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Journal of the House of Lords
… any Land Metage if a Cargo of Coals is sent up the Regent's Canal? There are several Wharfs in the Regent's Canal where … made out 214 2 February 14th 216 0 March 222 0 April 218 0 May 215 0 - 210 0 June 220 0 July 216 3 August 215 1 … on an Average, that out of a Ship of Stewart's Walls End I may get Ten Chaldrons of small; that is about Five per Cent. …
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… Year of a Coal Wharf with Six Teams of Four Horses each. £ s. d. 1. Rent and Taxes 700 0 0 2. Hire of Nine Waggons at … generally live in the Neighbourhood of the River? No; it may be a Mile, or Two Miles, or Half a Mile from the Water … of carting at 6 s. per Chaldron? The Charge of Cartage may be fairly taken at about 6 s. per Chaldron, as a Part of …
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… forasmuch as the average Freight is put down at 11 s., whereas, in my Opinion, that greatly exceeds the Freight … Then the Price depends on the Quantity the Coal Owners may agree to send up to the London Market, as long as they … there is an immense Quantity of Coal lost; that People may take as many as they please? I believe that to be the …
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… subject to an annual Rent to the Crown; we pay 365 l. 10 s. for Surface Rent to the Crown; they were made with the … Walls End Coal broken small would imbibe Water. There may be two sorts of Union, the Capillary Union, and there may be a Mechanical Union, or a mere Suspension of the …
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… generally to the Committee the Nature of a Coal Factor's Business? The Nature of our Business is to sell Coals by … been sold after Two o'Clock? That is a Circumstance which may very likely happen. [4] There is a Penalty incurred? Yes, … upon the Excess? Yes, upon the Excess or otherwise, as it may happen. I have known a much greater Variation than I have …
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… for Chalders of Coals, in the above Ship, being paid, you may permit that Quantity to be unladen. Custom House, dated … And by a Minute of the Board of Customs, dated 30th May 1698, Duplicate of such Certificate is to be given to the … per Cent. on the One Third, if paid in Cash on the Ship's Delivery, and Two Pounds per Cent. on One Third, if paid on …
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… was put to me relative to the Levy of Duty at the Pit's Mouth, irrespective of the Shipment. I conceive that there … upon the Shipment at Newcastle, the Expence, whatever it may be, of collecting the Duty in the Port of London, and … They have, at my Suggestion, for some Years; I think I may say for the last Four Years we have imported our own …
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… of your Especial Committee, appointed on the 23d Day of May last to inquire into all the Charges upon Coals imported … and to consider and report whether any and what Reductions may be made therein, and what Measures it may be advisable to … Ships. [64] - Amount of Charges. Amountper Chaldron. £ s. d. £ s. d. Government Duty, reduced to 6 s. per Chaldron, …
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… enable them to adopt such Regulations as in their Judgment may tend to remedy the Evils complained of. Dated this 30th … Basket Man, or Publican to whose House Coalheavers may resort, or any Person or Persons on his, her or their … the several Circumstances, and advised with this City's Solicitor, are decidedly of Opinion, that the Petitioners …
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… been laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, and the … of London, with a view to such Reduction in the Charges as may be found compatible with the Security of the Revenue;" … be made for Compensation to the Officers and others who may thereby be deprived of their Emoluments, they proceeded …