APPENDIX (D). 



Note on Legislation as to Light Dues and Customs Regulations 

 referred to by Sir William Robson, July ##, 1910. 



Legislation as to, 

 Light dues. 

 Customs regulations. 



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(A.> BEFORE 1783. 



(1.) Light dues, &c. 



Massachusetts, 1715, cap. 4, sees. 2 and 5, imposed dues for erection 

 and maintenance of lighthouse at Boston Harbour. Coasting and 

 fishing-boats to pay on a lower scale. (B. C. App., 773. 1715.) 



Massachusetts, 1751, cap. 2. All vessels to pay additional dues, 

 proportioned to tonnage, tor repairing damage to lighthouse. (B. C. 

 App., 774. 1751.) 



Nova Scotia^ 23 Geo. II, cap. 2. Merchant vessels to pay dues for 

 maintaining lighthouse on Sambro Island; fishing- vessels exempt. 

 (B. C. App., 587. 1759.) 



Massachusetts, 1771, cap. 35, sec. 1. All vessels to pay dues for 

 erection of a lighthouse at Matchen Island. Scale of dues as in Act 

 of 1715. (B. C. App., 774. 1771.) 



Massachusetts, 1774, cap. 2. All vessels of 15 tons and upwards to 

 pay dues for maintenance of lighthouse on Brant Point. (B. C. 

 App., 775. 1774.) 



(This Act recites that the burden of these dues " ought in equity 

 to be borne by all vessels receiving advantage from that light, be- 

 longing to strangers as well as to the said inhabitants.") 

 (2.) Customs regulations. 



13 & 14 Chas. II, cap. 11, required masters of all vessels arriving in 

 England forthwith to enter at Customs. (B. C. C. App., 209. 

 1662.) 



7 cfe 8 Wm. Ill, cap. 22, applied the provisions of the foregoing 

 Act to all vessels arriving in British Colonies in America. (B. C. 

 App., 521. 1696.) .- 



4 Geo. Ill, cap. 15, gives power to revenue authorities to visit and 

 expel anv foreign vessel hovering within 2 leagues of coast of a 

 colony. *(B. C. App., 531. 1763.) 



7 Geo. Ill, cap. 46 ? provides for entry and clearance of all vessels 

 arriving at any British Colony in America or departing therefrom, 

 and for declaration on oath by the master as to the business, destina- 

 tion, and cargo of his vessel. (B. C. C. App., 221. 1767.) 



(N. B. The provisions of section 9 of this Act are substan- 

 tially those now in force in Canada, Newfoundland, and United 

 States.) 

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