Colchester Corporation Act 1892
WHEREAS the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Colchester are or claim to be the owners of the harbour of Colchester in this Act called "the harbour":
And whereas by the local and personal Act 51 George III. chapter xlii. (in this Act called the Act of 1811) commissioners were appointed with power to improve the navigation of that part of the River Colne which is situate between the Hythe at Colchester and Wivenhoe in the county of Essex and to levy dues on vessels for the purpose...