Monarch

GEORGE III

Year

1796

Title

36 Geo. III, c. 18,

Description

An Act to empower the Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue, with the Approbation of the Lord Lieutenant, to erect Light-Houses around the Coasts of this Kingdom, and to levy a Tonnage-Duty on all Shipping.

Classification

Communications - shipping, lighthouses (Wexford, Mayo, Galway) - insurance £5,000 from fisheries encouragement fund, ships except coasters and Dublin colliers to pay 1d per ton [t]