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TONNAGE AND DOCKAGE RATES AND DOCKAGE RATES CONTINUED.

Description of Goods, &c. . Rent per Quarter.
From Three Hundred and Fifty Tons to Four Hundred Tons £1 0s 0d .
From Four Hundred ditto to Five Hundred ditto £1 3s 0d .
Docking each Vessel £0 10s 6d .
Undocking ditto £0 10s 6d .
Wharfage on Oak and other heavy Timber, per Load £0 6s 0d £0 3s 0d
Ditto on ditto, and other heavy Planks ditto £0 6s 0d £0 3s 0d
Ditto on large Timber and Masts ditto . £0 2s 0d
Ditto on small Timber ditto . £0 3s 0d
Ditto on Deals from the Baltic, per reduced Standard of One, Hundred and Twenty ditto £0 5s 0d £0 5s 0d
Ditto on ditto from America, ditto £0 5s 0d £0 5s 0d
Ditto on Quebec Pipe Logs of Three and Four Inches, per Thousand . £0 15s 0d
Ditto on Staves of Two and Two and a Half ditto . £0 15s 0d
Ditto on ditto of One and One and a Half ditto ditto . £0 15s 0d
Ditto on Hogshead Logs of Three and Four ditto ditto . £0 15s 0d
Ditto on ditto Staves of Two and Two and a Half ditto ditto . £0 15s 0d
Ditto on ditto of One and One and a Half ditto ditto . £0 15s 0d
Ditto on Barrel Logs of Three and Four ditto ditto . £0 10s 0d
Ditto on Barrel Staves of Two and Two and a Half lnches, per Thousand . £0 10s 0d
Ditto on ditto of One and One and a Half ditto ditto . £0 10s 0d
Ditto on Heading Logs of Three and Four ditto ditto . £0 10s 0d
Ditto on ditto Staves of Two and Two and a Half ditto ditto . £0 10s 0d
Ditto on ditto of One and One and a Half ditto ditto . £0 10s 0d
Ditto on Flax and Hemp per Ton £0 2s 6d £0 1s 0d
Ditto on Iron ditto £0 1s 6d .
. . Rent per Week.
Ditto on Mats per Bundle of One Hundred £0 1s 3d £0 0s 6d
Ditto on Russia Ashes per Ton £0 1s 3d £0 0s 2d
Ditto on Tallow ditto £0 1s 6d £0 0s 6d
Ditto on Oil per Ton of Two Hundred and Fifty-two Gallons £0 2s 6d £0 1s 0d
Ditto on Bristles per Cask £0 0s 8d £0 0s 3d
Ditto on Brimstone per Ton £0 1s 6d £0 1s 0d
Ditto on Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine per Barrel £0 3s 0d £0 0s 2d

The last Column is the Rent to be paid while stored on the Company's Premises.

Mr. Ralph Dodd was the engineer for this undertaking, and his estimate amounted to £80,220, 3s. 7d. The sum originally subscribed by the shareholders was £45,200; but by the different acts the company have had authority to raise above £300,000. The work has not yet remunerated the proprietors for their outlay, not more than two and a half per cent. annual interest having yet been received on each £100 share. The loan of course has had regular interest paid upon it, according to the provisions of the act, But as the profits of this concern, as originally intended, would partly depend upon dockage, this source of expected revenue will