S.I. No. 469/1942 - Harbour Rates(Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1942. No. 469.

HARBOUR RATES(LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1942.

HARBOUR RATES (LIMERICK HARBOUR) ORDER, 1942, MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 15th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1942, PURSUANT TO SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 3 of THE HARBOURS (REGULATION OF RATES) ACT, 1934 .

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (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 Limerick 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 Limerick increasing the graving dock rates, fixing new maximum import and export rates in respect of goods and new maximum rates in respect of vessels entering or using the Port and Harbour :

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Industry and Commerce has pursuant to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the said Act given notice dated the 17th day of September, 1942, of his proposal to make such order to the said Commissioners, and has given the directions mentioned in that sub-section 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 sub-section (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 :—

1 Short title and commencement.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour) Order, 1942.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 20th day of October, 1942.

2 Application of Interpretation Act, 1937 .

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

3 Interpretation.

3.—(1) In this Order—

the expression " the Order of 1921 " means the Limerick Harbour Order, 1921 ;

the expression " the Commissioners " means the Limerick Harbour Commissioners ;

the expression " the port " means the existing Port and Harbour of Limerick ;

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

the expression " the collector of rates " means the collector of tonnage and goods rates for the time being appointed as such 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 Limerick Harbour Acts and Orders, 1823 to 1939, and the said Acts and Orders and this Order may be cited together as the Limerick Harbour Acts and Orders, 1823 to 1942.

4 Increase of graving dock rates.

4. The graving dock rates referred to in section 20 of the Limerick Harbour Act, 1867 and specified in Schedule (B) to that Act are hereby increased to an amount equal to one hundred per centum of the respective amounts specified in the said Schedule and the Commissioners may demand, receive and recover such sums by way of graving dock rates as they may from time to time think fit not exceeding the graving dock rates authorised by the said Act as increased by this Order.

5 New Import and export dues on goods

5.—(1) The Commissioners may levy, demand and take in respect of all goods shipped, transhipped or unshipped within the port,

(a) in the case of goods specified in the First Schedule to this Order, sums not exceeding the several rates specified in the said Schedule,

(b) in the case of goods not so specified, a rate equal to the rate for the time being payable in respect of goods which are, in the opinion of the Commissioners, of a similar nature, package or quality.

(2) Every rate payable under this Article in respect of any goods shall be payable by the owner or consignee of such goods to the Commissioners or to such person as they shall appoint to collect and receive such rates.

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

(a) any weight under 5 cwt. shall count as 5 cwt.,

(b) any weight from 5 cwt. to 10 cwt. shall count as 10 cwt.,

(c) any weight over 10 cwt. to 15 cwt. shall count as 15 cwt.,

(d) any weight over 15 cwt. to 20 cwt. shall count as a ton.

(4) In this Order the expression " the new import and export dues " means the rates authorised by this Article.

6 New tonnage rates.

6.—(1) The Commissioners may demand and take, in respect of all vessels entering or using the port, any rates (in this Order referred to as the new tonnage rates) not exceeding those specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Order.

(2) The provisions set out in Part II of the Second 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 rates a permit showing that all the new tonnage rates due in respect of such vessel have been paid.

7 Increase of harbour light dates.

7. Sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Limerick Harbour Order, 1903, shall have effect as if the rate therein mentioned in respect of vessels (other than steam tugs and home trade vessels) were a rate not exceeding twopence per ton of their rateable or registertonnage and the rate therein mentioned in respect of home trade vessels were a rate not exceeding one half-penny per ton of their net register tonnage.

Provided that the Commissioners shall so adjust the dues authorised by section 8 of the Limerick Harbour Order, 1903, as amended by this section, that the revenue derived therefrom shall not be more than sufficient to cover the expenditure incurred by the Commissioners in connection with the lighthouses, buoys and beacons referred to in the said section 8.

8 Adaptation of section 9 of the Order of 1921.

8. The reference in section 9 of the Order of 1921 to the rates and dues leviable under section 6 of the Order of 1921 shall be construed as a reference to the new import and export dues and the new tonnage rates.

9 Application of existing statutory provisions to new rates.

9. 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 import and export dues and the new tonnage rates.

