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S.I. No. 43/1943 -- Harbour Rates (Sligo Port and Harbour) Order, 1943.

S.I. No. 43/1943 -- Harbour Rates (Sligo Port and Harbour) Order, 1943. 1943 43

No. 43/1943:

HARBOUR RATES (SLIGO PORT AND HARBOUR) ORDER, 1943.

HARBOUR RATES (SLIGO PORT AND HARBOUR) ORDER, 1943.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934 (No. 2 of 1934), that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, if and whenever he thinks fit on the application of the harbour authority for any harbour, by order (in the said Act referred to as a harbour rates order) fix all or any of the rates, or, where he so thinks fit, the maximum rates to be charged by the harbour authority of such harbour, and may for that purpose revoke, modify, alter or extend by such order any statutory or other provision fixing, restricting, or otherwise regulating the rates or the maximum or minimum rates chargeable by such harbour authority :

AND WHEREAS the Sligo Harbour Commissioners have applied pursuant to section 4 of the said Act to the Minister for Industry and Commerce for a harbour rates order in respect of the Port and Harbour of Sligo fixing certain rates to be charged by the said Commissioners :

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce has pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of section 5 of the said Act given notice dated the 7th day of January, 1943, of his proposal to make such order to the said Commissioners, and has given the directions mentioned in that subsection in respect of the notice required thereby to be published by the said Commissioners :

AND WHEREAS the said Commissioners have duly published such notice, and such notice has contained the directions mentioned in subsection (2) of section 5 of the said Act as regards making objections and representations to the Minister for Industry and Commerce in respect of such proposed order :

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Harbours (Regulation of Rates), Act, 1934 (No. 2 of 1934), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows, that is to say :—

Short title and commencement.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Sligo Harbour) Order, 1943.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 22nd day of February, 1943.

Application of Interpretation Act, 1937 .

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

Interpretation.

3. (1) In this Order—

the expression " the Act of 1877 " means the Sligo Harbour Act. 1877 ;

the expression " the Order of 1891 " means the Sligo Harbour Order, 1891 ;

the expression " the Order of 1903 " means the Sligo Harbour Order, 1903 ;

the expression " the Order of 1921 " means the Sligo Port and Harbour (Temporary Increase of Charges) Order, 1921 ;

the expression " the Commissioners " means the Sligo Harbour Commissioners ;

the expression " the Port " means the existing Port and Harbour of Sligo ;

the expression " the harbour master " includes any harbour master and deputy or assistant harbour master for the time being appointed by the Commissioners ;

the word " vessel " means a ship, boat or other vessel of any description ;

the expression " the owner", when used in relation to any vessel, shall extend to and include the owner or charterer of the vessel or his agent or consignee ;

the expression " the master ", when used in relation to any vessel, means the person having the command or charge of the vessel for the time being ;

the expression " Great Britain " includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

(2) This Order shall be construed as one with the Act of 1877, the Order of 1891, and the Order of 1903.

New tonnage rates.

4. (1) The Commissioners may demand and take, in respect of all vessels entering or using the Port, rates (in this Order referred to as the new tonnage rates) not exceeding those specified in part I of the First Schedule to this Order.

(2) The provisions set out in Part II of the First Schedule to this Order shall apply in respect of the new tonnage rates.

(3) The new tonnage rates in respect of a vessel shall be paid by the owner or master of the vessel.

(4) The harbour master is authorised and required to refuse to allow any vessel to leave the Port until he receives from the collector of the Commissioners a permit showing that all the new tonnage rates due in respect of such vessel have been paid.

(5) The several statutory provisions and powers in respect of rates, charges, tolls, dues, rents and other money and receipts which may be taken or recovered by way of income by the Commissioners shall respectively extend and apply to the new tonnage rates.

(6) All moneys received by the Commissioners from the new tonnage rates shall be applied by them in the same manner and to the same purposes as the harbour duties receivable under section 68 of the Act of 1877 were applicable.

Amendment of section 102 of the Act of 1877 and section 16 of the Order of 1903.

5. Section 102 (which relates to rates on goods shipped or unshipped) of the Act of 1877 and section 16 (which provides for the reckoning of fractional units of one penny as one penny in certain cases) of the Order of 1903 shall be construed and have effect as if for the reference therein to the Third Schedule to the Act of 1877 there were substituted a reference to the Second Schedule to this Order.

Amendment of section 22 of the Order of 1903.

6. Section 22 (which relates to harbour light dues) of the Order of 1903 shall be construed and have effect as if for the reference therein to one farthing there were substituted a reference to one penny.

Charges for use of planks.

7. The Commissioners may charge for each shipping plank provided by them four shillings.

Charge for depositing coal on quays.

8. The Commissioners may charge persons depositing coal on any quay belonging to the Commissioners, a sum calculated at the rate of sixpence per ton.

