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T h e
Sound-TJues
, levied here, form a n im
p o rta n t item in the incom e o f the S ta te , an d no
u n im p o rtan t one in the ledger o f the M erchant. T h e
an n u al am o u n t w hich th ey p ro duce m ay b e com puted
in ro u n d num b ers a t Tw o M illion R ig sb an k d o llars,
o r a b o u t £ 2 3 0 ,0 0 0 .
Since the
Reduction
o f th e
S o u n d -d u es in 1842 (a fu rth e r red u ctio n takin g
place in 1 8 4 6 on S u g ar an d Cotton) th e larg est
am o u n t p a id on the C argo o f one ship w as (29 th.
O ctober, 1 8 50), 1 0 ,5 4 0 R bd. o r a b o u t £ 1 1 7 0 : the
C argo consisting chiefly o f m an u fa ctu re d goods,
such as W o rsted Y arn, C otton Tw ist, «fee., and also
M ach in ery , ship ped in the S te am -sh ip " E m p e ro r”
from H u ll to St. P etersb u rg — v alu e o f C argo,
ro u ghly e stim a te d , a b o u t
£
1 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
In d epen dent
o f the D ues on th e C a rg o , the S hip p a y s D ues
u n d er the denom ination o f L ig h t-m o n ey , C ustom house
O fficer’s fees, E x ped ition , «fee., v a ry in g from £ 3 to
£ 6, according to c irc u m s ta n c e s; and sho uld the
Ship clear on a S und ay, or o ther H oliday , an ex tra
charg e of 2 R bd. is m ade, a s a fine
(mulct).
T h e average for ten y e a rs , 1 8 4 3— 18 5 2 , o f
S hip s p assin g th e S o u n d , w as 1 8 0 8 8 ; and o f
B ritish , 49 0 0 .
T h e y e a r 1847 w itnessed the
h ig h est n um b er o f S h ip s, 2 1 5 2 6 ; an d the y e ar
1 8 4 9 of B ritish, 6 8 4 6 .