TABLE OF RATES FOR PILOTING VESSELS INTO AND OUT OF

LIVERPOOL.

At a meeting of the Commissioners, held within the Town-hall, on Tuesday, the 21st of November, 1826, under the authority of an act passed in the 5 Geo. IV. c. 73. (local), entitled, "An Act for the better Regulation and Encouragement of Pilots for the conducting of Ships and Vessels into and out of the Port of Liverpool," the following rates of pilotage were fixed upon.

For Vessels trading to Foreign Parts.

INWARD.

British Alien
Ships. Ships.

Per foot Per foot

S. d. 8. d.

0 12 0

From the length of the west end of the Great Orms head, bearing S. by W., or before Penman Bachan be shut 9 in with the Great Ormshead, at the rate of..... From the eastward of the Great Ormshead, as above. 8 0 11 0 From the only house now on Great Hilbra Island, bearing S.S.W. by the compass, or shall be piloted from the Road of Hoylake only, or from the Buoy of the Fair Way in Formby Channel.

See the Act, § 23.

OUTWARD.

4 0 5 6

Whether through the Rock or Formby Channel...... 4 0 7 0

N.B.-If any vessel has passed the Brazil Buoy in the Rock Channel, or the Middle Patch Buoy in Formby Channel, or if a pilot-boat falls in with a vessel in the Narrows of the Channels in stormy weather, that she cannot board her without imminent danger, the pilot shall then lead the way, and in either case be entitled to such pilotage as shall be awarded by the committee at their next meeting.

See the Act, § 23 and 26.

Coasting Vessels, and those trading to and from Ireland, the Islands of Faro or Ferro, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, to pay only one-half of the above rates; but see § 20.

No vessel to pay for less than eight feet of water, nor any vessel to pay for odd inches under half a foot. See the Act, § 20.

No coasting vessel, inward or outward bound, of the burthen of 100 hundred tons or upwards, (unless she be in ballast,) is to refuse a pilot, as the master or owner, &c. must pay the full pilotage, if one is offered. See the Act, § 25.

No vessel to be deemed a coaster, unless she has been six months in that trade. See the Act, § 20.

The pilotage from sea into Hoylake is one-half inward; and from Hoylake out to sea, one-half outward; and although the pilot or the boat be not employed a whole day, to be paid for a day.

In what cases ships forced back and piloted out again are to pay only half pilotage. See the Act, § 30.

For every day of attendance whilst in the river, except] the day of going to sea with such ships or vessels as shall be outward-bound, and the day of returning from 5 0 sea and the day of docking for such as shall be inward

bound...

And if the attendance of a pilot-boat be requested..... 42 0

*** The pilots' committee recommend to the merchants, &c., that when a pilot conducts a ship or vessel into port to their satisfaction, the same pilot be employed to take the said vessel out again; but if he should be absent on duty, that one belonging to the same boat be employed.

GREENOCK.

(Separate Jurisdiction.)

(See 1 Geo. IV. c. 37. § 36. page 237.)

41 Geo. III. c. 51.

An Act to amend two acts, made in the thirteenth and twenty-ninth years of the reign of his present Majesty, for making more commodious the Harbours of the Town of Greenock, &c. ; for regulating the Fares of Pilots, Watermen, and Jobbers, &c. employed in the said Harbours, and on the River Clyde, and for feuing out the Glebe of the said Town.

Trustees to license pilots, make by-laws, and fix the fares and wages of pilots.-The Lord Provost and Dean of Guild of the city of Glasgow, the two Baillies of Greenock, and the two Baillies of the towns of Port Glasgow and Newark, all for the time being, shall have full power and authority to license pilots, jobbers, riggers, sailors, and watermen employed in transporting ships and vessels on the Frith and river Clyde between the Cumbray Light and the Broomelaw of Glasgow; and to make rules and by-laws for framing and regulating the fares and wages, and conduct and behaviour of the said pilots, jobbers, riggers, sailors, and watermen, consistent always with the laws of this realm, and the other provisions of this act; and to cause such rules and by-laws to be printed and hung up in conspicuous places of the custom-houses and council chambers of Glasgow, Port Glasgow, and Greenock respectively, and to enforce observation of the said regulations under such punishments and pecuniary penalties as may be necessary for that purpose, besides withdrawing the licences of the said persons respectively, provided that none of the said pecuniary penalties shall exceed the sum of five pounds sterling for each offence. § 34.

Fixing the place of meeting of town council of Greenock.-The said lord provost, dean of guild, and baillies, shall meet annually in the town house of Greenock, on the first Tuesday in November, in order to frame rules, regulations, and by-laws for the purposes aforesaid, any three of them to be a quorum: Provided always, that nothing in this act shall extend or be construed to extend, to diminish or infringe in any respect the powers, jurisdiction, and privileges of the baillie of the river Clyde, nominated and appointed by the magistrates and town council of the said city of Glasgow. § 35.

Obstructing officers.-If any person obstructs, molests, or hinders any person employed under this act, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds, nor less than one pound. § 48.

