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Additional Ballast Rates.
Rates of Ballast.
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IV. ‘And whereas the Rates and Charges at present payable by Law for Ballast delivered or taken on board Ships in the Harbour of Dublin are insufficient to desray the present Expences of obtaining and delivering the same;’ Be it therefore enacted, That, from and after the Expiration of Ten Days after the Day of the passing of this Act, the Master, Commander, or Owner of every Ship or Vessel belonging to Great Britain or Ireland, or the British Plantations, and of every Foreign Ship or Vessel who shall take in Ballast from the Office of the said Corporation, for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, within the Port of Dublin, or in the several Creeks or Harbours thereunto belonging, or in any Place whatsoever within the Jurisdiction or which is subject to the Power or Authority of the said Corporation, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Ballast Master or other Officer who shall be appointed by the said Corporation to receive the same, in addition to the several Sums of Money, Rates and Charges now payable by Law, the several and respective further and additional Sums of Money, Duties, Rates and Charges following; that is to say,
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For every Ton of Ballast which shall be delivered or taken on board any Ship, Boat or Vessel belonging to Great Britain or Ireland, or any Part of the United Kingdom, or to the British Plantations, within the Harbour of Dublin, or any of the Creeks or Harbours thereunto belonging, in addition to all former Rates and Duties, the further Sum of Two Pence:
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Which said last mentioned Duties shall be applied by the said Corporation, so far as the same shall be necessary, towards desraying the Expences of obtaining and delivering such Ballast, and the Surplus thereof in manner directed by this Act.
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