Charge for storage of goods in transit sheds.

9. The Commissioners may charge on any goods remaining in any transit sheds belonging to the Commissioners over fourteen days from the date of the final discharge of such goods—

(a) in case goods remain in the said transit sheds for any period (including the said fourteen days) not exceeding six months, a sum calculated at the rate of eightpence per ton,

(b) in case the goods remain in the said transit sheds for any period (including the said fourteen days) exceeding six months, a sum calculated at the rate of one shilling per ton.

Saving.

10. Nothing in this Order contained shall prejudice or affect the powers of the Commissioners to levy, collect or recover any rates, dues or sum, of money leviable by or due to the Commissioners at the commencement of this Order, and such rates, dues, and sums of money may be levied, collected and recovered by the Commissioners in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as if this Order had not been made and come into operation.

Revocation of portions of the Act of 1877 of the Order of 1891, and the Order of 1921.

11. The following enactments are hereby revoked, that is to say—

(a) section 68 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Act of 1877,

(b) sections 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the Order of 1891,

(c) section 17 and sections 18, 19, 20 and 21 (in so far as they relate to steam vessels other than steam tugs) of the Order of 1903,

(d) the Order of 1921, except in so far as it relates to charges for the sue of mooring buoys.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Maximum tonnage rates chargeable on all vessels entering or using the Port and Harbour of Sligo.

Ref. No.

Tonnage Rates

s.

d.

1.

For every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel discharging or loading cargo or passengers in the Port, for each and every voyage made to or from the Port from or to any port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State.

1

0

2.

For every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel discharging or loading passengers in the Port or discharging or loading in the Port such amount of cargo as is not less than half the registered tonnage of such vessel, for each and every voyage made to or from the Port from or to any port or place, other than a port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State.

2

0

3.

For every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel discharging or loading in the Port such amount of cargo as is less than half the registered tonnage of such vessel, for each and every voyage made to or from the Port from or to any port or place other than a port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State.

1

0

Ref. No.

Tonnage Rates

s.

d.

4.

For every ton of the rateable tonnage of every vessel entering the Port for the purpose of seeking refuge therein or for orders or for a supply of coal or ship's stores and not discharging or loading cargo.

0

2

PART II.

1. The rates mentioned in Part I of this Schedule shall not be chargeable on any boat, smack, cot, gabbard, lighter or wherry which shall not have been registered under the Merchant Shipping Acts and which shall be usually employed in the Port or any part thereof.

2. For the purpose of calculating the rates mentioned in Part I of this Schedule, the rateable tonnage of a vessel shall be taken to be the register tonnage or fifty per cent. of the gross tonnage whichever is the greater.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Maximum rates on goods shipped or unshipped within the Port.

Goods

Rate

s.

d.

Accumulators and Batteries

per cwt.

0

2

Acid

per cwt.

0

Ale, Beer or Porter

per cwt.

0

Alum

per cwt.

0

1

Ammonia

per cwt.

0

1

Ammonia, Sulphate of

per ton

1

0

Anvils

per cwt.

0

Asbestos Roofing Material

per ton

1

0

Axles

per cwt.

0

2

Bacon

per ton

2

0

Bags, New

per cwt.

0

Bags, Old

per cwt.

0

1

Barytes, Unground

per ton

0

6

Barytes, Ground

per ton

1

0

Beef

per cwt.

0

2

Bicycles, and parts of

per ton

7

6

Biscuits, Ship or Dog

per cwt.

0

1

Goods

Rate

s.

d.

Biscuits, Fancy

per cwt.

0

Blacking and Boot Polish

per cwt.

0

2

Bleaching Powder

per cwt.

0

2

Blue

per cwt.

0

2

Boats

per foot O. A.

0

3

Bog Ore

per ton

0

6

Boilers

per cwt.

0

Bolts and Nuts and Rivets

per cwt.

0

1

Bones

per ton

0

10

Bone Manure

per ton

1

0

Bone Meal

per ton

1

0

Books and Stationery

per cwt.

0

3

Boots and Shoes

per cwt.

0

3

Bran

per ton

1

3

Brandy

per cwt.

0

3

Brass

per cwt.

0

2

Brass Wire

per cwt.

0

3

Brick, Fire

per ton

0

10

Brick, Building or Common

per ton

0

6

Brooms and Brushes

per cwt.

0

2

Butter

per ton

4

2

Cables, Chain

per cwt.

0

Candles

per cwt.

0

2

Canvas

per cwt.

0

2

Carbide

per cwt.

0

Cardboard

per cwt.

0

2

Carts

each

2

6

Carrigeen Moss

per cwt.

0

Castings

per ton

1

0

Castor Oil

per cwt.

0

Cement

per ton

1

0

Chalk

per ton

0

6

Charcoal

per ton

1

0

Cheese

per cwt.

0

2

Chimney Cans

per cwt.

