An Act for making better provision for the erection of Lighthouses on the Great Basses Rock, and on the Little Basses Rock, in the colony of Ceylon.
WHEREAS by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, 1855, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Public Works Loan Commissioners are authorised to advance sums of money for the purpose of constructing a lighthouse on or near the coast of any British possession: And whereas certain sums were advanced by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the establishment of a light-ship near the Little Basses Rock off the coast of Ceylon, part of which has been repaid out of the dues rec...