CITY OF LONDONDERRY. 
Nature of Property. 
Charitable funds. 
Tolls of bridge. 
Customs. 
Tonnage duty. 
Interest received from 
pipe water com¬ 
mittee. 
Grant from the Irish 
Society of London. 
How acquired. 
None. 
Acquired by sundry acts of 
parliament, viz. 30 Geo. 
III. c. 31 ; 40 Geo. III. 
c. 41; 54 Geo. III. c. 
230. 
By charter of Charles the 
2nd, granted to corpora¬ 
tion. 
By act of parliament, 30 
Geo. III. c. 31. 
By 48 Geo. III. c. 136. 
Granted by said society to 
corporation of London¬ 
derry, in lieu of 1,500 
acres of land in the liber¬ 
ties of Londonderry, which 
the corporation had there¬ 
tofore held at a small rent, 
in order to enable them 
to sustain the burthen of 
the magistracy of the city, 
and which 1,500 acres 
the society had formerly 
undertaken to grant to 
them in perpetuity. This 
property, at the time 
the grant of £90 10s. 
late currency was made, 
produced about £150 a 
year, and is now let at 
about ^01,800 a year. 
Two years of the above 
grant will be due, and in 
arrear, on the 25tli 
March, 1833, to the cor¬ 
poration. 
Purposes for which same were 
given. 
To repay sums borrowed for 
building the bridge over the 
Foyle, the interest thereon 
to keep said bridge in re¬ 
pair, and watch and light 
the same, and to repay by 
instalments to government 
the money granted to restore 
a part of the bridge, carried 
away in the year 1814, 
amounting to £15,000, late 
Irish currency. 
For repairing and preserving 
the gates and walls of the 
city. 
For improving the harbour, 
&c. &c. 
To pay interest on sums bor¬ 
rowed by corporation, and 
advanced by them for the 
erection of works to supply 
the city with water. 
Granted for the purpose of 
supporting the magistracy 
of the city, in lieu of 1,500 
acres of land, taken from the 
corporation by the society, 
which 1,500 acres the soci¬ 
ety had formerly undertaken 
to grant to the corporation 
in perpetuity. Previous to 
the year 1820, the corpora¬ 
tion had been subject to a 
chief rent of 42/. 10s. late 
currency only, their rent 
was then raised by the so¬ 
ciety to 600/. a year. 
Mode in which they are now 
distributed and applied. 
Applied in payment of interest 
of money, in repairs of 
bridge, and lighting and 
watching the same; and 
also in repaying a sum of 
1015,000, late Irish curren¬ 
cy, (advanced by govern¬ 
ment,) by yearly instalments 
of £816 18s. 5d. each, two 
of which have been paid. 
Applied in repairing walls and 
in paying rent of meal, po¬ 
tato, and cow markets, 
erected for convenience of 
the public. 
Applied in improving the har¬ 
bour, payment of quay mas¬ 
ter, and of interest on money 
borrowed from time to time, 
(which still remains unpaid,) 
for the purpose of improving 
the harbour, and building 
and enlarging the quays. 
Applied iu payment of interest 
of the sum of 8,000/., late 
Irish currency only; al¬ 
though the sum actually ex¬ 
pended by the corporation 
amounted to 15,000/., late 
currency, and for the resi¬ 
due of which they receive 
no interest. 
Applied in defraying the ex¬ 
penses of the corporation. 
{Signed,) 
25th February, 1833. 
GEORGE HILL, Mayor. 
JAMES GREGG, Chamberlain. 