10 Application of moneys received from new dues and rates.

10. All moneys received by the Commissioners from the new import and export dues and the new tonnage rates shall be applied by them in the same manner and to the same purposes as the harbour dues specified in the Schedule to the Order of 1921 were applicable.

11 Saving.

11. Nothing in this Order contained shall prejudice or affect the powers of the Commissioners to levy, collect or recover any rates, dues or sums 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.

12 Revocation of certain provisions of the Order of1921 and of the whole of Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour, Export Rate on Cement) Order, 1937.

12. Section 5, sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 6, and section 7 of the Order of 1921 and the whole of the Harbour Rates (Limerick Harbour Export Rate on Cement) Order, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 265 of 1937 ), are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM IMPORT AND EXPORT DUES.

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Accumulators, Batteries and parts of

per ton

5

0

2

6

Acids

"

3

0

1

6

Aerated and Mineral Waters:

"

3

0

1

6

Aeroplanes and Seaplanes, assembled or in parts

"

6

0

3

0

Agricultural Machinery and Implements and parts of

"

2

0

1

0

Alcohol

"

6

0

3

0

Ale, Beer and Porter

"

3

0

0

6

Almonds

"

6

0

3

0

Alum

"

4

6

2

4

Alumina

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Sulphate of

"

3

0

1

6

Aluminium

"

4

0

2

0

Do.Ware or foil

"

4

6

2

4

Do.Scrap

"

2

0

1

0

Ammonia

"

6

0

3

0

Anchors

"

2

0

0

6

Animals, Wild

each

7

6

3

10

Do.Domestic Pets

"

2

0

1

0

Do.Stuffed

"

5

0

2

6

Anvils

per ton

2

0

0

6

Apparel, old, for sale

"

3

0

1

6

Arrowroot

"

6

0

3

0

Asbestos

"

1

0

0

6

Do.Roofing Materials

"

1

6

0

10

Do.Goods, N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Ashes, Pot or Pearl

"

0

10

0

6

Do.Barilla, Kelp, Soda

"

1

6

0

10

Asphalt

"

3

0

1

6

Axles

"

2

0

0

6

Bacon, Hams, Middles, Pigs' Heads, etc

"

3

0

1

6

Bags and Sacks, New

"

4

6

2

4

Do.do. : Old or Returned

"

3

0

1

6

Bagging or Sacking

"

3

0

1

6

Bakelite or Bakelite Goods

"

6

0

3

0

Bakelite Mouldings

"

3

0

1

6

Bark, Oak :

"

1

6

0

10

Do. Quercitron

"

6

0

3

0

Do. other kinds. N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Barytes

"

3

0

1

6

Bass

"

3

0

1

6

Baths

"

4

6

2

4

Bedsteads (Iron)

"

2

0

1

0

Do.other than of Iron to be rated as furniture

"

Beet Pulp

"

1

6

0

6

Bellows

"

4

6

2

4

Belting (for Machinery)

"

6

0

3

0

Bicycles

"

6

0

3

0

Do.unassembled

"

6

0

3

0

Blankets

"

6

0

3

0

Bleaching Powder or Fluid

"

4

0

2

0

Blood, dried

"

3

0

1

6

Blue

"

4

0

2

0

Boats, Rowing

each

7

6

3

10

Do. Motor, Steam or Yachts

"

10

0

5

0

Do. Life " National "

FR

EE

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Bobbins

per ton

6

0

3

0

Bog Ore

"

0

6

0

6

Boilers (Steam) Iron or Steel

"

2

0

1

0

Boiler Composition

"

3

0

1

6

Bones :

"

2

0

0

10

Books or Stationery

"

6

0

3

0

Boots and Shoes

"

6

0

3

0

Bottles

"

1

6

0

10

Borax

"

4

6

2

4

Brass

"

2

0

1

0

Do. Manufacturers

"

4

6

2

4

Bricks, Common

"

0

6

0

6

Do.Bath

"

2

0

1

0

Do.Fireclay

"

1

0

0

6

Do.Enamelled, Glazed, Glass, etc.

