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Lighters shall in 24 hours after notice repair to ships on arrival, and take the ballast:
British or Irish 6d. per tun,
Foreigner 8 d.
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XIII. And to the end that all and every of the ships resorting to the said several ports may be eased of their ballast without delay; be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said twenty fifth day of April one thousand seven hundred and thirty the several lighters or boats, to be imployed in the said service, shall from time to time within twenty four hours after notice as aforesaid repair to such ship or ships, as shall come into any of the said ports, and thence take and receive into such lighter or lighters all such ballast, as shall be on board such ship or ships; for recompence whereof the commander or master thereof, in case the same be British or Irish ships, shall pay six pence per tun for every tun of such ballast; and in case the said ship or ships be foreign, then and in that case the commander or master shall pay eight nence per tun, and no more.
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