S.I. No. 63/1955 - Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1955.


S.I. No. 63 of 1955.

HARBOUR RATES (FOYNES HARBOUR) ORDER, 1955.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 104 of the Harbours Act, 1946 (No. 9 of 1946), hereby order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Foynes Harbour) Order, 1955.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 30th day of April, 1955.

2.—(1) The rates set out in the Schedules to this Order are hereby fixed as the maximum rates to be charged by the Foynes Harbour Trustees in respect of Foynes Harbour.

(2) Where the rates fixed under this Order are payable at a tonnage charge, lesser weights shall be chargeable as follows :—

(a) any weight not exceeding 5 cwt. shall count as 5 cwt. ;

(b) any weight exceeding 5 cwt., but not exceeding 10 cwt., shall count as 10 cwt. ;

(c) any weight exceeding 10 cwt., but not exceeding 15 cwt., shall count as 15 cwt. ;

(d) any weight exceeding 15 cwt., but not exceeding 20 cwt., shall count as one ton.

(3) In this Order " register tons " means net register tons or half the gross tonnage whichever is the greater.

3. Every statutory or other provision fixing, restricting or otherwise regulating the rates or the maximum or minimum rates chargeable by the Foynes Harbour Trustees on subjects of charge set out in the Schedules to this Order, or the basis on which, or method by which such rates are computed, is hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM GOODS RATES.

Imports.

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

A.

s.

d.

Accumulators and batteries and parts thereof

ton

4

0

Acids, N.O.R.*

"

2

0

Aerated and Mineral Waters

"

3

0

Aeroplanes and Seaplanes and Parts and Accessories thereof

"

5

0

*Not otherwise rated.

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

Agricultural and Garden Machinery

ton

1

6

Alabaster

"

1

0

Alabaster worked or sculptured

"

6

0

Albumen

"

5

0

Alcohol

"

5

0

Ales, Beers, Porter and Bass

"

3

0

Alkalis, N.O.R.

"

1

6

Alum

"

2

0

Alumina and Sulphate of Alumina

"

3

0

Aluminum

"

4

0

Amber

"

6

0

Ammonia

"

4

0

Anchors

"

1

0

Animals:

Calves

each

1

0

Cattle, Cows and Oxen

"

1

0

Horses, Mares and Geldings

"

6

0

Mules, Asses and Deer

"

3

0

Sheep and Lambs

"

0

3

Pigs

"

0

6

Anvils

ton

2

0

Apparel, New, Old, and N.O.R.

"

6

0

Appliances and instruments, N.O.R.

"

7

0

Arms, Ammunition and Firearms

"

6

0

Arrowroot

"

4

0

Asbestos

"

1

0

Ashes, Pot, Pearl, Kelp, Lead, Zinc, Soda

"

1

6

Asphalt

"

3

0

Axles

"

2

0

B.

Bags and Bagging, including Sacks and Hessian, New

"

3

0

Bags and Bagging, including Sacks and Hessian, Old

"

2

0

Bakelite and Bakelite Goods, N.O.R.

"

5

0

Bark

"

2

0

Barrels (new) and Casks empty

each

0

2

Barytes

ton

1

0

Baskets

"

4

0

Baths, Metal

"

5

0

Baths, Porcelain

"

5

0

Bedsteads (Iron)

"

2

0

Beet and Beet Pulp

"

1

0

Belting (Machine)

"

6

0

Bicycle Parts

"

5

0

Bicycles

each

1

6

Bitumen

ton

2

0

Blubber and Fish Oil

"

2

0

Blue

"

4

0

Boards, Beaver, Box, Drapers, Mill, Paling, Planed, Plaster, Wall

"

1

6

Boats, Motor, Rowing, Steam, Yachts

each

5

0

Bones

ton

2

0

Books

"

6

0

Boots and Shoes, Slippers and Sandals

"

6

0

Borax

"

4

0

Bottles, empty

"

1

6

Brass and Brass Ware

"

2

0

Bread and Biscuits

"

3

0

Bricks—Common

"

0

6

  "   Fireclay

"

1

6

Bristles

"

4

0

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

Bronze and Bronze Ware

ton

4

0

Brooms, Brushes, Mops and Heads thereof

"

4

0

Buckets and Pails, Wood or metal

"

4

0

Butter

"

3

0

C.

