Isle of France, $v.] ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



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Ballast must not be taken out of a ship without leave of the Port Cap- 

 tain ; ballast or filth may not be thrown overboard. A boat is sent round 

 once a week, or oftener, if necessary, to take away the filth from the 

 vessels in the harbour. 



No goods may be shipped, transshipped, or landed, without a permit 

 from the Customs ; and no boats may land goods, except at the wharf, 

 without a Customs permit. Goods landed from boats must be taken away 

 within 24 hours. No boats to remain at the wharf after gun-fire ; fires on 

 board vessels in the harbour to be extinguished at 8 o clock in the evening, 

 and not lighted until day-break : all fires are expressly forbidden on board 

 vessels in the Trou Fanfaron. Vessels at anchor in the harbour must not 

 scale their guns, or fire salutes, without leave of the Port Captain. 



Vessels moored on the buoys are obliged to receive the tow-ropes from 

 any vessel warping in, and to execute the pilots orders. Boats are not 

 allowed to be hauled up in the slips of the Government wharfs, without 

 leave of the Port Captain. 



Doties.— The duties are generally fixed at 6* per cent, upon the value. 

 By the Order in Council before quoted, foreign vessels trading as there 

 described, may import goods paying the same duties as British vessels ; 

 provided that if higher duties are charged by the state to which they belong, 

 on goods exported to the island, then a countervailing duty is chargeable, 

 of equal amount, over and above the ordinary duty. Exports from Mau- 

 ritius in foreign vessels are subject to a duty of 8 per cent, over and 

 above the duty paid by British vessels ; provided, however, that if the 

 articles, when imported into the state to which such foreign vessels belong, 

 pay no higher duties when imported from Mauritius in a British ship, than 

 in their own, and are entitled to the same privileges as to warehousing, and 

 internal consumption; then no higher export duties are chargeable on 

 exports from the island to such state, in vessels belonging to it, than in 

 British vessels. 



Pout Dues and Charges. — The following were fixed in 1817 : Eng- 

 lish and foreign vessels pay the same port charges. 



THE FLAG BUOY. THE HARBOUR. 



Pilotage w ^^^^^v^^per fooU,l dollar 50 c. — *1 dollar 50 c. 



Boats and warps ~~«15 dollars 15 dollars. 



Port clearance ^^v^**™********™.™**** 6 dollars 6 dollars. 



Anchorage Rates, viz. 



Vessels receiving cargo or \ ^ t(m cents 



breaking bulk~,%»*% w %» i 



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