The Mersey Docks Act, 1874
WHEREAS by "The Mersey Dock Acts Consolidation Act, 1858," (in this Act called "the Act of 1858,") it is enacted (section 238) that all vessels coming into or going out of the port of Liverpool, and not entering into the docks, shall be liable, according to the tonnage burden thereof, to the tonnage rates, therein-after and herein-after called harbour rates, specified in Schedule D. to that Act annexed, (and in that schedule divided into rates for lighthouses, for floating lights, and for buo...