"

2

0

1

0

Brimstone

"

1

6

0

10

Bristles

"

7

6

3

10

Bronze

"

4

6

2

4

Brooms or Brushes

"

2

6

1

4

Do.Do.heads or handles

"

2

6

1

4

Bullion

"

10

0

10

0

Burnt Ore

"

0

6

0

6

Butter

"

3

0

2

6

Butterine or Margarine

"

3

0

1

6

Cables, Chain

"

2

0

0

6

Do.Hemp or Wire

"

3

0

1

0

Do.Electric, Insulated

"

5

0

2

6

Cake, Feeding and Oil of all kinds, N.O.R.

"

2

0

1

0

Candles

"

3

0

1

6

Cane Reeds

"

6

0

3

0

Canvas

"

4

6

2

4

Carbide of Calcium

"

4

6

2

4

Cardboard

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Boxes, Cartons or Sections

"

4

0

2

0

Carpets or Carpeting

"

6

0

3

0

Carrageen Moss

"

3

0

0

10

Do.Ground

"

4

0

1

6

Carriages, or Carts, 4 Wheels

each

18

0

6

0

Do.do.2 Wheels

"

9

0

3

0

Carriages, Railway

"

45

0

15

0

Casks, new

per ton

1

0

1

0

Do. old or returned

"

1

0

1

0

Castings (other than iron or steel)

"

2

0

1

0

Cattle Food (prepared)

"

3

0

1

6

Cement

"

1

0

1

0

Do.Mastic, Parian or Keenes

"

1

6

1

0

Chains (see Cables)

Chalk

"

0

6

0

6

Charcoal

"

1

4

0

8

Cheese

"

6

0

2

6

Chemicals, N.O.R.

"

4

6

2

4

Chicory

"

6

0

3

0

China

"

3

0

1

6

Do. Clay:

"

1

0

0

6

Chlorides, N.O.R.

"

4

6

2

4

Chronometers

per cwt. or under

3

0

1

6

Churns

per ton

3

0

1

6

Cider or Perry

"

2

0

1

0

Cinders

"

0

6

0

6

Cinnamon

"

6

0

3

0

Clay, N.O.R.

"

0

8

0

4

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Clocks and Watches

per cwt. or under

0

10

0

6

Coal or culm

per ton

0

10

0

6

Cocoa or Coffee

"

6

0

3

0

Cocoa Shells

"

5

0

2

6

Coke

"

0

10

0

6

Coir Rope or Yarn

"

3

0

1

6

Concrete Blocks or manufactures of Concrete

"

1

0

0

6

Confectionery

"

6

0

3

0

Copper

"

2

0

1

0

Do.Nails

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Manufactures

"

4

6

2

4

Do.Ore

"

1

0

0

6

Copperas

"

1

0

0

6

Cordage, or twine, all kinds, N.O.R.:

"

3

0

1

6

Cordial Water

"

3

0

1

6

Corkwood

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Fittings

"

4

6

2

4

Corks

"

4

6

2

4

Cork cuttings

"

2

0

1

0

Corn and Grain :—

Barley

"

1

4

0

6

Do.Meal

"

2

0

1

0

Bran or Pollard

"

3

0

0

6

Flour or Farina

"

3

0

1

0

Indian Corn or Maize

"

1

4

0

6

Do.Meal

"

2

0

1

0

Malt

"

3

0

1

6

Oats

"

1

4

0

6

Oatmeal

"

2

0

1

0

Oat Hulls

"

1

4

0

6

Rye

"

1

4

0

6

Do. Meal

"

2

0

1

0

Wheat

"

1

4

0

6

Shudes

"

3

0

0

6

Tailings

"

1

6

0

6

Cotton Cake, Seed or Meal

"

2

0

1

0

Do.Twist or Yarn

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Wool

"

6

0

3

0

Do.Manufacturers

"

6

0

3

0

Do.Raw

"

2

0

1

0

Cream of Tartar

"

4

0

2

0

Creosote

"

1

6

0

10

Cutch

"

1

6

0

10

Cutlery

"

6

0

3

0

Disinfectants

"

4

6

2

4

Dog Food

"

2

0

1

0

Drapery, all kinds, N.O.R.

