Harbours, fees (1849) (WA)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
ANNO DUODECIMO
VICTORIA: REGINIE.
No. XIX.
An Ordinance to provide for the establish- ment of a Scale of Pilotage Fees and Light Dues.
HEREAS by the first section of an Ordinance passed in the prcuabh,
wninth year of the Reign of- Her present Majesty, intituled
"an Ordinance to amend an Act intituled an Act for the regulation of pilotage and shipping in the harbours of Western Australia,'" it is enacted, that from and after the passing of the said Ordinance, in
any
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any regulations to be promulgated with respect to any of the ports, harbours or anchorages of this colony, no pilotage fees or harbour dues shall be appointed to be paid ; and whereas it is deemed expe- dient to reestablish some of the said charges on a reduced scale; Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Western
| let sec. 9th Viet. No. | Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent |
| 10 repealed. | of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said hereinbefore recited clause of the said Ordinance shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. |
II. AND be it enacted, that in any such regulations as afore-
Governor
| G | to | establi | s | h |
scale of Fees. said hereafter to be published, it shall be lawful for the Governor,
with the advice of the Executive Council, to establish, rescind or alter the scale of pilotage fees or dues alluded to in the second section of the Act for the regulation of the pilotage and shipping in the har- bour of this colony, provided that the charges in such scale shall in no case exceed those contained in the schedule appended hereto.
Vessel coming in for III. AND be it enacted, that no such charges shall be levied supplies, &c. not to upon any ship or vessel coming into any port or harbour of the Pay. said colony merely for supplies, or which shall discharge or take
in cargo to a less amount than the invoice value of one hundred
pounds.
Governor to establish IV. AND whereas it is in contemplation to fix a light upon the
a scale of Light Dues. tower erected on the island of Rottnest for that purpose, and it is also probable that similar lights may be constructed in other parts of the said colony ; Be it enacted, that when and so soon as any light shall be established at Rottnest or elsewhere in the said colony, it shall be lawful for His Excelency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, by any proclamation to be by him issued for that purpose from time to time, to establish a scale of light dues not exceeding the rate of three pence per ton, with reference to the regis- tered tonnage and cargo, the registred tonnage to be paid by each ship or vessel coming into any port or harbour or anchorage in the said colony, in the vicinity of which any such light has been estab- lished.
Coasting Vessel may V. AND be it enacted, that the owner of any ship or vessel
compound, bona fide engaged in the coasting trade of this colony, may pay a
fixed annual sum, to be agreed upon, in proportion to the tonnage of such ship or vessel, instead of paying the said dues for each entry
into
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into any port, harbour or anchorage as above mentioned, provided that such fixed sum shall not in any case be less than one pound nor exceed three pounds in the year for the lights of any one port.
VT. AND be it enacted, that the condition of the bonds required Condition of Bond,
by the said Ordinance for the regulation of pilotage and shipping in the harbours of this colony, from the masters or commanders of any ship or vessel entering any of the same, shall from and after the passing of this Ordinance, be as follows, that is to say, -the condition of the above written bond is such that if the said (master or commander) do well and truly observe and obey, pay and discharge all and every the requisitions and prohibitions (relative to the conduct of masters or commanders of merchant ships in or off any of the ports, harbours or anchorages of the said colony) pilotage fees, harbour or light dues, and all the rates, fees and dues contained and imposed respectively in and by any Ordinance of the Legislative Council of the said colony now in force relative to the aforesaid port, or in and by every existing regulations affecting the said port issued by any Governor or acting Governor of the said colony under authority of any such Act of Council, then the said bond shall be null and void, but otherwise shall be in full force and effect.
CHARLES FITZGERALD,
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Passed the Council
9th May, 1849.
THOMAS N. YULE,
Acting Clerk of the Council.
SCHEDULE
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| SCHEDULE REFERRED TO. |
Pilotage Dues.
