FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 18"". 9 PORT OF BOSTON. ORDERS, RULES, AND BYE- LAWS. See p. 3 of Pari. Paper, No. 269 of 1877. RATES of PILOTAGE. FROM High Horn or Boston Toft to Boston Town or from Boston Town to High Horn or Boston Toft, or any intermediate distance, the sum of Is. 0 d. per foot for every ship, vessel, or barge drawing 8 J feet of water ; above 8J feet of water and under 10£ feet of water, the sum of Is. 9 d. per foot; and above 10i feet of water, 2 s. 6 d. per foot. Tonnage Rates or Duties• By the 10 Geo. 3, it is enacted that from and after the 24th day of June 1776 it should be lawful for the Commissioners to demand, collect, and receive over and above the several rates of pilotage a certain tonnage duty for all ships arriving at the said port laden with coal at 1 d. per chaldron, Boston measure; and also for all ships laden with any other kind of goods, wares, or merchandise 3 at 1 d. per ton; and from every foreign ship or vessel double the duty on tonnage in the respective cases before mentioned. Robert Mountain ( Headsman) William George Parker William Nundy - NAMES of aged 77 - 42 - 58 PILOTS. Robert Snowden Thomas Gray aged 56 - 55 AMOUNT received for PILOTAGE of VESSELS in 1877. ( 1.)— I N W A R D S. Note.— No account can be given as regards the vessels towed by steam, as the Steam Towing Company render no account to the Pilot Commissioners ACCOUNT of MONIES received and expended in respect of PILOTS or PILOTAGE. Dr. To balance brought from last account To amount of fees received from applicants for certificates ------ To gross amount receiveJJInward pilotage for - - - -^ Outward pilotage - To amount received from other sources, viz.: Coastwise: £. s. d. Coal - 3,901 chal. at 1 d. 16 5 1 Goods, 29,656 tons at Id. - 123 11 4 £. s. d. 118 8 5 - 12 119 18 96 - 33,557 139 16 5 474 15 11 Cr. By amount paid for salaries of clerk and other officers ------ By amount paid for or in respect of pilot boats, buoys, & c. ----- By amount paid for certificates - - - By amount paid to pilots for piloting ships trading to and from this port, for the year ending 31st December 1877 - By amount paid for repairing- hauling paths, biidges, & c. - - - - - By sundry other expenses - - - - By balance carried to next account £. s. d. 54- 6 3 3 1 - 12 6 215 18 7 46 19 7 13 3 3 333 17 6 140 18 5 474 15 11 22 April 1878. Charles Lucas, Clerk. 2 66. A 2