"

6

0

3

0

Drugs

"

4

6

2

4

Dust, " Founders' Use "

"

1

0

0

6

Dyestuffs, N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Earthenware

"

2

0

1

0

Eggs

"

6

0

1

6

Electric Fittings and Appliances, N.O.R.

"

5

0

2

6

Emery

"

7

6

3

10

Do.Cloth or Paper

"

4

0

2

0

Do.Wheels

"

2

0

1

0

Empties, all kinds, new, N.O.R.

"

1

0

1

0

Do.do.old, Retd. N.O.R.

"

1

0

1

0

Engines, Fire

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Railway

"

3

0

1

6

Explosives

"

6

0

3

0

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Fancy Goods

per ton

6

0

3

0

Feathers

"

6

0

1

6

Felt

"

6

0

3

0

Do.for floor covering

"

3

0

1

6

Do.for roofing

"

1

6

0

10

Do.undressed or saturated

"

2

6

1

4

Fibre, N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Filters or Filtering Appliances

"

3

0

1

6

Firearms

"

6

0

3

0

Fire Lights

"

3

0

1

6

Fire Clay

"

0

8

0

4

Do.Goods

"

1

6

0

10

Fish, salted or dry

"

1

6

0

6

Do.wet

"

1

6

0

6

Do.tinned

"

6

0

3

0

Flax, rough

"

3

0

1

6

Flax Seed for feeding

"

2

0

1

0

Floor Cloth, Matting or Mats

"

3

0

1

6

Flour or Farina

"

3

0

1

0

Forks, Hay, Garden, etc.

"

2

0

1

0

Fowl

"

5

0

2

6

Fruit, green :—

Do.Apples, Pears

"

4

6

2

4

Do.Oranges, Lemons

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Melons, Grapes and all other green, N.O.R.

"

6

0

3

0

Do.dried, all kinds

"

6

0

3

0

Do.tinned

"

6

0

3

0

Do.Juice

"

3

0

1

6

Fuel, patent

"

0

10

0

6

Furniture, new

"

9

0

4

6

Do.old

"

2

0

2

0

Do.Vans

each

18

0

6

0

Gambier

per ton

3

0

1

6

Garden Implements, N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Gas

"

6

0

3

0

Gas Stoves, Heaters and parts of

"

2

0

1

0

Gelatine

"

6

0

3

0

Glass, window

"

1

0

0

6

Do.plate

"

3

0

1

6

Do.ware

"

6

0

3

0

Glucose

"

3

0

1

6

Glue or Glue pieces

"

1

6

0

10

Glycerine

"

4

6

2

4

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

"

2

0

1

0

Gravel or Sand

"

0

6

0

6

Grease

"

1

6

1

0

Greaves

"

1

0

1

0

Groceries, all kinds, N.O.R.

"

6

0

3

0

Guano

"

2

4

1

2

Gum

"

2

6

1

4

Gut, Silkworm or Catgut

"

6

0

3

0

Guts, Ox, Hog or Fleshings

"

3

0

1

6

Gutta Percha

"

2

0

1

0

Gypsum

"

0

6

0

6

Haberdashery

"

6

0

3

0

Hackles

"

4

6

2

4

Hair

"

6

0

3

0

Hardware

"

4

6

2

4

Harness or Saddlery

"

6

0

3

0

Hats or Caps

"

4

6

2

4

Hay

"

3

0

0

10

Hemp

"

3

0

1

6

Hides, Buffalo, Cow or Ox

"

1

6

0

10

Do. Horse, Calf or Deer

"

3

0

1

6

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Hides Seal, Kid or Lamb

per ton

1

6

0

10

Do.Sheep, Goat, Kip or like, N.O.R.

"

1

6

0

10

Hide Pieces

"

1

6

0

10

Hosiery

"

6

0

3

0

Honey

"

7

6

3

10

Hoofs and Horns

"

2

0

0

10

Hops

"

3

0

1

6

Ice

"

0

6

0

4

Incubators

"

6

0

3

0

Ink

"

3

0

1

6

Insulators

"

4

0

2

0

Iron and Steel :—

Bar, Hoops, Sheet, Plate, Scrap, Castings, Forgivings, Borings

"

1

0

0

6

Nuts, Bolts, Rivets, Valves

"

2

0

0

6

Galvanised, Corrugated

"

2

0

1

0

Wire, Wire Rod, Wire Netting

"

2

0

1

0

Joists or Girders

"

2

0

0

6

Pig

"

0

6

0

6

Oxide

"

1

0

0

6

Wrought

"

2

0

0

6

Manufactures, N.O.R.

