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RIVER AND HARBOUR RATES. 141
TABLE OF RATES FOR CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS.
No. 1. — Kitchen Vents. s. d.
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, Waeehouses, and Public Offices.
Sweeping each A''ent, on ground flat, ......
Do. do. on first flat, ......
Do. do. on second flat and upwards, ....
No. 4. — Neav TexemeS;ts.
Cleaning Chimney of New Tenements, each Vent, ....
No. 5. — Charitable Institutions.
For Charitable institutions within the boundar;', each Vent, . . .
No. 6. — Foul Chimneys.
Extinguishing and Sweeping a Foul Chimney, .....
No. 7. — Extra Wouk.
For the first hour, ........
Each hour thereafter, ........
In order to prevent, as much as possible, chimneys tnking fire, the Magistrates recommend to the inhabit-
ants to get their chimneys swept every six weeks, and not to employ or admit to their houses, or to the
roof thereof, any chimney-sweeper not having a badge, or -vvho refuses to produce the same v/lien demanded.
The Magistrates also recommend to the inhabitants to keep the hatchway, or other access to the roof of
their houses, properly secured, and not to intrust the key to any chimney-sweeper who has not a badge, in
order to prevent theft and destruction to property.
Glasgo'NV, l^th January, 1864.
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KIVEE AND HAEBOUE SATES.
Authorized to be levied by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation, under the Act 21 & 22 Vict., Cap. 149.
Schedule G. — Rates on Vessels at each time of erdering, or Using, or Departing from the River,
or Harhuur : —
On all Vessels, except as after-mentioned, arriving at or departing from the Harbour,
from or to any place in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, per
Register Ton,' ......... In. l-Jd., Out. lid.
On all Steam Vessels arriving at or departing from the Harbour, from or to any place
within a line drawn from East to West across the Channel at Pladda, per Rea^ister
Ton, . . . . . . . . . ". . In. |d., Out. f d.
On all Vessels arriving at or departing from the Harbour, from or to any place out of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, per Register Ton, . . In. 4d., Out 4d.
On all Vessels that shall remain in the Harbour over and above the first Twenty-four
lawful Days, per Register Ton, per Week, ..... One Penny.
On all Vessels entering or departing from any of the Wet Docks or Tidal Basins, when
constructed, in addition to the Harbour rates, per Register Ton, . . .In. 6d., Out 6d.
On all Vessels that shall remain in any of the Wet Docks or Basins over and above the
first Twenty-four lawfid Days, per Register Ton, per Week, . . . Twopence.
On all Vessels entering or using the River, not liable for the above rates, and not trad-
ing with Cargo liable for Rates under Schedule H, per Register Ton, . . Sixpence.
Provided that the last-mentioned charge shall not extend to any Vessels the goods in
which are exempted from rates by this Act.
On all Vessels entering or using the Trustees' Basin at Bowling, having previously been
regularly trading on the River, per Register Ton, per Week, . . . One Halfpenny.
On all other Vessels entering or using the said Basin, per Register Ton, per Week, . Twopence.
Vessels proceeding empty for a cargo, or returning empty, having discharged a cargo to or from any
place beyond the limits of the Harbour, shall not be liable to pay any rates for the empty trip.
Vessels psssing to or from any place on the River Clyde above Hutchesontown Bridge, through that
portion of the River which is embraced within the limits of the Harbour, shall not be liable for any of the