Cables, Chain

"

1

0

 " Electric, Insulated

"

4

0

Calcium, Carbide of

"

4

0

Calcium, Chloride of

"

1

0

Camphor

"

5

0

Candles

"

3

0

Cardboard

"

3

0

Cardboard, Manufactures thereof, N.O.R.

"

3

0

Carpets, Carpeting and Rugs

"

6

0

Carrageen Moss

"

2

0

Casein and manufacturers thereof

"

5

0

Cement

"

1

0

Chalk

"

1

0

Charcoal

"

1

0

Cheese

"

4

0

Chemicals, N.O.R.

"

4

0

China Ware

"

3

0

Cider and Perry

"

2

0

Cinders

"

0

6

Clay, China, Common, Fire, Pipe, Retorts and Targets

"

0

8

Clocks and Watches including Chronometers

"

10

0

Coal, Culm or Coke

"

0

9

 " Pitch and Tar

"

1

6

Cocoa Beans, Preparations and Shell

"

6

0

  " Nuts and Fibre

"

6

0

Coffee

"

6

0

Concrete, Manufactures of

"

1

0

Cookers, Electric, Gas and Heat Storage

"

2

0

Copper and Manufactures thereof

"

3

0

Copper Sulphate

"

1

0

Cordials

"

3

0

Cork Cuttings, Manufactured and Corkwood

"

3

0

Cotton—Raw and Silicate

"

2

0

 "   Twist and Yarn

"

3

0

 "   Waste

"

2

0

 "   Wool

"

4

0

Cranes

"

3

0

Creosote

"

1

6

Cutch

"

1

0

Cutlery

"

5

0

D.

Disinfectants, Vermicides, and Insecticides

"

5

0

Drapery—Household, Curtains, Covers, etc.

"

5

0

Dust, Founders

"

1

0

Dyestuffs, N.O.R.

"

3

0

E.

Earth, Fullers

"

1

0

Earthenware

"

1

6

Eggs

"

6

0

Electrical Bulbs, Fires, Radiators, Stoves and Parts thereof, Lamps, Wires, Fittings

"

5

0

Emery

"

2

0

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

Emery Cloth and Paper

ton

4

0

Empties, returned (Barrels, boxes, cases, casks, crates, cribs, hampers, kegs, tins)

"

1

0

Engines, Fire, Railway and steam

"

3

0

Explosives, including fireworks

'

6

0

F.

Fancy Goods

"

6

0

Fats N.O.R.

"

2

0

Feathers

"

6

0

Feeding stuffs, Animal, N.O.R.

"

2

0

Felt, Floor covering, roofing

"

2

0

Fibre, N.O.R.

"

3

0

Filters

"

2

0

Fireclay goods

"

1

6

Fish, all kinds

"

1

6

Flax and Hemp

"

2

0

Flax Seed

"

2

0

Flax Waste

"

1

0

Flock

"

3

0

Flour Rice and Corn

"

4

0

 " Wheaten

"

2

0

Fruit, N.O.R.

"

4

6

 " Canned, Preserved, Dried

"

3

0

Fuel—Patent

"

0

9

Furniture—New

"

9

0

  "   Old

"

2

0

  "   In Vans, including weight of vans

"

3

0

G.

Gas

"

6

0

Gas and Electric Meters, Fittings, Stoves, Heaters and Parts

"

5

0

Gelatine

"

6

0

Glass, Cloth, Paper and Plate and Window

"

3

0

 " Ware

"

4

0

Glucose

"

2

0

Glue

"

2

0

Glycerine

"

3

0

Grain, Barley, Maize, Oats, Rice, Rye and Wheat

"

1

3

Grain, Bran, Pollard, and Malt

"

2

0

Grain and grain products N.O.R.