"

2

0

0

6

Liquor

"

3

0

0

6

Ore

"

0

6

0

6

Isinglass

"

6

0

3

0

Jewellery

"

6

0

3

0

Joinery or Turnery, N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Jute

"

3

0

1

6

Do.cloth or yarn

"

4

6

2

4

Kelp

"

1

6

0

10

Lamp or Ivory Black

"

6

0

3

0

Lamps or Lanterns

"

4

6

2

4

Lard

"

1

6

1

0

Lead, Sheet, Pig or Piping

"

1

6

0

10

Do.red, white, black

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Shot

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Ore

"

0

8

0

6

Leather, undressed

"

4

6

2

4

Do.dressed

"

6

0

3

0

Do.manufactures of, N.O.R.

"

6

0

3

0

Lime

"

0

10

0

6

Do.Chloride of

"

4

0

2

0

Linen, or manufactures of

"

6

0

3

0

Linoleum or similar qualities of floor covering

"

3

0

1

6

Linseed

"

2

0

1

0

Do.Cake, Meal or Flakes

"

2

0

1

0

Liquorice

"

6

0

3

0

Litter, Peat or Moss

"

1

6

0

10

Live Stock :—

Cows or Bulls, 2 years old and over

each

1

6

1

0

Cows or Bulls, 1 year old and under 2

"

0

10

0

6

Calves, under 1 year

"

0

6

0

4

Hogs or Pigs

"

0

6

0

4

Sheep, Lambs or Goats

"

0

4

0

4

Asses, Deer, Mules

"

3

0

1

6

Horses, Mares, Geldings, Ponies

"

6

0

3

0

Luggage or Personal effects

per ton

6

0

3

0

Machinery or Machinery parts, N.O.R.

"

2

0

1

0

Magnesia

"

1

6

0

10

Malt Foods or Extracts

"

6

0

3

0

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Manganese

per ton

2

0

1

0

Do.Ore

"

1

0

0

6

Mangles

"

4

6

2

4

Manure, manufactured, N.O.R.

"

0

10

0

6

Do.unmanufactured, N.O.R.

"

0

10

0

6

Marble

"

2

4

1

2

Matches

"

3

0

1

6

Mattresses or Palliasses

"

6

0

3

0

Meal, N.O.R.

"

2

0

1

0

Medicines, N.O.R., or Medicine Chests

"

4

6

2

4

Meters, Gas, Electric, etc.

"

4

6

2

4

Metal, N.O.R.

"

4

0

2

0

Milk, preserved or condensed

"

3

0

1

6

Milk Cans or Pails

"

4

6

2

4

Millboard

"

3

0

1

6

Molasses, Treacle or Syrup

"

2

6

1

4

Mops

"

6

0

3

0

Motor Bicycles

each

10

0

5

0

Do.do.unassembled or parts of

per ton

6

0

3

0

Do.Cars or Vehicles under 3 tons

each

23

4

11

8

Do.Cars or Vehicles over 3 tons

"

40

0

20

0

Do.Cars or Vehicles, unassembled or parts of

per ton

6

0

3

0

Do.Tractors

each

10

0

5

0

Do.do.parts

per ton

4

0

2

0

Moulding Powder

"

3

0

1

6

Musical Instruments, other than Pianos

per cwt. or under

3

0

1

6

Myrobalans

per ton

6

0

3

0

Nails or Screws, N.O.R.

"

2

0

0

6

Nets of Twine or Cord

"

5

0

2

6

Nitrate of Potash

"

1

6

0

10

Nuts, edible, N.O.R.

