RATES OF MARINE INSURANCE AT THE PORT OF NEW-YORK.

THE following statement exhibits the rates of marine insurance charged by the underwriters on vessels and their cargoes sailing from and to the Port of New-York, to and from domestic and foreign ports during the year 1893. Prepared under the direction of Mr. JOHN D. JONES, President of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company:

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THE PORT OF NEW-YORK-ITS BOUNDARIES AND PORT

CHARGES.

THE PORT OF NEW-YORK.-The Collection District of the City of New-York, as defined by section 2535, Revised Statutes :

"The District of the City of New-York; to comprise all the waters and shores of the State of New-York, and of the Counties of Hudson and Bergen in the State of New-Jersey, not included in other districts; in which New-York shall be the port of entry, and New-Windsor, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Esopus, Kinderhook, Albany, Hudson, Troy, Rhinebeck Landing, Cold Spring, Port Jefferson, Saugerties. Patchogue, Jones' Point, Dodge's Yard, Port Eaton, (Eaton's Neck,) Barren Island, Hall's Yard, (Hackensack River,) and Westchester ports of delivery; and Jersey City a port of entry and delivery with an assistant Collector to act under the Collector at New-York. (Ss. 2536, 4340, Revised Statutes of U. S.)

RATES OF WHARFAGE IN FORCE JANUARY 1, 1894.-The following are the rates of wharfage chargeable within the City of New-York, as established by Act of the Legislature :

"It shall be lawful to charge and receive, within the City of New-York, wharfage and dockage at the following rates, namely: From every vessel that uses or makes fast to any pier, wharf or bulkhead within said City, or makes fast to any vessel lying at such pier, wharf or bulkhead, or to any other vessel lying outside of such vessel, for every day or part of a day, except as hereinafter provided, as follows: From every vessel of two hundred tons burden and under, two cents per ton; and for every vessel over two hundred tons burden, two cents per ton for each of the first two hundred tons, and one-half of one cent per ton for every additional ton, except that, save as hereinafter provided, vessels known as North River barges, market boats and barges, sloops employed upon the rivers and waters of this State, and schooners exclusively employed upon the rivers and waters of this State, shall pay for every such vessel, under the burden of fifty tons, at the rate of fifty cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of fifty tons, and under the burden of one hundred tons, at the rate of sixty-two and a half cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of one hundred tons, and under the burden of one hundred and fifty tons, at the rate of seventy-five cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of one hundred and fifty tons, and under the burden of two hundred tons, at the rate of eighty-seven and a half cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of two hundred tons, and under the burden of two hundred and fifty tons, at the rate of one hundred cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of two hundred and fifty tons, and under the burden of three hundred tons, at the rate of one hundred and twelve and a half cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of three hundred tons, and under the burden of three hundred and fifty tons, at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of three hundred and fifty tons, and under the burden of four hundred tons, at the rate of one hundred and thirty-seven and a half cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of four hundred tons, and under the burden of four hundred and fifty tons, at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of four hundred and fifty tons, and under the burden of five hundred tons, at the rate of one hundred and sixty-two and a half cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of five hundred tons, and under the burden of five hundred and fifty tons, at the rate of one hundred and seventy-five cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of five hundred and fifty tons, and under the burden of six hundred tons, at the rate of one hundred and eighty

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seven and a half cents per day; for every such vessel of the burden of six hundred tons and upwards, to pay twelve and a half cents in addition for every fifty tons in addition to the rate last mentioned, for every day such ship or vessel shall use or be made fast to any of the said wharves; but no boat or vessel over fifty tons burden shall pay less than fifty cents for a day or part of a day, and the class of sailing vessels now known as lighters shall be at one-half the first above rates. Every other vessel making fast to a vessel lying at any pier, wharf or bulkhead within said City, or to another vessel outside of such vessel, or at anchor within any slip or basin, when not receiving or discharging cargo or ballast, one-half the first above rates; and from every vessel or floating structure, other than those above named, or used for transportation of freight or passengers, double the first above rates, except that floating grain clevators shall pay one-half the first above rates; and every vessel that shall leave a pier, wharf, bulkhead, slip or basin, without first paying the wharfage or dockage due thereon, after being demanded of the owner, consignee or person in charge of the vessel, shall be liable to pay double the rates established by this section.

"Vessels of two hundred tons burden and under, which shall be actually engaged in the clam or oyster trade, and which shall make fast to any pier, wharf or bulkhead within said City, shall pay one and one-half cents per ton per day; and every such vessel which shall make fast to another vessel lying at any such pier, wharf or bulkhead, or to any vessel lying outside of such vessel, or that shall anchor within any slip or basin in said City, shall pay one cent per ton per day; provided, however, that no vessel shall pay less than twenty-five cents, nor less than one day's wharfage, nor shall more than one day's wharfage be charged unless for a continuous use of the pier, wharf, bulkhead, slip or basin of more than twenty-four hours.