"

2

0

Grates, Cookers, Ranges, Stoves, N.O.R.

"

2

0

Gravel, Grit, Sand

"

0

6

Groceries and provisions, N.O.R.

"

4

0

Gum, Raw

"

2

0

Gypsum

"

0

8

H.

Haberdashery, N.O.R.

"

6

0

Hair

"

3

0

Hardware

"

4

0

Hay

"

3

0

Hides

"

3

0

Honey

"

3

0

Hoofs and Horns

"

2

0

Hops

"

3

0

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

I.

Ice

ton

0

6

Implements, Garden, N.O.R.

"

1

0

Incubators

"

4

0

Ink and Ink Powder

"

3

0

Insulators—Earthenware and porcelain

"

3

0

Iron and Steel goods, N.O.R.

"

2

0

Iron and Steel parts, N.O.R.

"

1

6

Iron-Bending, Bar, Bolt, Borings, Fencing, Forging, Hoop, Plate, Rails, Rod, Sheet

"

1

0

Iron Manufactured

"

2

0

Iron—Corrugated, Galvanised

"

1

6

 "   Liquor

"

3

0

 "   Ore

"

0

8

 "   Pig and Scarp

"

0

6

J.

Jars of all kinds

"

2

0

Joinery or turnery, N.O.R.

"

1

6

Jute

"

2

0

" Manufactured, N.O.R.

"

3

0

K.

Kelp

"

1

6

L.

Ladders

"

3

0

Lead, Pig, Piping or Sheet

"

1

6

Lead, Red and White

"

3

0

Leather and Manufactures of, N.O.R.

"

6

0

Leather Scrap

"

4

0

Lime, Lime Putty and Lime Sulphate

"

0

9

 " Chloride of

"

2

0

Linen Manufactures

"

6

0

 " Raw and unbleached

"

5

0

Linoleum

"

3

0

Liqueurs

"

6

0

Liquorice

"

6

0

Litter, Moss or Peat

"

1

6

Luggage

"

6

0

M.

Machinery and Machines, N.O.R.

"

2

0

Manures, Basic Slag, Bone, Guano, Kainit, Phosphate Rock, Pyrites and Superphosphates

"

0

9

Manures, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Muriate and Sulphate of Potash and Nitro-chalk

"

1

0

Manures and Fertilisers, N.O.R.

"

1

0

Margarine

"

3

0

Mastic

"

2

0

Matches

"

3

0

Mats and Matting, N.O.R.

"

4

0

Mattresses or Palliasses

"

3

0

Meal—Cotton, Fish, Ground, Nut, Palm Nut, Indian, Linseed, Oat, (Flaked) Rice, Sausage. Wheat, Rye

"

2

0

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

Meat (N.O.R.), Beef, Mutton, Tongues, Veal, Hams, Pork, Preserved, Bacon, Bacon Feet and Heads and Tinned

ton

3

0

Metals

"

2

0

Milk and Cream, Condensed, Fresh, preserved or dried

"

3

0

Molasses

"

2

0

Mooring Buoys

"

2

0

Motor Bicycles

each

20

0

Motor Bicycle or Car parts

ton

10

0

Motor Cars

each

40

0

Motor Tractors

ton

20

0

Mustard

"

5

0

N.

Nails and Screws

"

2

0

Nets, Twine

"

4

0

Newspapers and Periodicals

"

4

0

Nuts—Almond, Hazel, etc.

"

4

0

O.

Oakum

"

0

8

Offals, Animal

"

2

0

Oils, Aviation Fuel and Motor Spirit

"

3

0

Oils, Fish, Fuel, Gas, Lubricating, Mineral, N.O.R., Nut, Paraffin, Burning, Seed, Vaseline, petroleum jelly, Vegetable and Whale

"

1

6

Oil bearing materials, copra, cotton seed, etc.