0

1

Churns, Wood

per cwt.

0

Cider

per cwt.

0

Clay, Fire

per ton

0

10

Clay, Retorts

per cwt.

0

1

Clocks

per cwt.

0

3

Clogs

per cwt.

0

2

Clog Blocks

per cwt.

0

1

Clothes, Old

per cwt.

0

2

Coaches and Chariots

each

7

6

Coal

per ton

0

6

Cocoa and Coffee

per cwt.

0

2

Coke

per ton

0

6

Confectionery

per cwt.

0

2

Copper

per cwt.

0

2

Copper Wire

per cwt.

0

3

Corks

per cwt.

0

2

Corkwood

per cwt.

0

2

Cotton Waste or Wool

per cwt.

0

Cream of Tartar

per cwt.

0

2

Creamery Cans

per cwt.

0

2

Cutlery

per cwt.

0

Goods

Rate

s.

d.

Cylinders of Gas

per cwt.

0

Dogs

each

1

0

Dog Food

per cwt.

0

2

Drapery Goods—viz. :—

Cotton Manufactured Goods

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per cwt.

0

3

Haberdashery

Hosiery

Threads

Linens

Woollens

Carpets

Drugs

Dust, Founders

Dye Stuffs

Dyewoods

Earthenware

Eggs

Electrical Fittings

per cwt.

0

3

Emery, Cloth and Ground

per cwt.

0

Empty Barrels, Boxes, Hampers, etc

per cwt.

0

Fancy Goods

per cwt.

0

Farming Implements

per cwt.

0

2

Feathers

per cwt.

0

3

Feeding Meal

per ton

1

3

Felt

per cwt.

0

Fibre

per ton

1

0

Files

per cwt.

0

2

Fish, Dry

per cwt.

0

1

Fish, Fresh

per cwt.

0

Flax, Hemp or Tow

per cwt.

0

Flour

per ton

1

3

Flower Roots

per cwt.

0

Flue Linings

per cwt.

0

Fowl

per cwt.

0

3

Freestone

per ton

0

6

Fruit, Fresh

per ton

3

4

Fruit, Dry or Canned

per ton

3

4

Furniture

per cwt.

0

Furniture, Old

per cwt.

0

2

Furniture Vans

each

2

6

Furniture in Vans, including weight of Van

per cwt.

0

2

Gigs and Cars

each

5

0

Gin

per cwt.

0

Glass and Glassware

per cwt.

0

2

Glue

per cwt.

0

Glycerine

per cwt.

0

2

Grease

per cwt.

0

Grindstones

per cwt.

0

Groceries and Canned Goods, including Caraway Seeds

per cwt.

0

2

Guano

per ton

1

0

Gum

per cwt.

0

Gunpowder

per cwt.

0

3

Guns

per cwt.

0

3

Gypsum

per ton

0

6

Hair

per cwt.

0

3

Goods

Rate

s.

d.

Hams

per ton

2

0

Hardware not otherwise described including Bedsteads, Lamps and holloware

per cwt.

0

2

Harmoniums and Small Organs

each

2

6

Hats

per cwt.

0

3

Hay

per ton

1

3

Hemp, Flax or Tow

per cwt.

0

Hides and Skins

per cwt.

0

Honey

per cwt.

0

2

Hoops

per cwt.

0

1

Hops

per cwt.

0

3

Hop Bitters

per cwt.

0

Ice

per ton

1

0

Indian Corn

per ton

1

3

Indian Meal

per ton

1

3

India Rubber

per cwt.

0

3

Indigo

per cwt.

0

2

Ink

per cwt.

0

Iron, Pig

per ton

0

4

 " Bar

per ton

1

3

 " Castings

per ton

1

0

 " Hoops or Rods

per ton

1

3

 " Rails or Fencing

per ton

1

3

 " Ore

per ton

0

6

 " Sheet

per ton

1

3

 " Galvanized

per ton

1

3

 " Scrap

per ton

1

0

Jewellery

per cwt.

0

6

Kainit

per ton

1

0

Kelp

per ton

1

8

Lampblack

per cwt.

0

1

Lard or Lardine

per cwt.

0

Lead

per ton

1

3

 " Piping

per ton

1

8

 " White or Red

per ton

2

6

Lead or Zinc Ore

per ton

0

6

Leather

per cwt.

0

4

Lemon or Lime Juice

per cwt.

0

Lime

per ton

0

10

Limestone

per ton

0

6

Linseed Cake, including Cotton Cake

per ton

1

0

Linseed Meal

per ton

1

3

Liqueurs

per cwt.

0

3

Live Stock :—

Asses

each

1

0

Cattle, Cows and Bulls

each

2

0

Cattle, Yearlings

each

1

0

Goats

each

0

6

Horses, Mares and Geldings

each

2

0

Mules

each

1

6

Pigs

each

0

4

Sheep

each

0

4

Sheep, Lambs

each

0

3

Luggage

per cwt.

