Spars, under 22 feet in length, above 2 and under 4 inches in diameter, per 120

Ditto, 2 inches in diameter and under, per 120

Ditto, 22 feet in length and upwards, and not exceeding 4 inches in diameter, per 120

Ditto, above 4 and under 6 inches in diameter, per 120

Spokes of wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length, per 120
Ditto, exceeding 2 feet in length, per 120

Treenails, per 1,000

Wedges, per 1,000

Pipe staves, and others in proportion, per 120

Lignum vitæ, fustic, logwood, mahogany, and rosewood, per ton

Wool, per cwt.

Yarn, per cwt.

ALL OTHER GOODS NOT PARTICULARLY ENUMERATEd above.
Light goods, per cube foot

Heavy goods, per ton

121235 696600

In charging the rates on goods the gross weight or measurement of all goods to be taken, and for any less weights, measures, and quantities than those above specified a portion of the respective rates shall be charged.

III.—RATES For Use of Cranes, Weighing MACHINES, AND SHEDS.

For each ton of goods of 40 cubic feet, or for each ton of goods of 20 cwt.,
which shall remain in the sheds or other works of the pier for a
longer time than 48 hours, the sum of 3d., and the sum of 1d.
per ton for each day during which such goods shall remain after
first 48 hours.

For any portmanteau, trunk, parcel, or other article of passengers'
luggage, for each day or part of a day, per package

IV. RATES FOR SUPPLYING WATER ON PIER.

Water, per 1,000 gallons

V. RATES ON PASSENGERS AND PROMENaders using the PIER.
For every passenger or other person who shall land on the pier from
or embark from it on board of any ship, vessel, packet, or pas-
sage boat, for each and every time any sum not exceeding
For every person who shall use the pier for the purpose of walking
for exercise, pleasure, or any other purpose, except for embark-
ing or disembarking, for each and every time any sum not
exceeding

- 0 2

02

10 0

0 6

0 4

For every bath or sedan chair taken on the pier, for each and every
time any sum not exceeding

0 6

For every perambulator

0 2

For every master of any vessel, boat, or wherry, being an inhabitant
of the parish of Shanklin, and using the said pier for the purpose.
of going to or returning from his own vessel, boat, or wherry, an
annual sum not exceeding

VI. RATES ON PASSENGERS LUGGAGE.

For every trunk, portmanteau, box, parcel, or other package within
the description of luggage, not exceeding 28 lbs.

Over 28 lbs. and not exceeding 84 lbs.

20 0

0

0

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25 & 26 Vict. c. 63.

Order in Schedule confirmed.

Short Title.

CA P. LIX.

An Act for confirming, with Amendments, a Provisional Order made by the
Board of Trade under "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act,
1862," relating to the Pilotage of the Port of Sunderland.
[29th June 1865.]
WHEREAS a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under The Merchant
Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, does not take effect unless and until it is
confirmed by Act of Parliament:

And whereas the Board of Trade have made a Provisional Order with regard to the
Port of Sunderland:

And whereas such Order has been amended by Parliament, and is as so amended set out in the Schedule hereto :

And whereas it is expedient that the said Order so set out in the Schedule hereto should be confirmed by Act of Parliament :'

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

1. The Order set out in the Schedule hereto shall be and is hereby confirmed, and all the Provisions thereof, in manner and form as they are set out in the said Schedule, shall from and after the passing of this Act take effect and have full Validity and Force.

2. This Act may be cited as The (Sunderland) Pilotage Order Confirmation Act, 1865.

SCHEDULE.
SUNDERLAND.

Amended Order referred to and confirmed by the foregoing Act.

