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to keep and maintain the same for the benefit of the navigation and 

 trade of this Kingdom; 



" Be it enacted, &c. Master, Wardens, and Assistants of Trinity 

 House, to new erect a Light House on the Edy stone Rock. Duties 

 to be paid by all ships, &c. passing by the same, viz. All English 

 ships which shall pass by the said Light House (except Coasters) 

 one penny per ton outward bound, and one penny per ton inward 

 bound, of the merchant one moiety, and ol the owner the other 

 moiety; and alien ships, two pence per ton; and every Coaster, two 

 shillings for each Time." 



No. .1709: British Statute, 8 Anne, Cap. 17. 



An Act for explaining and making more effectual an Act for the better enabling 

 the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of Trinity House to rebuild the Light 

 House on the Edystone Rock. 



" Whereas in and by one Act of Parliament made in the fourth and 

 fifth Years of the Reign of her present Majesty Queen Anne, in- 

 tituled, An Act for the better enabling the Master, Wardens, and 

 Assistants of Trinity House to rebuild the Light House on the Edy- 

 stone Rock; It is enacted, That from and after the placing a Light 

 useful for Shipping, in the Light House intended to be rebuilt on 

 the said Rock, there shall be paid to the said Master, Wardens, and 

 Assistants, their Successors, and Assigns, by the Masters and Owners 

 of all English Ships, Hoys and Barques, which shall pass by the same 

 (except Coasters) the Duty of one Penny per Ton outwards bound, 

 and also one Penny per Ton inwards bound; that is to say, of the 

 Merchant one Moiety, and of the Owner of the Ship, Hoy or Barque, 

 the other Moiety ; and of all such Strangers or Aliens Ships and Ves- 

 sels as shall happen to pass by the said Light House, the sum 

 529 of two Pence for every Ton of the Burden of the said Ship 

 or Vessel; and that every Coaster passing by the said Light 

 House shall pay the Duty of two Shillings, and no more, for every 

 Time they shall pass by the said Light House; the said Duties to be 

 collected by such persons as the said Master, Wardens, and Assist- 

 ants, or their Successors, shall appoint, in such Port or Place whence 

 such ship, Hoy or Barque shall set forth, or where such Ship Hoy 

 or Barque shall arrive, before they load or unload the Goods therein ; 

 and to be recovered by Action of Debt, in any Court of Record at 

 Westminster, wherein no Essoin, Wager of Law, or Protection shall 

 be allowed, nor more than one Imparlance: And whereas the said 

 Master, Wardens and Assistants, having a due Regard to the Safety 

 and Preservation of the Shipping and Navigation of this Kingdom, 

 did, soon after the passing of the said Act, cause the said Light House 

 to be begun, and to be rebuilt, and by the great Care and Diligence 

 of the Persons employed therein, the said Work was carried on with 

 such Expedition, that a Light useful for Shipping was placed therein 

 on the eight and twentieth Day of July one thousand seven hundred 

 and eigrht; and the said Light House hath since, with much Hazard 

 and Difficulty, and a very great Expence, been fully built and com- 

 pleted, to the great Satisfaction of the Flag Officers and Commanders 

 of her Majesty's Fleet and Ships of War, and of all others concerned 



