The Basses Lights Act 1869
WHEREAS by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, 1855, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Public Works Loan Commissioners are authorized to advance sums of money for the purpose of constructing lighthouse on or near the coasts of any British possession: And whereas a considerable sum has been advanced by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the establishment of a lightship near the Little Basses Rock, off the coast of Ceylon, part of which has been repaid out of the...