always, that none of the provisoes of this act shall apply or be put in force as to any coals taken in for dunnage, in any ships or vessels carrying stores for His Majesty's navy, nor to any ships or vessels in which the coals taken on board thereof do not exceed oue-third part of the whole cargo of any such ship or vessel, nor to any coasting vessel not exceeding the burthen of six keels, so far as respects the turns of such vessels, but all such vessels shall nevertheless be liable to pay the said duty of one penny, and two pence, herein before directed to be paid. § 35. Copies of filler's lists, &c. to be evidence. And copies of the fitter's list, and of the register of the night-office, or of any parts of entries in such lists or registers, may be produced and read in evidence in any action or conviction under this statute, or other suit or action, in proof of any entries in such list and register, or of any matter or thing in which the original list or register would be admissible as evidence. § 36. Application of penalties. And the penalties and forfeitures incurred by any fitters, vendors, or agents, or keepers of the nightoffice under this act, unless otherwise directed, shall go and be applied, one moiety thereof to the informer, and the other moiety in aid of the expenses of maintaining the said night-office, and paying the persons attending the same, and in defraying all incidental expenses relating thereto; and all penalties and forfeitures incurred by any owners and masters of ships under this act, shall go and be applied, one moiety thereof to the informer, and the other moiety thereof to the muster-roll of the said port of Newcastle. § 37. How penalties recovered.-And all penalties and forfeitures incurred or inflicted by this act, exceeding the sum of thirty pounds, shall and may be prosecuted and recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information in any of his majesty's courts of record at Westminster, wherein no essoign, protection, privilege, wager of law, or more than one imparlance, shall be allowed. § 38. Proceedings within three months-Provided always, that no person or persons shall be subject or liable to the payment of any of the penalties or forfeitures inflicted by virtue of this act for any offences against this act, unless some proceeding shall be had, according to the directions of this act respecting such offences, within three months next after committed. § 39. Erpenses of act, and application of money.-All the monies which shall be collected under this act, shall be applied first in payment of the expenses of the night-office, and other expenses of carrying this act into effect, and then in the discharge of the expenses of obtaining this present act; aud any surplus which shall remain shall be vested in the purchase of three pounds per centum consolidated bank annuities, in the names of three or more of the said commissioners, and accumulate as a fund for the expense of future renewals of this act. § 40. Public act.-This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act; and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded. § 41. Continuance of act.-This act shall continue in force for the period of twenty-one years. § 42. List of the Collieries, and where situate. Collieries marked thus * are situated above bridge on the North side of the Tyne :thus above bridge on the South side :—thus ↑ below bridge on the North side:and thus § below bridge on the South side of the Tyne. To taking out the ballast of any ship or vessel by warrant, and . 'd. clearing her...... ... 15 S To the skipper and men of any keel impressed to give assistance For any lying tide* below the Pacet ... For every slung tidet below the Pace .. For every slung tide above the Pace, in proportion to the wages on the reach ........... 2 6 For every keel delivered on board any ship lying on shore to shift her, the skipper and men I 0 If any fitter shall order down a keel of coals to Shields or any other reach, and the ship, that the skipper is ordered for, be loaden, or the master will not take them in; then, upon the skipper's coming, or sending one of his men, to the fitter, and he having no other ship to cast them in the next tide, he, the said skipper, bringing the said coals home unbroken, shall be paid full dues, (owners' wages excepted,) according to the reach the said ship lies in.-The skipper, so coming to the fitter for orders, to be paid 28. A tide is termed a lying tide when a keel is so long detained in delivering her coals, by any vessel, as to prevent her returning to the staith the second flood tide after. The Pace is that part of the river between Hebburn and Willington Quay. A slung tide is when a keel or boat is detained on the river to render assistance to any vessel in distress. 710 OF THE COAL TRADE. The Importation of Coals into London from 1805 to 1831, both Chaldrons. inclusive. Chaldrons. 1,190,088 Besides which INLAND COALS are now brought in no inconsiderable quantity by the Paddington Canal; which, by a communication with other canals in the interior of the kingdom, effects a direct water carriage from Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and other contiguous counties with the metropolis. The only other observations necessary respecting the coal trade arise, out of a few cases connected with the impress. The statute of 6 and 7 Wm, III. c. 18. by which the master of every ship employed in the coal-trade is entitled to have two of his seamen protected from being impressed, is still in force, notwithstanding other of the enactments of that statute are virtually superseded by posterior provisions. 5 T. R. 417. But the master of such vessel is not entitled under stat. 6 and 7 Wm. III. to have two of his seamen free from impress, unless they have been previously nominated as required by the statute. Ibid. Nor is the carpenter in the coal-trade exempt from impress. 13 E. R. 519. The exemptions from impress by statute, which extend only to those who, when they entered the service, were not liable, on account of their requiring instruction to fit them for the service, do not extend to keelmen navigating down the Tyne to Shields. 1 E. R. 466. For the DUTY respecting Coals IMPORTED, see Schedule of Duties in CUSTOMS, PART II. CHAP. IV. Respecting FITTERS' CERTIFICATES, see page 479. pages 501-503. TABLES FOR READILY FINDING THE VALUE OF ANY QUANTITY OF COALS, from one quarter of a Chaldron to 300 Chaldrons, allowing 21 Chaldrons to the score. The first part of these Tables exhibits the value at from 13s. to 258., increasing by sixpence per chaldron ;-the second shows the amount at three-pence per chaldron; and thus the total amount may be found. EXAMPLE. Required the amount of 275 chaidrons at 21 to the score, and at 41s. 3d. per chaldron. 200 Chaldrons at 20s. (Table 1.) amount to £190 9 61 |