"

2

0

1

0

Oakum

"

1

0

0

6

Ochre

"

3

0

1

6

Offals (Meat)

"

3

0

1

6

Oils—Paraffin, Petroleum, Fuel, Motor Spirit, Lubricating

"

1

6

0

10

Do.Blubber or Dreg

"

1

0

0

6

Do.Linseed, Olive, Rape, Whale, Cod or qualities N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Onions

"

3

0

1

6

Ore, N.O.R.

"

1

0

0

6

Oysters

"

6

0

3

0

Oyster Shells (ground) for poultry feeding, etc.

"

2

0

1

0

Packages or Parcels (sundry goods unenumerated)

per cwt. or under

1

0

0

6

Paints, Colours, Varnishes, etc.

per ton

3

0

1

6

Paper, Plain, all kinds

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Wall or Fancy

"

4

0

2

0

Do.Sacks or Bags

"

3

0

1

6

Perfumery, Cosmetics, etc.

per cwt. or under

1

0

0

6

Phosphate Rock

per ton

0

6

0

6

Pianos

each

7

6

3

10

Pictures

per ton

6

0

3

0

Picture Frames

"

6

0

3

0

Pipes, Sewer, Drainage or underground Gas Pipes

"

1

0

0

6

Pitch

"

1

6

0

6

Plants, Shrubs, Bushes, Trees, Bulbs, etc.

"

6

0

3

0

Plaster Boards

"

3

0

1

6

Plaster of Paris

"

1

6

0

10

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Plate or Electro-Plated Ware

per ton

7

6

3

10

Polish or Polish Paste

"

2

6

1

4

Potatoes

"

0

6

0

6

Preserves, N.O.R.

"

6

0

1

6

Provisions, viz., Beef, Pork, Tongue, Offals, etc. (Fresh or Salted)

"

3

0

1

6

Do.(Tinned)

"

6

0

1

6

Pulleys or Pulley Blocks

"

3

0

1

6

Pumps

"

4

6

2

4

Putty

"

3

0

1

6

Pyrites

"

3

0

1

6

Quills or Feathers

"

6

0

1

6

Rabbits

"

4

0

2

0

Rags

"

1

6

0

10

Rakes, Garden and Field use

"

3

0

1

6

Retorts

"

1

6

0

10

Rice

"

2

0

1

0

Ropes, new

"

3

0

1

6

Do.old

"

1

6

0

10

Resin

"

1

6

0

10

Rubber

"

5

0

2

6

Do.manufactures, N.O.R.

"

6

0

3

0

Sago

"

6

0

3

0

Sails

"

4

6

2

4

Salt, Epsom or Glauber

"

5

4

2

8

Do.Rock, White, Bay or Refuse

"

0

10

0

6

Saltpetre

"

1

6

0

10

Sand for Moulders use, etc.

"

0

10

0

6

Scientific Instruments, N.O.R.

per cwt. or under

3

0

1

6

Scrap Metals : Iron and Steel

per ton

1

0

0

6

Do.N.O.R.

"

1

0

1

0

Seaweed

"

1

6

0

10

Seeds, all kinds, for sowing

"

2

0

1

0

Ships' Stores

"

6

0

3

0

Shot

"

3

0

1

6

Sickles or Scythes

"

6

0

3

0

Silicate, N.O.R

"

3

0

1

6

Slates

"

1

6

0

10

Slate Slabs

"

1

6

0

10

Snuff

"

6

0

3

0

Soap

"

3

0

1

6

Soda Crystals

"

1

6

0

10

Do.Bicarbonate

"

1

6

0

10

Solder

"

1

0

0

6

Soot

"

0

6

0

6

Spades and Shovels

"

6

0

3

0

Spelter

"

1

0

0

6

Spices, N.O.R.

"

6

0

3

0

Spirits : Brandy, Gin, Rum, Whiskey, etc.

"

6

0

3

0

Sponge

"

7

0

3

6

Starch

"

2

0

1

0

Stearine

"

4

0

2

0

Steel (see Iron and Steel).

Stone: Burr, for Miller's use, or Mill Stone

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Paving, Flag or Bathstone

"

0

10

0

6

Do.Lime, Building or Broken Stone

"

0

10

0

6

Do.Pumice

"

2

0

1

0

Do.Drip

"

1

0

0

6

Do. Grinding or Scythe Stone

"

2

0

1

0

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

s.

d.

s.

d.

