No. III.
Light-house Duties.
ABSTRACT ACCOUNT of LIGHT-HOUSE DUTIES, furnished to the Committee of the House of Commons, in reference to the Bell Rock Act.
“ABSTRACT STATE of ADDITIONAL DUTIES that will arise from the District to be included in the Collection by the Erection of a Light-House on the Cape or Bell Rock; calculated from the Custom-House Returns, 13th May 1806, at the rate of 1½d. per ton, whether Outwards or Inwards.
| ‘ 1804. | Foreign, | Inwards, | 93,782 | ||
| Outwards, | 67,633 | ||||
| Coastways, | Inwards, | 239,037 | |||
| Outwards, | 170,174 | Tons. | |||
| ———— | 570,626 | L. 3566 8 3 | |||
| ‘ 1805. | Foreign, | Inwards, | 81,123 | ||
| Outwards, | 73,289 | ||||
| Coastways, | Inwards, | 259,997 | |||
| Outwards, | 203,564 | ||||
| ———— | 617,973 | 3862 6 7½ | |||
| ‘ 1806. | Foreign, | Inwards, | 97,205 | ||
| Outwards, | 86,739 | ||||
| Coastways, | Inwards, | 270,737 | |||
| Outwards, | 215,637 | ||||
| ———— | 670,318 | 4,189 9 9 | |||
| Total of three years, | 1,858,917 | L. 11,618 4 7½ | |||
| “The tonnage of the ports of the Firth of Forth, already pay ½d. per ton for Inchkeith light, so that the additional duty payable by them, will be only one penny per ton, the total tonnage thus paying ½d. is, for the whole three years, 971,482. | ||
| Deduct, therefore, ½d. per ton for this amount, | L. 2023 18 5 | |
| Deduct also expences of collection, and the charges of management, say 15 per cent. | 1742 14 9 | |
| 3766 13 2 | ||
| “Nett total for three years, | L. 7851 11 5½ | |
| “Nett yearly total | L. 2617 3 9½ | |
(Signed) “C. Cuningham,
Secretary to the Commissioners of the Northern Light-houses.”
Note.—The District of coast referred to in the above Abstract, lies between Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, towards the north, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, to the south, both inclusive.