Harbours, fees (1850) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO DECIMO QUARTO

REGIN_zE.

No. II.

An Ordinance to provide for the establish- ment of a scale of Pilotage Fees and Light Dues.

IIEIIEAS an Ordinance was passed in the twelfth year of the

Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "an Ordinance to

provide for the establishment oft scale of Pilotage fees and Light dues,"

and whereas it is expedient to rearrange the scale of charges thereby

established,

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established, and otherwise to alter the said Ordinance :--Be it there- fore enacted, by his Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said Ordinance be, and the same is hereby repealed, except as to so much of the same as repeals the first section of an Ordinance passed in the Ninth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled " an Act for the regula- tion of Pilotage and Shipping in the Harbours of Western Australia."

AND be it enacted, that in any regulations hereafter to be pub- lished under the authority of the said last recited Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor, with the advice and of Executive Council, to establish, rescind, or alter the scale of pilotage Fees or Dues alluded to in the second section of the same, provided that the charges in such scale shall in no case exceed those contained in the schedule appended hereto.

II.

AND be it enacted, that any ship or vessel which shall break bulk or discharge cargo to any amount in value whatsoever, in any of the ports, harbours, or anchorages of the Colony aforesaid shall be lia- ble to pay such charges.

III.

AND whereas it is in contemplation to fix a light upon the 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 Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Ex- ecutive 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 Sixpence per ton, with reference to the regis- tered tonnage and cargo, to be paid by each ship or vessel coming into any port, harbour, or anchorage in the said Colony, in the vicinity of which any such light has been established.

IV.

V.     AND be it enacted, that the owner Many such ship or vessel

bond fide engaged in the coastingn trade of this Colony may pay a fixed annual sum to be agreed upon in proportion to the ton- nacre of such ship or vessel, instead of paying the said Dues for each entry into any harbour, port, or anchorage as above mentioned ;

provided

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provided that such fixed sum shall not in any case be less than One Pound, or exceed three Pounds in the year for lights of any one port.

VI. AND be it enacted, that the condition of the bonds required by the said Ordinance for the regulation of Pilotage and Shipping in the harbours of this Colony, iron 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 in such, that if the said (master or com- mander) 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 and Light Dues, and all the Rates, Fees, and Dues, con- tained and imposed respectively in abd 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 regulation affecting the said port, issued by any Governor or acting Governor of the said Colony under any authority of any such Ordinance 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-CIIIEV.

Passed the Legislative Council,

the 2nd day of Deer., 1850. 5

T. N. YULE,

Clerk of the Council.

SCHEDULE.

14th Viet. No. 2. 1850.

SCIIEDULE.

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 OD miles North from the entrance of Swan River; or by passage South of Rottnest, if boarded outside of a line between the Light House on the summit of Rottnest and the largest Straggler Rock:

7 ft 8 ft. I 9 ft. 10 ft. I 11 ft. I 12 ft. 13 ft. 14 ft. 15 ft.

or under under under I under under under under under

under. 9 ft. 10 ft. 11 ft. 12 ft. 1 13 ft.. 14 ft. 15 ft. 16 ft.

2/. Os. 2/.28.8tf. 21 6s.8d. 21.9s.4d. 211468d. I 3/. 0. 31. 4s. 31..9s4d. 311488d.

Every

16 ft. 17 ft. 18 ft, 19 ft. 20 ft. 21 ft. I22 It. foot

under under under under under under under additi-

17 ft. 18 ft. 19 ft. 20 ft. 21 ft. 22 ft. 23 ft. onal

41. Os. 41. 9s. 4/.98.4d. 4Z14s8d. 51. Os. 51.2s.8d. 51.63 8d. 2s. 8d.

Into Cockburn Sound, or Owen's AI chorage, by all Channels South of the Stragglers, if boarded one Mile and a half outside of Garden Island, Carnac, and the Stragglers:,--

Under	8 ft.	9 ft.	10 ft.	11 ft.	12 ft.	13 ft.	14 ft.	15 ft.
7 ft.	under	under	under	under	under	under	under	under

211334d. 9 ft. 10 ft 11 ft. I 12 ft. 13 ft. 14 ft. 15 ft. 16 ft.

