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No goods are to be landed or shipped but near Mr. NeiTs house, in the 

 Inner Harbour, at present occupied as the cutcherry of the district, and by 

 the Custom-Master 3 under penalty of confiscation. 



Vessels are only permitted to land cargoes in Back Bay, between the 

 1st of April and the 25th of October, in each year; during the N. E. 

 monsoon, they must land their cargoes in the Inner Harbour, at the place 

 above pointed out. 



Rates of Port Charges. 



l'l LOT AGE, BACK DAY, INNER BAY. 



Rett. Ft. P. Bdt. Ft, P. 



A merchant vessel, of 600 tons and upwards 50 0 0 100 0 0 



Ditto 400 and under 600 40 0 0 80 0 0 



DiLto 200 and under 400 ....27 0 0 54 0 0 



Ditto 100 and under 200 15 0 0 30 0 0 



Boat Hire, in Back Bay, 



njt. F+ p. 



For every boat, landing or carrying oft* rice, wheat, or grain, per bag 0 10 

 And if employed landing or carrying off other goods, at the rate of 



tonnage of the boat in that proportion. 

 For every 1 eager of arrack, carried alongside, or landed from a vessel I 0 0 



For every leager of water carried alongside 2 0 0 



For ditto, when fillet! and carried alongside by ship's own boats and 



crews, with permission of the Master-Attendant 10 0 



For a ton of Mast, carried alongside 8 0 0 



The same rates of boat hire arc fixed for vessels lying in the Inner 

 Harbour, if they lie in the anchorages near the town of Trinco- 

 malee ; but if near Ostonbury, or in Clappenbury, French or 

 Nicholson's cove, double the above rates are to be charged. 

 If IwatB are detained die whole day, in shipping or landing cargo, so 

 as to be able to make but one trip, they arc to lie paid double 

 lure, according to the rates of their burthen in rice. 



For a boat employed in warping a vessel out or in 12 0 O 



in carrying out or weighing an anchor 7 6 0 



in clearing a cable... 5 



0 0 



Donies lauding or carrying off their cargoes, without using the boat 

 attached to the Master-Attendant's department, or cargo of any 

 kind, to pay per garce 



Cingalese donies without riggers are exempted. 



Extra Charges. 



Hire of an anchor per day ». 



Ditto grapuel ditto 



Hire of'cotJtes and uriijktrs : — Coolies unloading grain, and carrying 

 it from Back or Dutch Bay, to Godowns in the little Bazar, per 

 100 bags 



10 0 



3 0 0 



10 0 



8 9 0 



