3. The Receiver General may appoint the several sub-collectors within the colony, or some other fit persons in such ports where no such sub-collector shall reside, to demand, recover and receive the said duties and rates imposed by this chapter; and the moneys raised and levied under the provisions hereof shall by such person be paid over quarterly to the said Receiver General, and there shall be allowed to such persons so appointed in the outports a commission of five dollars per centum upon the amounts collected by them respectively.

4. On the non-payment by the master or any person having charge of or any owner of any ship or vessel of any rate or duty payable or incurred under this chapter, such rate or duty shall and may be sued for and recovered in a summary manner, in the name of the Receiver General or other person authorised to receive the same, before any one or more Justice or Justices, within the district where the Receiver General or such other person so authorised may reside, together with all costs incurred, and shall be levied by warrant and distress of such Justice or Justices on the goods and chattels of the owner or of the master or other person in charge of the respective ship or vessel on account of which the said rate or duties shall respectively be payable.

5. Neither the Receiver General nor any sub-collector or other officer of customs shall admit to entry any ship or vessel subject and liable to the payment of any such rates or duties until the said rates and duties shall be paid to the person authorised to receive the same, or grant a clearance to any coasting, sealing or fishing vessel, within the description herein before set forth, until the several rates and duties aforesaid shall be paid to the person authorized to receive the same.

6. All moneys which shall be received under this chapter shall be applied to the support of the several lighthouses in this colony. And any surplus light money which may remain after providing for the above purposes, shall be kept separate from the ordinary revenues of the colony.

7. The Governor in Council may appropriate such sum of money as shall remain in the hands of the Receiver General from time to time unexpended out of the light dues received by him, after defraying the costs of maintaining existing lighthouses, towards the erection and maintenance of such lighthouses as may be authorized by the Legislature.

8. The Governor in Council may establish signal guns, bells or gongs in the several lighthouse establishments for the safety of shipping.

9. All tonnage dues upon foreign vessels shall be assimilated to and in conformity with the tonnage dues of British vessels; and

such foreign vessels shall be measured according to rules specified in an act of the Imperial Parliament passed in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, known as the Merchants' Shipping act of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 10. When there is an increase of tonnage dues arising from such measurement, the expense of the measuring surveyor shall be borne by the Government of this colony, but when otherwise, by the owner or master of such foreign vessel.

AN ACT RELATING TO LIGHT DUES AND LIGHTHOUSES.

[The Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland (Second Series), 1892, Chapter 9, page 117.]

1. A duty or rate of twenty-four cents per ton shall be levied and paid upon every merchant ship or vessel, according to its registered tonnage, which may enter any port or place within this colony, other than coasting, sealing or fishing vessels registered in this colony, said duty to be levied once in each year. And there shall be levied and paid upon every registered decked vessel of forty tons and upwards, registered in this colony, employed in the sealing, fishing or coasting trade of this colony or Labrador, and which may enter at or clear from any of the ports or places aforesaid, the duty or rate of twelve cents per ton, to be paid once in each year, and upon every such vessel of less than forty tons the sum of three dollars and forty-six cents per annum; and should any of the above-mentioned class of vessels engaged in the said fisheries, paying the duty of twelve cents per ton herein imposed, proceed on a foreign voyage, such vessel shall not be liable to any further rate than the said twelve cents per ton in any one year during which such vessel shall have been engaged in the said fisheries.

2. No greater sum than one hundred and fifteen dollars shall be levied in any one year for light dues on any steamer or vessel entering any port of this colony; and no steamer plying between Europe and North America, and on her said voyages entering any port of this colony as a port of call, shall be liable to pay any light dues.

3. The Receiver General may appoint the several sub-collectors within the colony, or some other fit persons in such ports where no such sub-collector shall reside, to demand, recover and receive the said duties and rates imposed by this chapter; and the moneys raised and levied under the provisions hereof shall by such person be paid over quarterly to the said Receiver General, and there shall be allowed to such persons so appointed in the outports a commission of

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five dollars per centum upon the amounts collected by them respectively.

4. On the non-payment by the master or any person having charge of, or any owner of any ship or vessel, of any rate or duty payable or incurred under this chapter, such rate or duty shall and may be sued for and recovered in a summary manner, in the name of the Receiver General or other person authorized to receive the same, before any one or more justice or justices within the district where the Receiver General or such other person so authorized may reside, together with all costs incurred, and shall be levied by warrant and distress of such justice or justices on the goods and chattels of the owner or of the master or other person in charge of the respective ship or vessel on account of which the said rate or duties shall respectively be payable.

5. Neither the Receiver General nor any sub-collector or other officer of customs shall admit to entry any ship or vessel subject and liable to the payment of any such rates or duties until the said rates and duties shall be paid to the person authorized to receive the same, or grant a clearance to any coasting, sailing or fishing vessel, within the description hereinbefore set forth, until the several rates and duties aforesaid shall be paid to the person authorized to receive the same.

6. All moneys which shall be received under this chapter shall be applied to the support of the several lighthouses in this colony. And any surplus light money which may remain after providing for the above purposes, shall be kept separate from the ordinary revenue of the colony.

