CITY OF LONDONDERRY. 
conduct is kept by masters of vessels. Intoxication while on duty is punished by dismissal: for 
a similar offence while off duty, the penalty generally varies from £2 to £3 ; and the fines are 
expended in improving- the harbour. All such cases of delinquency are investigated by the bal¬ 
last committee : they are, however, of rare occurrence, not exceeding four or five in a year. 
In consequence of various complaints the pilot regulations were revised in 1826, and the sum 
of 5 per cent, allocated from the pilotage to remunerate the ballast master for collecting. Since 
that period the rates of pilotage have been occasionally revised. By an act, which obtained the 
royal assent on the 4th of July, 1832, several preceding acts respecting pilotage and other matters 
were repealed. The right, however, of making by-laws was reserved for the ballast committee. 
On the 1st of December, 1832, the old by-laws were repealed. Among those now in force are 
the following, besides others specified in the annexed extract from the ballast office table :— 
No pilot is allowed to accept of any gratuity beyond his legal demand—penalty £1. 
The collector of the ballast-office committee is bound to withhold payment of the pilot’s de¬ 
mand, until he shall have produced a certificate of his good conduct, to be accompanied by an eDtry 
in the pilot-book, specifying the draft of water—such entry to be made by the person in actual 
charge of the vessel: penalty for refusing to make such entry, or for making a false one [see 
Ballast-office Table], £\. 
The pilot-master may grant leave of absence, not exceeding 30 days: and the pilots are pro¬ 
hibited, under pain of suspension, from absenting themselves without leave, or exceeding the 
period allowed, unless by special permission of the ballast committee. 
Any pilot refusing or neglecting to attend the pilot-master’s summons, or to take charge of 
any vessel, is liable to a penalty varying from 1Z. to 2 1. 
Persons in charge of vessels are allowed to change their pilot, on submitting to the clerk ot 
the ballast committee, or the pilot-master, the particulars of the acting pilot’s deficiency. 
No person in charge of a vessel is allowed to ride it by any buoy within the Foyle (save the 
warping buoys at the Crook)—penalty 21. 
The harbour master is empowered to assign the station of all vessels, and, in any case of oppo¬ 
sition on the part of those in charge, he is reimbursed for all expenses arising out of such oppo¬ 
sition, from the fines imposed on the vessel. 
Number of pilots licensed in 1830-1831 (including 1 supernumerary), 27 
Do. 1831-1832 . 29 
Do. . . . 1832-1833 (including 3 supernumeraries), 30 
Number of apprentices licensed in 3 years, as above, ... 10 
Number of applicants, from 1826 to 1833, who were refused licenses, 4 
No pilots nor apprentices were deprived of their licenses during the 3 years, ending in 1833, 
but there occurred long suspensions, and fines. 
The following are the rates of pilotage, now [1835] in force, with various regulations re¬ 
specting pilotage, ballast, &c., as given in the ballast office table:— 
BRITISH SHIPS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, OR STEAM BOATS. 
Inwards. 
7 feet and under, to pay 14s. 
Above 7 feet and under 8 to pay, at the rate of 
8 9 
9 
10 
10 
11 
11 
12 
12 
13 
13 
14 
14 
15 
15 feet and upwards, at the rate of . 
Outwards. 
7 feet and under, to pay 10s. 6d. 
Above 7 feet and under 8 to pay, at the rate of 
8 
9 
9 
10 
10 
11 
11 
12 
12 
13 
13 
14 
14 
15 
15 feet and 
upwards, at the rate of 
s. d. 
2 ON 
2 2 | 
2 41 
2 8 ( per foot 
3 0 > and inches 
3 4 ( in proportion. 
3 8 \ 
4 0 1 
4 4/ 
s. 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
per foot, 
and inches 
l in proportion. 
