STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1185 



No. 113. 1857, March 17: Newfoundland Statute, W Viet., Cap. 3. 

 An Act to provide for the Support and Maintenance of Cape Race Light-House. 



[Passed 17th March, 1857.} 



Whereas, under and by virtue of an Act passed by the Imperial 

 Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Nineteenth and 

 Twentieth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled "An Act to Facili- 

 tate the Erection and Maintenance of Colonial Light-Houses, and 

 otherwise to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," it is pro- 

 vided, that in any case in which any Light House, Buoy, or Beacon, 

 has been or is hereafter erected, or placed on or near the Coasts of 

 any British Possession, by or with the consent of the Legislature 

 Authority of such Possession, Her Majesty may, by Order in Coun- 

 cil, fix such Dues, in respect thereof to be paid by the Owner or 

 Master of every Ship which passes the same, or derives benefit there- 

 from, as Her Majesty may deem reasonable: And whereas it is 

 further provided by the said Act, that no such Dues shall be levied 

 in any Colony, unless, and until, the Legislative Authority in such 

 Colony has, either by Address to the Crown, or by an Act or Ordi- 

 nance duly passed, signified its opinion that the same ought to be 

 levied in such Colony: And whereas it is also provided by the said 

 Act, that the said Duties shall, in each British Possession abroad, be 

 collected by such Persons as the Governor of such Possession abroad 

 may appoint for the purpose, and shall be collected by the same 

 means, in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions, so 

 far as circumstances permit, by, in, and subject to which the Light 

 Dues levied under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, are paid and 

 collected, or by such other means, in such other manner, and subject 

 to such other conditions, as the Legislative Authority in such Posses- 

 sion may direct; And whereas it is also provided by the like Author- 

 ity, that all such Dues levied under the said Act shall be paid over 

 to Her Majesty's Paymaster, at such times and in such manner as the 

 Board of Trade may direct, and shall after deducting any expenses 

 incurred in collecting the same, be applied, paid and dealt with, by 

 him, for the purpose of paying the Expenses incurred in erecting and 

 maintaining such Light House, Buoy or Beacon, and for no other 

 purpose whatsoever: 



And whereas by and with the consent of the Legislative Authority 

 of this Colony, which is hereby signified, a Light House has recently 

 been erected, and is now lighted, on Cape Race: And whereas Her 

 Majesty, in the exercise of the Powers vested in Her by the said Act, 

 by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, has directed, 

 that upon and after the lighting of the said Light upon Cape Race, as 

 aforesaid, there shall be paid for every such Ship as hereinafter 

 mentioned (except Ships belonging to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and 

 Successors) the Toll of One-Sixteenth of a Penny Sterling per Ton, 

 of the burthen of every such Ship for every such Voyage as herein- 

 after mentioned ; that is to say : 



For all Ships, whether Sailing Ships or Steam Ships, navigating 

 from any Port or Ports in the British Colonies in North America, to 

 any Port or Ports in the United Kingdom; 



