, Is.
„ 50 „ 100,
100
150
200
300
150,
200,
300,
400,
Is. 3d.
3s.
5s.
,, 400 tons and upwards, 10s,
Steam-vessels regularly supplied oftener
than once a week to be charged one-half
of the above rates.
Masters of vessels requiring water will
obtain orders on application at the weigh-
ing-boxes on the quays.
PLANKS AND STAGES.
For loading or discharging vessels, Is.
each plank or stage per week.
KHONES.
Id. for each waggon of coal loaded, with
Is. extra on each cargo for removing
the rhone to and from the vessel.
BALLAST.
The Clyde Trustees remove ballast from
vessels on either side of the Harbour,
at a rate not exceeding Is. per ton, and
supply clean stone ballast at the rate
of Is. per ton. — Application to be made
at the Tonnage Office.
The River Clyde is divided into Three
Stages, and the following are the Ton-
nage Dues exigible upon each : —
The First Stage extends from Stockwell
Street Bridge to the Old Ferry at Ren-
frew, being about 600 yards to the east
of the present ferry, and the Dues on
Goods carried or conveyed thereon are
two-thirds of the Tonnage Dues exigible
by the Trustees.
The Second Stage extends from the Old
Ferry at Renfrew to the mouth of Dal-
muir Burn, and the Dues exigible
thereon are one-sixth of the Tonnage
Dues; and
The Third Stage extends from Dalmuir
Burn to Newark Castle, and the Dues
exigible thereon are one-sixth part of
the Tonnage Dues.
TABLE OF RATES FOR CHIMNEY-SWEEPS.
No. 1. — Kitchen Vents.
Sweeping Kitchen Vents on ground floor, -
Do. do. on first flat, -
Do. do. on second flat and upwards,
Additional, if with Smoke-jack, Hot-plate, and Oven,
Cleaning Vent and Flues of Washing-house boilers,
No. 2. — Room Vents.
Sweeping Room Vents, with Register or Kinnaird Grates, on ground floor,
On first floor, - - -
On second floor and upwards, -
Houses of one or two apartments, -
No. 3.— Shops, Banks, Warehouses, and Public Offices.
Sweeping each Vent on ground flat, -
Do. do. on first flat, • . ' - ..' ' -
Do. do. on second flat and upwards, -
No. 4. — New Tenements.
Cleaning Chimney of New Tenements, -
No. 5.— Charitable Institutions.
For Charitable Institutions within the boundary, -
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