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Miver Dues.
BILLETING SOLDIERS.
Soldiers on the recruiting service, &c., are billeted on the houses of the inhabitants
in regular rotation, with the following exceptions, viz.: — Parish Ministers and
Schoolmasters, Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Faculty of Procurators, Widows
and Unmarried Ladies not in business, and who do not keep Lodgers ; and Paupers.
Occupiers of houses at £3 and under £5 yearly rent, two men for any number pf
days under a week — at £5 and upwards, two men for two weeks, or the remainder of
the month, which may happen to be seventeen days.
"When it is inconvenient to furnish soldiers with a bed, it has been usual, in lieu
thereof, to pay 3s. a-week for two men, and 2s. to sergeants, payable weekly
at the option of the inhabitant. Government allows a return of Id. each day for
each soldier. The Billet-Master attends from 11 to 3 o'clock on the ith day of each
month, (when it does not fall on Sunday,) and the two following days, to nay the
Goverament allowance.
■RIVER AND HARBOUR DUES.
age, [Crame, Weighing, and Shed Dues, leviable on Goods Imported or Ex-
ported at the Broomielauj,
DUES,
Sailing Vessels, 2<i. per Ton Register.
Steam do. 2d. "
River Steamers, plying within Cumbrae Light-house, . Id. "
Id. per Ton per Week charged after 24 Working Days.
Extracted from Act 6, (Jeo. IV., cap. cxvii., passed 10th June, 182-3.
SCHEDULE (A.)
Shed Dues at the Broomielaiu, on Goods Exported or Imported.
FIRST CLASS.
Currants, per butt.
Dry Fruits, ton, .
Feathers,
Groceries, not enumerarted, ton
Madders, butt.
Oil, 252 Gallons, .
Spirits, pipe or butt,
Sugar, hhd. .
Wine, pipe or butt,
SECOND CLASS
Alum, per hhd.
Apples, . .
Apples, in Bulk, 12 Bushels,
Bacon and Hams, hhd. .
Bacon, in Bulk, ton.
Barley, in jars or jugs, scores.
Blacking, hhd.
Bleaching Powder, ton,
Bread, hhd. .
Brimstone, ton.
Butter,
Candles, ton,
Cheese, ton, .
Coffee, tierce.
Copper, ton,
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