"Every canal boat, and any vessel engaged in freighting brick on the Hudson River, occupying a berth next to any pier, wharf or bulkhead in the City of New-York, and engaged in delivering cargo upon such pier, wharf or bulkhead, or receiving cargo therefrom, shall pay wharfage at the rate of fifty cents for every day or part of a day while so engaged; but when unloaded, such canal boat or vessel aforesaid shall pay wharfage at the rate of thirty cents per day or part thereof; but no canal boat or vessel lying in any slip, between two adjacent piers, shall be required to pay full wharfage to the owners or lessees of both said piers for the same day, notwithstanding such canal boat or barge may, during said day, have changed her location between said piers, provided, that they shall pay one-half rates to each owner or lessee when they have changed their locations between said piers; and the word 'day,' whenever it occurs in this and the last preceding section, shall be taken and construed to mean twenty-four hours. "It shall be lawful for the owners or lessees of any pier, wharf or bulkhead, within the City of New-York, to charge and collect the sum of five cents per ton on all goods, merchandise and materials remaining on the pier, wharf or bulkhead owned or leased by him for every day after the expiration of twenty-four hours from the time such goods, merchandise and materials shall have been left or deposited on such pier, wharf or bulkhead, and the same shall be a lien thereon.

"It shall be the duty of every person owning or having charge of any pier, wharf, bulkhead or slip in the City of New-York to cause to be printed on the back of all bills presented by them for wharfage section seven hundred and ninety-eight of the act, and the owner, consignee or person in charge of any vessel shall not be required to pay the wharfage or dockage due on such vessel unless, upon his demand, the bill printed in conformity with this section is presented to him. Any person owning or having charge of any pier, wharf, bulkhead or slip as aforesaid, who shall receive for wharfage any rates in excess of those now authorized by law, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved treble the amount so charged as damages, to be sued for and recovered by the party aggrieved." (See Chap. 410, Secs. 798-802, Laws of 1882.)

PORT WARDEN CHARGES.-The following are the rates of charges to be collected by the Port Wardens, as established by Act of the Legislature:

"The said Board of Wardens shall be allowed for each and every survey held on board of any vessel, on hatches, stowage of cargo, or damaged goods, or at any warehouse, store or dwelling, or in the public street, or on the wharf, within the limits of the port of New-York, on goods said to be damaged, the sum of two dollars, and for each and every certificate given in consequence thereof, the sum of one dollar, and for each and every survey on the hull, sails, spars or rigging of any vessel damaged, or arriving at said port in distress, the sum of five dollars, and for each and every certificate given in consequence thereof, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents, and for each valuation or measurement of any vessel, the sum of ten dollars."

OTHER CHARGES.-The following Quarantine fees and tax on tonnage are paid on entering a vessel at the Custom House:

Health Officer's fees, each vessel,.

$5.00

TAX ON TONNAGE.-That section fourteen of "An Act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended so as to read as follows:

"That in lieu of the tax on tonnage of thirty cents per ton per annum imposed prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, a duty of three cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate fifteen cents per ton in any one year, is hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the Coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, or the Sandwich Islands, or Newfoundland; and a duty of six cents per ton, not to exceed thirty cents per ton per annum, is hereby imposed at each entry upon all vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any other foreign ports, not, however, to include vessels in distress or not engaged in trade. Provided, That the President of the United States shall suspend the collection of so much of the duty herein imposed on vessels entered from any foreign port as may be in excess of the tonnage and lighthouse dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes imposed in said port on American vessels by the Government of the foreign country in which such port is situated, and shall, upon the passage of this act, and from time to time thereafter as often as it may become necessary by reason of changes in the laws of the foreign countries above mentioned, indicate by proclamation the ports to which such suspension shall apply, and the rate or rates of tonnage duty, if any, to be collected under such suspension. Provided, further, that such proclamation shall exclude from the benefits of the suspension herein authorized, the vessels of any foreign country in whose ports the fees or dues of any kind or nature imposed on vessels of the United States, or the import or export duties on their cargoes are in excess of the fees, dues, or duties imposed on the vessels of the country in which such port is situated, or on the cargoes of such vessels; and sections forty-two hundred and twenty-three and forty-two hundred and twenty-four, and so much of section forty-two hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes as conflicts with this section, are hereby repealed." (See Act of Congress of June 19, 1886, Section 11.)

The Port of New-York: Its Boundaries and Port Charges-Continued.

RATES OF PILOTAGE.-The following are the rates of pilotage at the Port of New-York, as established by act of the Legislature, passed April 3d, 1884:

PILOTAGE FOR TAKING VESSELS FROM UPPER TO LOWER QUARANTINE.

For vessels having had death or sickness on board, double Outward pilotage.
For vessels from sickly ports, but having had no sickness on board, single Outward pilotage.
Pilotage of vessels from Quarantine to New-York, quarter pilotage.

Extract from the law in reference to unlicensed pilots.

SEC. 29. Any person not holding a license as pilot under this act, or under the laws of the State of New-Jersey, who shall pilot, or offer to pilot any ship or vessel to or from the port of New-York, by way of Sandy Hook, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days; and all persons employing a person to act as pilot, not holding a license under this act, or under the laws of the State of New-Jersey, shall forfeit and pay to the Board of Commissioners of Pilots the sum of one hundred dollars.