Former acts not repealed.—All the clauses, matters, and things in the 13 Geo. III. c. 28. and 29 Geo. III. c. 43. relative to the appointment of trustees, &c.; the levying and recovering of rates and duties, and recovery of penalties; the mitigation thereof; and the making bylaws shall subsist and be effectual during the continuance of this act. § 59.

Persons aggrieved may appeal to the justices of the peace for the county of Renfrew in quarter sessions. §59.

57 Geo. III. c. 32 (local.)

An Act for the further Improvement of the Town and Harbours of Greenock, for establishing and supporting a Harbour Police, &c.

Pilots not to ply without being licensed.—It shall not be lawful for any pilot to act as such, in the transportation of ships or vessels, betwixt the Cumbray Light and Broomielaw of Glasgow, without being first licensed for that purpose by the lord provost and dean of guild of Glasgow, and bailies of Greenock and Port-Glasgow, (three or more of them being a quorum,) pursuant to the act of the 41st year of the reign of his present Majesty; and any person or persons acting as a pilot within the said limits shall, for every transgression, forfeit a penalty not exceeding five pounds;—and it shall not be lawful for any riggers, watermen, or jobbers, other than the ship's crew, to ply in or about any ships or vessels resorting to the harbours of Greenock and Port-Glasgow respectively, or in any boat plying from these harbours, without being licensed pursuant to the said recited act, under the penalty of twenty shillings, and it shall be lawful to the said lord provost and dean of guild of Glasgow, and bailies of Greenock and Port-Glasgow, or their quorum, and they are hereby authorized, to deprive any such pilot, licensed as aforesaid, of his licence, upon the conviction of such pilot of any misbehaviour or misconduct. § 20.

TABLE of Rates of Pilotage for GREENOCK.

From Greenock to Glasgow, or Glasgow to Greenock, on the tail of the bank:

s. d.

Vessels not exceeding 6 feet draught of water, per foot. 18 0

The HARBOUR RATES on TONNAGE for Greenock, though foreign to this chapter, are nevertheless given, as they may be deemed useful.

PORT OF LEITH.

1 Geo. IV. c. 37.

An Act for the Regulation of the Corporation of the Masters and Assistants of the Trinity-house of Leith.

Whereas the Corporation of the Master and Assistants of the Trinityhouse of Leith, in the county of Edinburgh, formerly known by the name of "The Corporation of Shipmasters of the Trinity-house of Leith," and now known by the name and style of "The Master and Assistants of the Trinity-house of Leith," and now consisting of the master, assistant master, deputy master, twelve managers, treasurer and clerk, and other members, has for time immemorial existed as a body corporate and politic, and has enjoyed sundry rights, liberties, privileges, and immunities, and in particular has enjoyed and now enjoys the right of levying and exacting a certain rate or duty, called primage or primegilt: And whereas the said corporation obtained a royal warrant, under the sign manual of his late Majesty King George the Third, dated the 29th June, 1797, ordaining a charter to be made and passed under the seal, appointed by the treaty of union to be kept and used in Scotland, in place of the great seal thereof; in virtue of which, a charter was made and passed, and sealed with the said seal at Edinburgh, the 27th July following, constituting and confirming the said corporation a body corporate and politic, by the said name and style of "The Master and Assistants of the Trinity-house of Leith," in the county of Edinburgh aforesaid, with all the powers, and subject to all the laws, constitutions, regulations, and orders therein specified; and new granting and confirming to the said corporation and their successors, for ever, all the grants, liberties, privileges, immunities, and powers enjoyed by them, and the others therein specified and expressed; and particularly granting the right of licensing pilots for navigating all ships and vessels in the Frith of Forth, and seas and friths, and along the coasts and islands of the Northern and German Oceans, upon payment of fees, and under the reservations therein set forth, &c.

Although the following is not connected with the subject of this chapter, it is inserted here as forming part of the above act.

PRIMEGILT.-The corporation and their successors are authorized and entitled to ask, demand, levy, receive, and recover

s. d.

0 1

Upon all goods whatsoever imported to Leith, or all or any of the creeks and places within the limits thereof, (whether coastways from any other port in Great Britain or Ireland,) or from foreign parts, and whether in British, Irish, or foreign vessels, the rate or duty of primage or primegilt, viz. per ton. and in case of refusal or neglect to pay such rates on demand, the corporation may seize the goods for or in respect whereof any such rates ought to have been paid, or any part thereof, and detain the same, until payment thereof, together with reasonable charges for such seizure and detention; and if such goods shall not be redeemed within fourteen days next thereafter, all such rates, arrears thereof, and reasonable charges shall be raised and recovered by the said corporation, by poinding, distraining, and sale of such goods, rendering to the owner, or consignee, or other person having right to, or charge or custody of such goods, the overplus, after deducting the reasonable charges of such distress and sale; or it shall be lawful for the said corporation, at their option, to sue the owner or consignee, or other person or persons to whom such goods may belong, or be consigned, and who would in virtue of the provisions hereinafter inserted, be liable in payment of the rates of pilotage, for all such rates or duties of primage or primegilt, in any competent court in Scotland. § 3.