0

Goods

Rate.

s.

d.

Machinery and Machines

per cwt.

0

3

Malt

per cwt.

0

1

Manure, Manufactured

per ton

1

0

Marble

per ton

1

0

Margarine

per cwt.

0

1

Mats

per cwt.

0

2

Matches

per cwt.

0

2

Meters, Gas

per cwt.

0

2

Methylated Spirit

per cwt.

0

Millstones

per cwt.

0

Mineral Waters

per cwt.

0

Molasses

per cwt.

0

2

Motor Cars

each

10

0

 " Chassis

each

5

0

 " Cycles

each

2

6

 " Spirit

per ton

2

6

 " Tyres

per cwt.

0

2

 " Lorries and Vans

each

10

0

Nails

per cwt.

0

1

Naphtha

per cwt.

0

1

Nets

per cwt.

0

2

Oakum

per ton

1

0

Oatmeal

per ton

1

3

Oat Hulls

per ton

0

6

Oil

per cwt.

0

Oil, Crude

per ton

1

8

Oil-cloth and Linoleum

per cwt.

0

Onions

per cwt.

0

Offals and Coarse Meat

per cwt.

0

1

Paints

per cwt.

0

Paper

per cwt.

0

2

Perambulators

per cwt.

0

3

Phosphate Rock

per ton

0

9

Petroleum

per ton

2

0

Pianofortes

each

4

0

Pigs, Dead

per ton

2

0

Pipes, Drainage

per cwt.

0

1

Pitch

per ton

1

0

Plaster of Paris

per ton

1

0

Pollard

per ton

1

3

Pork

per ton

2

0

Potatoes

per ton

0

9

Poultry Food

per cwt.

0

1

Protectors, Boot

per cwt.

0

1

Putty

per cwt.

0

1

Quicksilver

per cwt.

0

3

Radiators

per ton

1

6

Rags

per cwt.

0

Rabbits

per cwt.

0

Reeds, Cane

per cwt.

0

1

Resin

per cwt.

0

1

Rinsings

per cwt.

0

1

Rope and Cordage, New

per cwt.

0

2

Rope, Old

per cwt.

0

1

Rum

per cwt.

0

Saddlery

per cwt.

0

2

Goods

Rate.

s.

d.

Salt

per ton

0

8

Saltpetre

per ton

2

0

Salts, Epsom, etc.

per cwt.

0

Screws

per cwt.

0

2

Scythe Stones

per cwt.

0

1

Seaweed

per ton

1

8

Seeds, Agriculture or Garden

per cwt.

0

2

Seeds, Flax

per cwt.

0

Sheep Dip

per cwt.

0

1

Shellfish

per cwt.

0

Shoe Pegs

per cwt.

0

1

Shot, Lead

per cwt.

0

1

Shudes

per ton

0

10

Slag, Basic, Ground

per ton

1

0

Slag, Basic, Ore

per ton

0

6

Slates

per ton

1

0

Snuff

per cwt.

0

2

Soap

per cwt.

0

2

Soap, Soft

per cwt.

0

2

Soda, Baking

per ton

1

6

Soda, Crystals

per ton

1

0

Solder

per cwt.

0

1

Soot

per ton

1

0

Spades and Shovels

per cwt.

0

2

Starch

per cwt.

0

2

Stationery

per cwt.

0

3

Steel

per ton

1

3

Stones

per ton

0

6

Sugar

per ton

2

6

Sulphate of Copper

per ton

1

4

Sulphur

per cwt.

0

Tallow

per cwt.

0

1

Tar

per ton

1

0

Tea

per cwt.

0

4

Tiles

per ton

1

0

Timber, Sawn, all kinds

per ton

1

3

Timber, Rough Native

per ton

0

6

Tin Plates

per cwt.

0

2

Tin, Blocks

per cwt.

0

Tobacco

per cwt.

0

3

Tobacco Pipes, Clay

per cwt.

0

Tobacco Pipes, Fancy

per cwt.

0

2

Tools

per cwt.

0

2

Toys

per cwt.

0

Trees and Plants

per cwt.

0

Turf

per ton

0

6

Turpentine, Raw

per cwt.

0

1

Turpentine, Spirits of

per cwt.

0

2

Vegetables (not classified)

per cwt.

0

Vinegar

per cwt.

0

Vitriol

per cwt.

0

1

Wax, Cobblers'

per cwt.

0

Wheat

per ton

1

3

Whiskey

per cwt.

0

Whiting

per ton

1

0

Goods

Rate.

s.

d.

Wine

per cwt.

0

Wood Fibre

per ton

0

10

Wool

per cwt.

0

3

Yarn

per cwt.

0

2

Yeast

per cwt.

0

1

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of February, 1943.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.



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