"

3

0

Oilcloth

"

4

0

Ore, Copper

"

1

0

" Lead

"

0

8

" Sulphur

"

0

9

Ores, N.O.R.

"

0

8

P.

Packages and Parcels, Sundry goods not enumerated

"

6

0

Paint Pigments and other Paint Raw Materials, N.O.R.

"

3

0

Paints

"

3

0

Paper, Wall or Fancy

"

3

0

Paper, N.O.R.

"

3

0

Paper sacks or bags

"

3

0

Perfumery

cwt.

2

0

Pictures and Paintings, N.O.R.

ton

6

0

Pipes

"

1

6

Pipes, Metal

"

2

0

Plaster of Paris

"

1

0

Plastics, Powder, Rod, Sheet

"

4

0

Plate and Plate Ware

"

6

0

Polish and Polish Pastes

"

3

0

Poultry—Live

"

3

0

  "   Dead

"

4

0

Preserves, N.O.R.

"

5

0

Pumps, Iron or Lead

"

4

0

Putty

"

3

0

R.

Rabbits

"

4

0

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

Rags

ton

1

6

Railway Carriages, Waggons, Trucks Wheels and Axles

"

4

0

Resin

"

1

6

Ropes, New and Steel

"

3

0

  "  Old

"

1

6

Rubber Goods, N.O.R.

"

6

0

  "  Compound, India, Raw, Scrap

"

6

0

S.

Safes

"

4

0

Sago and Tapioca

"

5

0

Salt, Bay, Rock or White

"

0

9

 "  in cases

"

0

9

Salts, Epsom, Glauber, etc.

"

3

0

Saltpetre

"

2

0

Sawdust

"

0

4

Seaweed, N.O.R.

"

1

6

Seeds, Clover

"

2

0

Seeds, N.O.R.

"

2

0

Shot

"

3

0

Size

"

2

0

Slates

"

1

6

Soaps and Soap Powders

"

3

0

Soda, Bicarbonate of

"

1

6

Spices, N.O.R.

"

5

0

Spirits, Whiskey, etc.

"

6

0

Starch

"

2

0

Steel

"

2

0

Stone Broken and Limestone

"

0

6

 " Building and Paving

"

1

0

 " Square Sets, cut or dressed

"

1

6

Straw

"

3

0

Sugar Candy, Confectionery, Pulp, Refined

"

3

0

Sulphur

"

2

0

T.

Tallow

"

2

0

Tarpaulins

"

3

0

Tea

"

6

0

Tiles, N.O.R.

"

1

0

Tin

"

2

0

Tobacco, Manufactured and Unmanufactured

"

3

0

Tomatoes

"

2

0

Treacle and Syrup

"

2

0

Turf

"

0

6

Turpentine

"

4

0

Twine

"

4

0

Tyres and Tubes

"

6

0

V.

Varnish

"

3

0

Vegetables, Fresh, N.O.R.

"

1

6

 "   Beans, Onions, Peas

"

2

0

 "   Potatoes and Turnips

"

0

6

 "   Canned

"

3

0

Vehicles (Horse drawn), N.O.R.

"

3

0

Vehicles, Four-wheeled and Two-wheeled, N.O.R.

"

3

0

Vinegar

"

3

0

Vitriol

"

2

0

Commodity

Unit of Quantity

Rate

s.

d.

W.

Waxes, N.O.R.

ton

3

0

Wheels, Cart, Carriage, Tramway

"

3

0

White Spirit

"

3

0

Whiting

"

0

9

Wines

"

6

0

Wire, Brass and Copper and N.O.R.

"

3

0

 " Iron

"

2

0

Wood, Hardwood, Native, Pitwood, Plywood, Softwood

"

0

9

Wood Veneers

"

0

9

Wood Products, N.O.R.

"

0

9

Wood Boxboards, flooring blocks, paving blocks, pulp, sleepers, railway, staves, spokes, fellow and wool

"

0

9

Wool, Yarn and Waste

"

4

0

Wool Blankets

"

4

0

Z.