Into Gage's Roads or Owen's Anchorage, by passage North of Rottnest, if boarded North of a line between North end of Rottnest and a remarkable White Sand Patch on the Coast three and a half (31) miles North from the entrance of Swan River, or by the passage South of Rottnest, if boarded outside of a line between the Light- house on the summit of Rottnest and the largest Straggler Rocks •—
| 7 feet | 8 feet | 9 feet | I0 feet | 11 feet | 12 feet | 13 feet | 14 feet | 15 feet |
| or | under | under | under | under | under | under | under | under |
| under. | 9 feet. | 10 feet. | 11 feet. | 12 feet. | 13 feet. | 14 feet. | 15 feet. | 16 feet. |
| S s. | .E. s. | X. s. | S a. | X. s. | .e. s. | X. s. | .Z. s. | L. s. |
| 1 10 | 1 12 | 1 15 | 1 17 | 2 1 | 2 5 | 2 8 | 2 12 | 2 16 |
16 feet 17 feet 18 feet 19 feet 20 feet 21 feet 22 feet Every
| under | under | under | under | under | under | under | additional |
| 17 feet. | 18 feet. | 19 feet. | 20 feet. | 21 feet. | 22 feet. | 23 feet. | foot. |
| L s. | .E. s. | .E. s. | .2. s. | .E. s. | .Z. s. | .Z. s. | 4. s. |
| 3 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 7 | 311 | 315 | 317 | 4 0 | 0 2 |
Into Cockburn Sound, or Owen's Anchorage by all channels South
of
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of the Stragglers, if boarded one mile and a half outside Garden
Island, Carnac, and the Stragglers :—
| 7 feet | 8 feet | 9 feet | JO feet | 11 feet | 12 feet | 13 feet | 14 feet 15 feet , |
| or | under | under | under | under | under | under | under under • |
| under. | 9 feet. | 10 feet. | 11 feet. | 12 feet. | 13 feet. | 14 feet. | 15 feet. 16 feet. |
| S s. | L s. | 2. s. | L s. | S s. | S s. | S s. | 2. s. | L s. |
| 2 0 | 2 2 | 2 5 | 210 | 215 | 3 0 | 3 5 3 10 3 15 |
16 feet 17 feet 18 feet 19 feet 20 feet 21 feet 22 feet Every
| under | under | under | under | under | under | unde | additional, |
| 17 feet. | 18 feet. | 19 feet. | 20 feet. | 21 feet. | 22 feet. | 23 feet. | foot. |
| 2. s. | .£. s. | 2. s. | 2. s. | 2. s. | 2. s. | X. s. | 2. 8. |
| 4 0 | 4 5 | 410 | 415 | 5 | 0 | 5'I0 | 6 0 | 0 | 10 |
Into Cockburn Sound from Owen's Anchorage or Gage's Roads, across the banks and the contrary, or into Owen's Anchorage from Gage's Roads, and the contrary, by any pasage:
| under | 10 feet | 11 feet | 12 feet | 13 feet | 14 feet | 15 feet |
| 10 feet. | under | under | under | under | under | under |
| 11 feet. | 12 feet. | 13 feet. | 14 feet. | 15 feet. | 16 feet |
| 2. s. | 2. s. | 2. | s. | .E. | s. | L | s. | 2. s. | L s. |
| 1 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 10 | 2 12 | 2 15 |
| 16 feet | 17 feet | 18 feet | 19 feet | 20 feet | Every |
| under | under | under | under | under | additional |
| 17 feet. | 18 feet. | 19 feet. | 20 feet, | 21 feet. | foot. |
| 2. s. | 2. | s. | ce. | s, | 2. s. | 2. s. | 2. | s. |
| 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Into |
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Into King George's Sound, if boarded outside of a line through Seal Island and a low flat Rock, Bird Rock on the north side of the Sound:
| under | 10 feet | 11 feet | 12 feet | 13 feet | 14 feet | 15 feet |
| 10 feet. | under | under | under | under | under | under |
| 11 feet. | 12 feet. | 13 feet. | 14 feet. | 15 feet. | 16 feet |
| X. s. | X. s. | X. | s. | X. a. | X. s. | X. s. | X s. |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 16 feet | 17 feet | 18 feet | 19 feet | 20 feat | Every |
| under | under | under | under | under | additional |
| 17 feet. | 18 feet. | 19 feet. | 20 feet. | 21 feet. | foot. |
| £. | s. | X. | s. | X. | s. | X. | s. | X. | s. | X. | s. |
| 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Into Princess Royal Harbour or Oyster Harbour from Sea, including the navigation of the Sound, if boarded outside the bar of Oyster Harbour, or outside the mouth of Princess Royal Harbour.
| 7 feet | 8 feet | 9 feet | 10 feet | 11 feet | 12 feet | 13 feet |
| under. | under | under | under | under | under | under | under |
| 7 feet | 8 feet. | 9 feet. | 10 feet. | 11 feet. | 12 feet. | 13 feet. | 14 feet. |
| L s. | L s. | L s. | £. s. | L s. | X. s. | X. s. | X. s. |
| 1 0 | 1 2 | I 5 | 1 7 | 110 | 112 | 115 | 117 |
| 14 feet | 15 feet | 16 feet | 17 feet | 18 feet | 19 feet | 20 feet | Every |
| under | under | under | under | under | under | under | additional |
| 15 feet. | 16 feet. | 17 feet. | 18 feet. | 19 feet. | 20 feet. | 21 feet. | foot. |
| X. s. | X. s. | X. s. | £. s. | X. s. | X. s. | X. s. | X. s. |
| 2 0 | 2 5 | 2 7 | 210 | 215 | 3 0 | 3 5 | 0 5 |
Hal
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Half Pilotage only to be charged for all vessels boarded inside the foregoing lines, but no Pilotage to be charged if the vessel be board- ed within half a mile of her Anchorage.
The Pilotage outwards to be the same as for vessels coming in
from Sea.
HARBOUR MASTERS' DUES.
Shifting Berth in Gage's Roads, Owen's Anchorage, or Cockburn
Sound.
X s. d.
| For every vessel under 100 tons | 0 5 0 |
| Do. | 100 tons and under 200 | 0 10 0 |
| Do. | 200 |
CC
300 0 15 0
CC
| Do. | 300 | 400 | 1 0 0 |
| Do. | 400 | ,c | 500 | 1 5 0 |
| Do. | 500 | |||
| CC | ||||
| 600 | 1 10 0 |
Shifting Berth in Oyster Harbour, Princess Royal Harbour, King George's Sound, one-third of the Pilotage Dues for bringing Vessels into these Anchorages to be charged.
Printed by authority of the Government, by E. Stirling, Perth.
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