1. There shall be a body of Commissioners for carrying this Order into execution, the full number of whom shall be fifteen, and such Commissioners and their successors shall be and are hereby for the purposes of this Order incorporated by the name of The Sunderland Pilotage Commissioners, and by that name shall be one body corporate, with perpetual succession and a Common Seal, and with power to purchase, take, hold, and dispose of land and other property for the purposes but subject to the restrictions of this Order. The term "the Commissioners" herein-after used means the Sunderland Pilotage Commissioners. 2. The appointment, constitution, and election of the several Commissioners shall be regulated as follows:

(1.) The Board of Trade shall, as soon as may be after the passing of an Act confirming this Order, appoint two persons to be Commissioners, and whenever a vacancy is caused by death, resignation, or otherwise in the office of either of those Commissioners shall appoint another person to fill the office, and so toties quoties :

Provided always, that such appointments shall be determinable at such time or times as the Board of Trade may see fit:

(2.) The River Wear Commissioners, as incorporated by the Wear Navigation and Sunderland Dock Act, 1859, shall at their first monthly meeting after the passing of an Act confirming this Order appoint five members of their Board to be Commissioners, and whenever a vacancy is caused by death, resignation, or otherwise in the office of those Commissioners shall appoint another member of their Board to fill the vacancy, and so toties quoties:

(3.) The Commissioner of the River Wear appointed for the time being by the Lord High Admiral or Lords of the Admiralty, or by the Board of Trade, shall be one of the Commissioners:

(4.) The

(4.) The registered Shipowners of Sunderland shall from time to time elect five persons to be Commissioners:

(5.) The Pilots duly licensed for the Port of Sunderland shall from time to time elect two persons to be Commissioners.

3. On the day of the first monthly meeting of the River Wear Commissioners held after the third Wednesday in September 1868, and on the like day in every subsequent third year, the Commissioners appointed by that board shall retire from office but shall be eligible for re-appointment; and at the same meetings the River Wear Commissioners shall appoint five members of their Board to be Commissioners for the ensuing three years.

4. With respect to the election of Commissioners by the registered Shipowners the following provisions shall take effect:

(1.) For the purpose of this election the registered Shipowners, and the number of votes to be given by them, and the mode of election, except where this Order otherwise provides, shall be regulated by the 25th and other Sections relating thereto of the Wear Navigation and Sunderland Dock Act, 1859, which shall be considered as incorporated in this Order; but so long as a list of Shipowners shall be published by the River Wear Commissioners under the before-mentioned provisions, no further list need be made for the election of Pilotage Commissioners:

(2.) Within one month after the passing of an Act confirming this Order the Clerk to the River Wear Commissioners shall convene a meeting of such Shipowners by bills posted in the borough of Sunderland five days at least before such meeting, for the purpose of electing five Commissioners to represent the Shipowners:

(3.) On the third Wednesday in September 1868, and on the like day in every subsequent third year, the registered Shipowners shall elect five persons to be Commissioners for the ensuing three years, on which respective days the Commissioners previously elected shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-election:

(4.) Every person elected as a Commissioner by the registered Shipowners shall be required to have the following qualifications, namely:-to be entered in the list of registered Shipowners published for the time being under the provisions of the Wear Navigation and Sunderland Dock Act, 1859, as the owner of not less than 250 tons of shipping:

(5.) Section Nineteen of the Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, shall apply in the case of Commissioners elected under the present clause.

5. With respect to the election of Commissioners by the Pilots, the following provisions shall take effect:

(1.) Within one month after the passing of an Act confirming this Order the Clerk to the River Wear Commissioners shall convene a meeting of duly licensed Pilots, by bills posted in the borough of Sunderland five days at least before such meeting, for the purpose of electing two Commissioners to represent the Pilots:

(2.) On the third Wednesday in September 1868, and on the like day in every subsequent third year, the duly licensed Pilots shall elect two persons to be Commissioners for the ensuing three years, on which respective days the Commissioners previously elected shall retire from office, but shall be eligible for re-election :

(3.) The election of Commissioners by the Pilots at the first and every subsequent meeting shall be made by the majority of duly licensed Pilots present at such meeting; and at every such meeting the Chairman of the Commissioners, or if there is no Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Commissioners, one of the Commissioners appointed by the Board of Trade, shall attend and act as Chairman of such meeting, and shall be entitled to a casting vote:

(4.) Section 19. of The Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, shall apply in the case of Commissioners elected under the present clause.

6. The Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, as far as the same is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall be incorporated with this Order, (this Act being deemed "the Special Act," and the execution of the powers of this Order being deemed "the under

taking,")