Zinc

"

1

6

Zinc articles of, N.O.R.

"

3

0

EXPORTS.

Same as rates on Imports with the following exceptions, on which the Export Rate will be one half of the Import Rate.

Manures, Basic Slag, Guano, Kainit, Phosphate Rock, Pyrites, and Superphosphates.

Manures, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, and Muriate and Sulphate of Potash, and Nitro-chalk.

Oils, Aviation Fuel and Motor Spirit.

Oils, Fish, Fuel, Gas, Lubricating, Mineral N.O.R., Nut, Paraffin, Burning, Seed, Vaseline, petroleum jelly, Vegetable and Whale.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM TONNAGE RATES.

Ref. No.

Description of Charge

Rate

s.

d.

1

On every vessel (other than a mechanically propelled vessel) trading solely in the River Shannon entering Foynes Harbour or coming within the jurisdiction of the Foynes Harbour Trustees for each week—

(a) If an Open boat, Turf boat or Decked vessel under 20 tons burden, a sum not exceeding

0

9

(b) If a Decked vessel of 20 tons or over but not exceeding 50 register tons or 50 tons burden when not registered, a sum not exceeding

3

0

Ref. No.

Description of Charge

Rate

s.

d.

(c) If a vessel of 50 register tons or 50 tons burden or over but not exceeding 100 register tons, a sum not exceeding

6

0

(d) If a vessel of 100 register tons or over, on every register ton a sum not exceeding

0

4

2

On every mechanically propelled vessel trading solely in the River Shannon entering Foynes Harbour or coming within the jurisdiction of the Foynes Harbour Trustees for each week—

(a) If not exceeding 20 register tons, a sum not exceeding

6

0

(b) If exceeding 20 register tons but not exceeding 50 register tons, a sum not exceeding

9

0

(c) If exceeding 50 register tons but not exceeding 100 register tons, a sum not exceeding

12

0

(d) If exceeding 100 register tons, on every register a sum not exceeding

0

8

3

On every mechanically propelled vessel towing vessels in or upon the River Shannon, for every vessel towed to or from or within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Foynes Harbour Trustees a sum not exceeding

6

0

4

On every register ton of every vessel not trading solely in the River Shannon but loading or discharging at Foynes cargo for or from any other port in the River Shannon a sum not exceeding

0

10

5

On every register ton of every vessel (except as hereinafter provided) arriving from or departing to any Port in Ireland outside the River Shannon, or any Port in Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, a sum not exceeding

1

3

6

On every register ton of every vessel (except as hereinafter provided) arriving from or departing to any Port not situate in Ireland or in Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, a sum not exceeding

1

10

7

On vessels described at References 5 and 6 above which load or land or load and land cargo to an extent not exceeding one-half of their register tonnage

Half Rates

8

On vessels which enter the harbour for any purpose other than the discharge or loading of Cargo or the towing of vessels

Half Rates

9

On every register ton of every vessel remaining within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Foynes Harbour Trustees after the expiration of a period of 14 days, for each week or part of a week—

Ref. No.

Description of Charge

Rate

s.

d.

(a) while undergoing repairs, a sum not exceeding

0

3

(b) for any other purpose, a sum not exceeding

0

6

THIRD SCHEDULE

Other (Maximum) Charges

Ref. No.

Description of Charge

Rate

s.

d.

1

For the use of the Foynes Harbour Trustees 30 ton Weighbridge, for each ton weighed a sum not exceeding

0

6

2

For providing a Watchman for any period not exceeding 8 hours a sum not exceeding

34

0

Plus Employers National Insurance Contribution.

3

Goods, etc., not removed from the Pier or Quays within two weeks from the date on which such goods were first deposited thereon will be chargeable with one-half of the Import Rates on such goods, etc., in respect of each week or part of a week during which such goods remain on the pier or quays after the expiration of the period of two weeks as aforesaid.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 15th day of April, 1955.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.