21. 16s. 1 31 Os.0d. 31.6s 8d. 3113s4d. 4/. Os. 41.6s Sd. 4113s4d. 51. Os.

16 ft. 17 ft. 18 ft. 19 ft. 21 ft. 21 ft. 22 ft. I Every

under	under	under	under	under	under	under	I adfudli	ti.
17 It.	18 fr.	19 ft.	20 ft.	21 ft.	.., ft.	23 ft.

61.1.3s.8c/. 5113s4d. 61. Od. 6/.66.8d. 6113s4d. 7116s8d. 8/ Od mi:

1133 • d.

Into

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Into Cockburn's 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 passage.

10 ft. 11 ft. 12 ft. A3 ft. 14 ft. 15 ft. 16 ft.

Under under under under under under under under

10 ft. 11 ft. 12 ft. 13 ft. 14 ft. 15 ft. 16 ft. 1 17 ft.

2/. Os. 2/.68.8c/. 2113s4d. 3/ 0. 31.6s.8d. 3/.9.9.4d. 3/13s4d. I 3/16s4d.

I

Every

17 ft.	18 ft.	19 ft.	20 ft.	foot
under	under'	under	under	additi-
18 ft.	19 ft.	20 ft.	21 ft.	onal
41. Os.	4/.25.8d.	4/.68.8d.	4l 9s.4d.	2s. Sd.

Into King George's Sound, if boarded outsi le a line through Seal

Island and a low flat rock (Bird Rock) on the North side of the Sound.

10 ft. 11 ft. 12 ft. 13 ft. 14 ft. 15 ft. 16 ft.

Under under under under under under under under

10 ft. 11 ft. 12 ft. 13 ft. 14 ft. 15 ft. TO ft. 17 ft.

11 as.8d. 11.9.9.4d. 1113s4d. 1/.16s. 2/. Os. 21.2s 8d. 21.6s.8d. 21.98.4d.

Every

17 ft.	18 ft.	19 ft.	20 ft.	foot
under	under	under	under	additi-
18 ft.	19 ft.	20 ft.	21 ft.	onal
2/1354d.	2/. 16s.	3/. Os.	31.2.98d.	2,s. 8d.

Into Princess Royal Harbour, or Oyster Harbour, from the Sea,

including the navigation of the Sound, if boarded outside the bar of

Oyster Harbour, or outside the mouth of Princess Royal Harbour :—

Under	7 ft.	8 ft.	9 ft.	10 ft.	11 ft.	12 ft	13 ft.
7 ft.	under	under	finder	under	under	under	under -
8 ft.	9 ft.	10 ft.	11 ft.	12 ft	13 ft.	14 fl.

U6s 8d. 1/.98.4c/ 1113s4d. 11. 16s. 21 Os. 2/.28.8d 2/. 65.8d 21.9s.4d

14 ft. 15 ft. 16 ft. 17 ft. 18 ft. 19 ft. I20 It. Every

under	under	under	under	under	under	under	addiii-
15 ft.	16 ft.	17 ft.	18 ft.	19 ft.	20 ft.	21 ft.	oval

2113s4d.	31. Os.	31.23.8t1.	3/ 65 .8d.	3113s4d.	41. Os.	41.69.8d.	foot.
6s. 8d.

Ha f-pilotage

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Half-pilotage only to be charged for all vessels boarded inside the foregoing lines; the Pilotage outwards to be the same as for vessels coming in from sea.

HARBOUR MASTERS' DUES.

Shifting Berth in Gage's Road, Owen cs Anchorage, or Cockburn

Sound :-

For every vessel under 100 tons 2,0 5s.

Ditto 100 tons and under 200 tons 0 10

Ditto 200 300 " 0 15

LL

Ditto 300	400 "	1 0
Ditto 400	500 "	1 5
Ditto 500	600 "	1 10

Shifting Berth in Oyster Harbour, Princess Royal Harbour, King Gorges Sound—one-third of the Pilotage Dues for bringing vessels into these anchorages to be charged.

Prided by authority of the Government, by .E. q, Perth.