7. The Governor in Council may appropriate such sum of money as shall remain in the hands of the Receiver General from time to time unexpended out of the light dues received by him, after defraying the costs of maintaining existing lighthouses, towards the erection and maintenance of such lighthouses as may be authorized by the Legislature.

8. The Governor in Council may establish signal guns, bells or gongs in the several lighthouse establishments, for the safety of shipping.

9. All tonnage dues upon foreign vessels shall be assimilated to and in conformity with the tonnage dues of British vessels; and such foreign vessels shall be measured according to rules specified in an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, known as the "Merchants' Shipping Act, 1854."

10. When there is an increase of tonnage dues arising from such measurement, the expense of the measuring surveyor shall be borne by the Government of this colony, but when otherwise, by the owner or master of such vessel.

11. Any officer duly appointed by law for the collection of light dues, may go on board any vessel engaged in fishing or trading operations, and being within three miles of any part of the coasts of this colony or its dependencies, and stay on board while she remains in port or within such distance, and may, in addition to the powers and procedure prescribed in section four of this chapter, bring into port and detain such vessel until payment or satisfaction of all light dues by law recoverable.

12. No building or erection shall be built or placed in such position as to obstruct or interfere in any manner whatever with the light exhibited in any light-house or beacon, or with the leading lights exhibited as guides to vessels entering the harbor of St. John's.

13. Any person acting in contravention of the provisions of the preceding section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty dollars, to be recovered in a summary manner by the order and adjudication of a Justice of the Peace; and such penalty, with costs, may be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender by warrant under the hand of such Justice, or the said offender may be committed to prison for a period not exceeding three months.

14. Any building or erection, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, may be immediately removed by the Inspector of light houses, and he may recover the cost of such removal, with costs of suit, in a summary suit for the same before any Justice of the Peace from any person so building or erecting such building or erection.

15. For the purpose of ascertaining the damage which may be occasioned to any person whose interests in any lands, houses, buildings, or other property, may be affected by carrying out or enforcing the provisions of this chapter, and providing compensation therefor, the same proceedings and remedies shall be had as are prescribed by section 163 of "The Saint John's Municipal Act 1892," so far as the same shall be applicable; and any compensation which may be awarded to such persons shall be paid out of the light-house fund.

AN ACT RELATING TO LIGHT DUES, PASSED JULY 19, 1899. [Acts of the General Assembly of Newfoundland: Passed in the 62nd and 63rd year of the Reign of Her Majesty (1899), Chapter 19, page 227.]

Be it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

1. Upon every merchant vessel or ship entering any port or place within this colony, other than coasting, sealing or fishing vessels owned and registered in this colony, there shall be levied and paid

once in every calendar year (but not oftener than once in three months) the following duty or rate per registered ton, that is to say: At the rate of twenty-four cents per ton up to and including 500 tons, and twelve cents per ton additional on every ton over 500 up to and including 1,000 tons, and six cents per ton additional on every ton over 1,000 tons and up to and including 2,000 tons. On no ship or vessel shall a greater rate than two hundred and forty dollars be levied in any one calendar year or oftener than once in three months. 2. Any vessel arriving in the port of St. John's for coal, food or supplies, or for repairs, and not bringing cargo for delivery in this colony, and not taking from this colony any cargo which such vessel did not bring into the colony, shall pay only one-half the light dues provided by section one of this Act.

3. Upon vessels owned and registered in the colony, engaged in the Labrador, Bank and Coast fisheries, or in the local coasting trade, there shall not be levied or paid any rate or duty whatever under this Act while such vessels are not engaged otherwise than in the said fisheries or trade. Should any such vessel proceed on any other than a fishing voyage to any place outside this colony such vessel shall be liable to pay once in each calendar year (but not oftener than once in three months) the rate or duty of six cents per registered ton.

4. Sub-Collectors and Preventive Officers employed in the Customs' service of the country, and such other persons as the Minister of Finance and Customs may appoint, shall be entitled to demand, recover and receive the said rates and duties imposed by this Act, and the monies raised and levied under the provision hereof shall be paid to the Minister of Finance and Customs, and there shall be allowed to the persons so collecting, such commission, not exceeding five dollars per centum upon the amounts collected, as the Minister of Finance and Customs may direct.

5. On the non-payment by the master, or any person having charge of, or any owner of, any ship or vessel, of any rate or duty payable or incurred under this Act, such rate or duty shall and may be sued for and recovered in a summary manner, in the name of the Minister of Finance and Customs or other person authorized to receive the same, before a Stipendiary Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace within the district where the Customs' officer or other person so authorized may reside, together with all costs incurred, and shall be levied by warrant and distress of such Magistrate or Justice on the goods and chattels of the owner, or of the master or other person in charge of the respective ship or vessel, on account of which the said rate or duties shall respectively be payable.

6. Neither the Minister of Finance and Customs nor any officer of Customs shall admit to entry or clearance any ship or vessel subject and liable to the payment of any rates or duties, until the said