COMMERCE. 
ALIEN SHIPS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, OR STEAM-BOATS. 
Inwards. 
7 feet and under, to pay £1. Is. 
s. 
d. 
Above 7 
feet and under 8 to pay, at the rate 
of 
3 
°A 
8 
9 
3 
4^ 
9 
10 
3 
8 1 
10 
11 
4 
0 ( 
11 
12 
4 
12 
13 
4 
8 ( 
13 
14 
5 
0 1 
14 
. . 15 
5 
4 J 
15 feet and upwards, at the rate of 
5 
8-^ 
per foot 
and inches 
Outwards. 
7 feet and under, to pay 17s. 6d. 
s. 
d. 
Above 7 feet and under 
8 to pay, at the rate of 
2 
8 
9 
2 
9 1 
9 
10 ... 
3 
0 1 
10 
11 ... 
3 
3 \ 
11 
12 ... 
3 
6 > 
12 
13 ... 
3 
9 
13 
14 ... 
4 
0 1 
14 feet and upwards, at the rate of 
4 
V 
per foot 
and inches 
Vessels of 30 tons burthen per register, and under, pay 10s. inward pilotage, and 7s. out¬ 
ward pilotage if British. Wind-bound vessels pay half pilotage in, and half pilotage out, to 
or from Moville or Quigley’s Point. 
All vessels laden with bark, under 120 tons, pay 6d. per foot extra, —120 tons, and not 
exceeding 150 tons, 9 d. per foot extra ,—151 tons, Is. per foot extra. 
All British ships from foreign ports, or bound to foreign ports, or having on board half a 
cargo, or with passengers, pay 4d. per foot extra, in addition to the above charges. 
Vessels which have cleared the lough, and by stress of weather are obliged to return, having 
already paid the full amount of pilotage, pay but one-third in, and one-third out, of the amount of 
their outward pilotage, to be ascertained by the master’s account from the collector. 
Pilots detained on board vessels receive the sum of 2s. 6d. when the measurement of such 
vessels does not exceed 150 tons, and when such measurement exceeds 150 tons, the sum of 
3s. 6d. per day, and if detained unnecessarily in Derry, the like amount. 
Lighters or steam-boats employed in the river, discharging, or loading, or found within one 
mile of the public quays, exceeding 20 tons burthen, pay 10s. per annum ; those under 20 tons 
7s. 6 d. per annum ; open boats or cots 5s. per annum, for a license. 
Master pilots’licenses are, Is.; pilots’ licenses, 10s. per annum ; supernumeraries’, Is.; 
old pilots’, Is. 
The Jallowing are the Rates of Ballast, to those who may require to be supplied by the 
ballast office—two- thirds of the amount to be paid on ordering, and the remainder immediately on 
delivery, to the superintendent, or person appointed by the committee to receive the same. 
Gravel ballast supplied by the office, at Is. 3d. per ton ; sand, or sufficient ballast supplied 
by the office at Is.per ton. Twenty-four hours’ notice to be given before ballast is required, after 
which period 30 tons must be delivered every twenty-four hours if demanded. Hours of demand 
trom 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., (Sunday, Christmas-Day, Easter-Day, [accidentally recapitulated in the 
act], and Good-Friday excepted), to be supplied by cars at the public quays or lighters. 
Neither shells nor stones fit for building, or paving, are considered ballast. 
Fines for Infraction or Evasion of the Regulations, are as follows:—For giving a false 
diaft of water, £1 ; for obstructing any pilot or other persons belonging to the ballast office, in the 
peiformance or execution of their duty, £10 ; for maliciously damaging the property of the ballast 
office, £-0, and to make good the injury; for avoiding payment of duties, £10 ; for refusing in 
any vessel to take a pilot, £5 ; for every 50 tons and treble pilotage. Receivers may enter ships, 
seize and distrain, and sell in five days after, if the duties are not satisfied. Further particu- 
ars are given in the by-law and act. Pilots are required to produce their regulations, with the pilot 
laws, when required to do so by masters of vessels. 
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