Straw

per ton

1

6

0

10

Do.Plait

"

6

0

3

0

Sugar, Refined, Loaf, Raw, Brown

"

2

4

1

2

Sulphur

"

1

6

0

10

Do.Ore

"

0

6

0

6

Sumach

"

3

0

1

6

Tallow

"

1

6

0

6

Tanners' Waste

"

1

6

0

10

Tanning Bark or Nuts, N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Extracts

"

4

0

2

0

Tar, all kinds

"

1

6

0

6

Tea

"

6

0

3

0

Telescopes, Binoculars, etc.

per cwt. or under

4

0

2

0

Thread

per ton

6

0

3

0

Tiles, Common

"

1

0

0

6

Do.Glazed, Ceramic, etc.

"

2

0

1

0

Tins, new, empty

"

2

6

1

4

Tin plate, sheet, block or ingot

"

2

0

1

0

Tobacco, manufactured

"

6

0

3

0

Do.unmanufactured

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Pipes

"

6

0

3

0

Tools, N.O.R.

"

4

6

2

4

Tortoise Shell

"

6

0

3

0

Toys

"

6

0

3

0

Tree Nails

"

2

0

1

0

Trucks, Hand

"

4

6

2

4

Do.do.in parts

"

4

6

2

4

Turf

"

0

6

0

6

Turmeric

"

4

6

2

4

Turnips

"

0

6

0

6

Turpentine, Spirits of

"

4

0

2

0

Do.Common

"

1

6

0

10

Type

"

3

0

1

6

Umber

"

2

0

1

0

Valonia

"

1

6

0

10

Vaseline

"

4

6

2

4

Vegetables, fresh, green or dried, N.O.R.

"

1

6

0

10

Do.tinned or preserved

"

6

0

1

6

Vinegar

"

4

6

2

4

Vitriol

"

3

0

1

6

Wagons, Railway, covered

each

30

0

15

0

Do.Railway, truck

"

22

6

11

4

Do.Tip (Contractors')

"

3

0

1

6

Waste

per ton

3

0

1

0

Wax, Bees

"

6

0

3

0

Do.Paraffin or Scale

"

3

0

1

6

Do.other kinds

"

5

0

2

6

Whalebone

"

4

6

2

4

Wheels, Carriage, Cart, etc.

"

3

0

1

6

Do.Spinning

"

6

0

3

0

Whiting

"

1

6

0

9

Wick, Candle or Lamp

"

4

6

2

4

Wine

"

6

0

3

0

Wire Iron (see Iron and Steel).

DoBrass, Copper, etc., N.O.R.

"

3

0

1

6

Wireless Sets or Accessories

"

7

0

3

6

Wood and Wood Goods :—

(For purposes of ratings, 1 Standard = 2½ tons)

Deals, Boards, Battens, Planks, Ends

"

0

10

0

10

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

Articles

Rate

Imports

Exports

Wood and Wood Goods (continued) :

s.

d.

s.

d.

Handspikes, Firewood, Railway Sleepers, Palings, Lathwood, Hoopwood, Pitwood, Boxwood, Poles, Rickers

per ton

0

10

0

10

Oak, Fir, Pine and similar Hardwoods

"

0

10

0

10

Hickory Billets, Knees, Spokes, Felloes, Staves, Twigs, Hoops

"

1

6

0

10

Mahogany, Rosewood, Lancewood, Teak, Ebony, and similar qualities

"

3

0

1

6

Plywood

"

3

0

1

6

Logwood, Fustic and other Dyewood

"

4

6

1

6

Native Timber

"

0

10

0

10

Woodpulp

"

1

0

0

6

Woodwool or Woodfibre

"

1

6

0

10

Wool

"

6

0

1

6

Woollen Manufactures

"

6

0

1

6

Worsted Stuff

"

6

0

1

6

Yarn, N.O.R.

"

6

0

1

6

Yeast or Barm

"

4

6

2

4

Zinc

"

1

6

0

10

N.O.R. means " not otherwise rated."

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PART I.

