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EIVER AND HARBOUR RATES.
EIVEa AND HARBOTJE BATES.
Levied by the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation, under their Acts of Parliament.
Rates on Vessels at each time of Entering, or Using, or Departing from, the River
or Harbour i —
In. \\L, Out. IJd.
In. |d., Out. |d.
In. 4d., Out. 4d.
One Penny.
Three Farthings.
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, .........
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 Register
Ton, ..........
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,
On all Vessels that shall remain in the Harbour over and above the first Twenty-four
lawful Days, per Register Ton, per Week, .....
On all Vessels coming into the River or Harbour from any Shipbuilding Yard eastward
of Newark Castle, per Register Ton, ........
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 passing 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
rates specified in this Schedule, unless they shall use any of the said Docks or Tidal Basins, or any of the
Quays or other works constructed by the Tnistees on the banks of the River, within the limits of the Har-
bour, or unless they shall take in or discharge their cargo or any part thereof within the said limits, or
shall remain therein longer than may be necessary for passing through the same.
Goods in Vessels to or fi-om any place out of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland are
liable for the Rates in the First Column of the following table ; and Goods in Vessels to or from any place
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, are liable for the Rates in the Second Column.
Goods brought to Glasgow for transhipment pay only the rate one way, either inwards or outwards,
in the option of the Trustees ; previous notice being given at the Collector's Office before the Goods are
discharged or loaded.
The River Clyde is divided into Three Stages, and the following are the Rates exigible upon each: — Th^
first stage extends from Stockwell Bridge to the Old Ferry at Renfrew, being about sis hundred and sixty
yards to the east of the present Ferry, and the rates on Vessels, Goods, Animals, and Carriages, passing in
or upon any part thereof are two-third parts of the aforesaid rates. The second stage extends from the
Old Ferry at Renfrew to the mouth of Dalmuir Burn ; and the rates exigible thereon are one-sixth part of
the aforesaid rates. The third stage extends from Dalmuir Burn to Newark Castle ;, and the rates exigible
thereon are one-sixth part of the aforesaid rates.
Rates fok Weighing.
For each cart, loriy, spring van, or other
caiTiage, when the load does not exceed s. d.
One Ton, 1
When the load exceeds One Ton, . .02
Rates to be paid by the owner of the
Goods, as defined by this Act, if re-
quired by the collector or other officer
appointed by the trustees for ascertaining
the rates, provided the weight specified
by the owner, shipper, or importer of the
goods be found less than the real weight,
but if fomid equal to, or greater than,
the real weight, the weighing duties are
not to be exigible.
The Rates on coals to be paid only
when weighed on the application of the
owner or shipper; one penny per ton to
be charged when so weighed in carts, and
twopence per waggon when weighed in
railway waggons. Common manure, when
weighed, to be charged at the rate of one
penny per ton, whether in carts or rail-
way waggons.
Weights of cargo, including bunker coal,
given at the request of agents for vessels
and for their own purposes only, shall
be charged at the rate of one halfpenny
per ton.
When the weights of machinery weighed
on the 90-ton weighing machines are
given at the request of the owner, the
charge shall be one penny per ton.