Limerick Navigation Act 1767

Rates payable to the company,

vessels carrying goods between Limerick and O‘Brien’s bridge 15d. per tun, passengers 2d. each,

to or from Killaloe or the deep water above, 2s. and 6d. per tun, passengers 4d.

XIV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in consideration of the expence and trouble which the said company shall be put to in making and maintaining the said navigation, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said company and their successors from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to ask, demand, receive, and sue for to the use of the said company the several rates and duties herein after mentioned (that is to say) for every boat, barge, or other vessel, navigating the said river between the city of Limerick and O‘Brien’s bridge either upwards or downwards, in which any goods, merchandizes, or commodities shall be carried, the sum of fifteen pence for every tun of the burthen or tunnage of such boat, barge, or other vessel, and for each passenger in the same two pence; and for every boat, barge, or other vessel, passing to or from the town of Killaloe or the deep navigable water above the said town, in which any goods, merchandizes, or commodities shall be carried, the sum of two shillings and six pence for every tun of the burthen or tunnage of such boat, barge, or other vessel, and for every passenger in the same four pence.