MAXIMUM TONNAGE RATES CHARGEABLE ON ALL VESSELS ENTERING OR USING THE PORT OF LIMERICK.

Ref. No.

Maximum Tonnage Rates

£

s.

d.

1

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading within the port or at the quays or any of them, for every voyage a sum not exceeding

0

1

0

2

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port or place, other than a port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, or the State reporting at the Custom House of Limerick or discharging or loading within the port or at the quays or any of them, for every voyage a sum not exceeding

0

1

8

3

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State entering the port for any purpose other than that of discharging or loading cargo, for every voyage a sum not exceeding

0

0

6

4

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel from any port, other than a port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, or the State entering the port for any purpose other than that of discharging or loading cargo, for every voyage a sum not exceeding

0

0

10

SECOND SCHEDULE Part I—(continued.)

Ref. No.

Maximum Tonnage Rates

£

s.

d.

5

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel lying at the said quays or any of them more than one month for every period of fourteen days beyond the first month or any part of such period a sum not exceeding

0

0

4

6

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State and entering any dock in the port (in addition to the rates above-mentioned) a sum not exceeding

0

0

10

7

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel arriving from any port or place, other than a port or place in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the State, and entering any dock in the port (in addition to the rates above-mentioned) a sum not exceeding

0

1

6

8

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel lying in any dock in the port other than the graving dock or moored in any part of the River Shannon within the port (other than any part of that river included within the respective limits of the harbours of Foynes, Kildysart, Glin, Tarbert, and Kilrush) more than one month, for every period of fourteen days exceeding the first month or any part of such period a sum not exceeding

0

0

4

9

Every steamboat towing vessels in or upon the River Shannon for every vessel towed to, or from or within the port a sum not exceeding

0

8

0

10

For every ton of the admeasurement of every mechanically propelled vessel exceeding 150 tons trading in or upon the River Shannon on her arrival at the port, for every voyage a sum not exceeding

0

1

0

11

For every mechanically propelled vessel trading in or upon the River Shannon on her arrival at the port for every voyage—

If not exceeding 20 tons, a sum not exceeding

0

10

0

If exceeding 20 tons, but not exceeding 50 tons, a sum not exceeding

0

15

0

If exceeding 50 tons, but not exceeding 100 tons, a sum not exceeding

1

0

0

If exceeding 100 tons, but not exceeding 150 tons, a sum not exceeding

1

5

0

12

For every ton of the admeasurement of every vessel (other than a mechanically propelled vessel) exceeding 150 tons trading in or upon the River Shannon on her arrival at the port for every voyage, a sum not exceeding

0

0

6

13

For every vessel (other than a mechanically propelled vessel) trading in or upon the River Shannon on her arrival at the port for every voyage—

If not exceeding 20 tons, a sum not exceeding

0

5

0

If exceeding 20 tons, but not exceeding 50 tons, a sum not exceeding

0

7

6

If exceeding 50 tons, but not exceeding 100 tons, a sum not exceeding

0

10

0

If exceeding 100 tons, but not exceeding 150 tons, a sum not exceeding

0

12

6

PART II.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO RATES MENTIONED IN PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE.

1. Every vessel entering any dock in the port other than the graving dock more than once in a month and paying for same shall be free from dock rates on each alternate entry into such dock for the remainder of such month.

2. The rates mentioned at reference numbers 1, 3, 5, 6, and 8 in Part I of this Schedule shall not be chargeable on vessels trading in or upon the River Shannon.

3. For the purpose of calculating the harbour and dock rates mentioned at reference numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Part I of this Schedule—

( a ) the tonnage of vessels (other than mechanically propelled vessels) shall be taken to be the net register tonnage thereof.

( b ) the tonnage of mechanically propelled vessels shall be taken to be the rateable tonnage thereof as defined by section 4 of the Limerick Harbour Order, 1903, and for this purpose the references in sections 4 5 and 7 of that Order, to steam vessels and steam tugs shall be construed as references to mechanically propelled vessels and mechanically propelled tugs respectively.

4. For the purpose of calculating the harbour rates mentioned at reference numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13 in Part I of this Schedule, the tonnage of vessels shall be taken to be the net register tonnage thereof.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of October, 1942.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.