on the same they are to raise £20,000, in shares of £100 each; and should this prove insufficient, they may obtain a further sum of £10,000 by mortgage. They are also empowered to demand as
HARBOUR RATES.
| For every Ship, Barge, Boat or Vessel, entering or going out of the Harbour | 8d per Ton. |
| For ditto, running into the same by Stress of Weather, and not unloading | 6d ditto. |
| For ditto, staying longer than Seven Days | 3d ditto, per Day. |
Ships in his Majesty's Service, Custom, Excise and Post-Office Vessels are exempted from these Rates.
Persons using these works are also to pay according to the following schedule for
WHARFAGE RATES.
| For Coals, Coke, Culm, Ashes, Breeze, and all Sorts of Manure, lying upon or at any Wharf for any Time, not exceeding the Space of Fourteen Days | 0s 6d per Chaldron, or Ton. |
| For the same lying longer than Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 6d ditto. |
| For Stone of all Descriptions, for Fourteen Days or less | 0s 6d per Ton. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 6d ditto. |
| For Timber of all Descriptions, for Fourteen Days or less, per Load of Fifty Cubic Feet | 1s 6d per Load. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 1s 6d ditto. |
| For Iron, Brass, Copper and all other Minerals, for Fourteen Days or less | 0s 8d per Ton. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 6d ditto. |
| For Hemp, Flax, Pitch, Tar and Rosin, for Fourteen Days or less | 1s 0d ditto. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 1s 0d ditto. |
| For Grain and Seeds of all Descriptions, for Fourteen Days | 0s 2d per Quarter. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 2d ditto. |
| For Meal and Flour, for Fourteen Days or less | 0s 0d per Sack. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 2d ditto. |
| For Bran or Pollard, for Fourteen Days or less | 0s 1d per Quarter. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 1d ditto. |
| For Hops, Wool and Rags, for Fourteen Days or less | 1s 6d per Ton. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 1s 0d ditto. |
| For Lime, for Fourteen Days or less | 1s 0d ditto. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Daye, perWeek | 0s 8d ditto. |
| ditto For limestone, for Fourteen Days or less | 0s 6d ditto. |
| For the like,for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 0s 6d ditto. |
| For all other Goods, Wares and Merchandize, not before enumerated, for Fourteen Days or less | 1s 6d ditto. |
| For the like, for any Time exceeding Fourteen Days, per Week | 1s 0d ditto. |
When the dividends exceed £20 per cent thea these rates are to be reduced. The work was laid down by Mr. James Pinkerton, and the total estimate, including breakwater and harbour, 800 feet by 300 and 24 deep, was £16,449, 9s. 7d.
This is a very useful undertaking; affording great facilities to the shipping of coal and other articles brought down by the canal to the harbour.
