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provided that a lighthouse should be erected at the expense of the 

 province, and that after (App., p. 773) 



kindling a light in it, useful for shipping coming into or going out 

 of the harbor of Boston, or any other harbour within the Massachu- 

 setts Bay, there shall be paid to the receiver of impost, by the master 

 of all ships and vessels, except coasters, the duty of one penny per 

 ton, inwards, and also one penny per ton, outwards. 



" Coasters " meant such vessels as imported provisions, tar, pitch, 

 turpentine, or lumber, and whose owners belonged to Massachusetts 

 Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Jerseys, Pennsylvania, 

 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, or Nova Scotia. They were to 

 pay 2s. each time they cleared out. All 



fishing vessels, wood-sloops, &c., employed in bringing of fish, wood. 

 stones, sand, lime or lumber, from any of the parts within this 

 province, 



were to pay 5s. yearly at their first coming in or going out. Cer- 

 tificates of payment were to be supplied at a charge of 6c?., and ves- 

 sels were not to be cleared until the certificate was presented to the 

 naval officer. The ship and the master were charged with the duty 

 till paid. 



1751-5%, Massachusetts Bay (cap 2}. The lighthouse at Boston 

 Harbour having been damaged by fire, and (App., p. 774) 



it being reasonable that the charge of such repairs should be borne 



by those who receive the immediate benefit thereof, 

 73 all vessels clearing out from a port within, to a port without, 

 the province, within two years, were required to pay addi- 

 tional dues (2s., 3s., or 4s., according to tonnage), to be applied to 

 the uses aforesaid. 



1759. Nova Scotia passed a statute (23 Geo. II., cap. 2) for regu- 

 lating and maintaining a lighthouse on Sambro Island, at Halifax 

 Harbour. Light dues were levied at the rate of $d. per ton on 

 merchant vessels coming into or going out of the harbour; but if 

 the vessel wholly belonged to a freeholder or inhabitant of the 

 province, only 4<2. a-ton was charged. Vessels wholly employed in 

 fishing were exempt, and coasters wholly employed within the prov- 

 ince were charged 20s. per annum in lieu of dues. (App., p. 587.) 



1770-71. A statute of Massachusetts (cap. 35) provided for the 

 erection of a lighthouse either at Thatcher's Island or on the main- 

 land of Cape Ann, and the masters of all vessels belonging to, or 

 entering any of the harbours in the province, to whom the said light 

 should be useful, were required to pay the like duty, or light money, 

 as was payable under the Act respecting the lighthouse at Boston 

 Harbour (1715-16, cap. 4). If any vessels, belonging to any of the 

 harbours referred to, arrived at Boston and paid light money there, 



