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Beswick Wharf Ordinance 1864

6. The Beswick Wharf Ordinance 1864

Analysis. Preamble.

1. Lawful for the Superintendent to demise certain land to W.C. Beswick upon certain conditions.

2. Tolls may be levied as per Schedule B.

3. Title.

Whereas by Crown Grant bearing date the Twenty-second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two all that allotment or parcel of land in the Schedule A to this Ordinance particularly described with all the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging was granted unto the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury and his successors To hold unto the said Superintendent and his successors for ever in trust for the landing and embarking of goods and livestock for public use subject to the payment of such tolls or duties as may be imposed by an Act of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Canterbury And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the levying of tolls and duties in respect of goods and livestock which may hereafter be landed and embarked at the said allotment or parcel of land And whereas by the “Public Reserves Act 1854” under and by virtue of which the aforesaid grant was made it is enacted that no land granted within any Province nder the said Act shall be alienated by way of sale or mortgage or by lease for any longer term than three years except by the authority of some Act or Ordinance of the Provincial Council of such Province to be passed in that behalf nor except by deed signed by the Superintendent and sealed with the public seal of the province And whereas it is expedient that a lease of the said allotment or parcel of land described in the said Schedule should be made to William

Cockerill Beswick of Kaiapoi in the Province of Canterbury merchant for the term and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province by and with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Lawful for the Superintendent to demise certain land to W.C. Beswick upon certain conditions.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the said Province with the advice and consent of the Executive Council at any time after the coming into operation of this Ordinance to demise to the said William Cockerill Beswick his executors administrators and assigns by deed to be made by and in the name of the Superintendent and executed under the public seal of the said Province the said parcel of land in the said Schedule particularly described for any term of years not exceeding Fifty Years in possession at a nominal rent subject to the conditions following that is to say that the said William Cockerill Beswick his executors administrators or assigns shall within Two Years from the commencement of such lease expend upon the land therein comprised the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds in the construction of Wharf or Wharves which said Wharf or Wharves at all times during the continuance of such lease as

aforesaid shall be maintained in good order and repair at the sole cost of the said

William Cockerill Bswick his executors administrators or assigns.

2. Tolls may be levied as per Schedule B.

It shall be lawful for the said William Cockerill Beswick his executors administrators or assigns during the said term to charge and recover any tolls or rates for the use of such Wharf or Wharves not exceeding those set forth in the Schedule B to this Ordinance and every person shall at all reasonable hours be entitled to the use of such Wharf or Wharves upon payment of the tolls hereby authorised to be levied in that behalf.

3. Title.

This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as “The Beswick Wharf

Ordinance 1864."

Schedule A.

All that parcel of land situate in and fronting upon Charles Street in Kaiapoi in the said Province commencing at a point in the southern boundary of Charles Street aforesaid about one chain and seventy-five links southerly from Cookson Street opposite the Courthouse thence in a straight line southwesterly to the low water mark of the River Waimakariri thence easterly along the said low water mark

thirty feet thence north-easterly in a straight line to a point in the said southern boundary of Charles Street thirty feet distant from the commencing point and thence along the said boundary to the commencing point As the same is delineated in the plans drawn in the margin of the said Crown Grant.

Schedule B.

Almonds, per package, twopence. Anchors, per cwt, twopence. Arrowroot, per package, twopence. Apparel, personal luggage, fourpence. Bacon, per side, one penny.

Bags, per bale, fourpence. Bags, per bundle. twopence.

Bark, per ton, one shilling and sixpence.

Barley, wheat, oats, maize, or seed, per bag, twopence. Ditto, ditto, kits, three half-pennies.

Beef or pork, per hhd., fivepence. Beef or pork, per tierce, threepence Beef and pork, per barrel, twopence. Beer and cider, per hhd., fourpence. Beer and Cider, per barrel, threepence. Beer and cider, 3 dozs, twopence.

Beer and cider, 4 dozs., threepence. Biscuits, per barrel, twopence. Biscuits, per bag, twopence. Blankets, per bale, ninepence. Blacking, per case, threepence. Bran, per bag, one half-penny.

Bricks or slates, per 1,000, two shillings and sixpence. Butter, per cask, twopence.

Boots or shoes, per package, sixpence. Books, per case, twopence.

Cables, per cwt., sixpence. Calico, per bale, ninepence. Candles, per box, one penny. Cannons, each, three shillings. Canvas, per bale, sixpence. Canvas, bolt, one half-penny. Carts, each, two shillings. Casks, empty, each, twopence.

Casks, water, each, threepence. Castings, per cwt., twopence. Carpets, per bale, sixpence. Carpets, per case, sixpence. Castor oil, per case, twopence. Chairs, each, one penny.

Chairs, per case, sixpence. Cement, barrel, threepence. Cheese, per case, fourpence. Cheese, loose, each, one penny. Cigars, per case, sixpence. Coals, per ton, one shilling.

Coffee, per bag, three halfpence. Cordage, coil, three halfpence. Cork, per bag, twopence. Curiosities, per package, sixpence. Currants, per caroteel, sixpence. Currants, per barrel, twopence. Dates, per bag, one penny. Drapery, per bale, ninepence. Drapery, per case, ninepence.

Earthenware or glass, per crate, one shilling. Earthenware or glass, per cask, sixpence. Figs, per package, twopence.

Fish, per bundle, twopence. Flax, per cwt., one penny. Floor cloth, per roll, fourpence. Flour, per 200lbs., one penny.

Flour, per 100lbs., one halfpenny. Furniture, per package, sixpence. Fruit, per case, twopence.

Ginger, per package, twopence. Glass, window, per case, twopence. Grindstones, each, one penny. Gunpowder, per barrel, threepence. Hams, per dozen, sixpence.

Hardware, per cask or hhd., sixpence. Hardware, per bag, keg, or bundle, one penny. Hats, per case, ninepence.

Hay, per truss, threepence. Hides, per dozen, sixpence. Hops, per package, sixpence.

Iron, per ton, one shilling and sixpence. Lard, per package, twopence.

Lead or shot, per cwt., twopence. Leather, per bale, threepence. Maize, per bushel, one penny.

Manufactures other than blankets or calico, package or case, ninepence. Matting, per roll, twopence.

Molasses, per cask, fourpence. Nuts, per bag, twopence.

Oatmeal. per bag or barrel, twopence. Oars, per dozen, fourpence.

Oil, per tun, one shilling and sixpence. Oilmen's stores, per case, threepence. Paints, per cask, ninepence.

Paints, per keg, one penny to twopence. Paper, per bale or case, fourpence.

Peas, per cask, twopence. Pepper, per bag, twopence.

Pitch or tar, per barrel, twopence. Pipes, one penny to twopence.

Potatoes or vegetables, per ton, one shilling. Raisins, per cask, threepence.

Raisins, per case, twopence. Rice, per bag, one penny. Salt, per ton, one shilling. Salt, per bag, one penny.

Sago, per package, twopence. Shingles, per 1,000, threepence. Shooks, per bundle, one penny. Starch, per box, twopence.

Soap, per box, one penny. Skins, per dozen, twopence. Sugar, per hhd., one shilling. Sugar, per bag, one penny. Tea, per chest, twopence.

Tea, per half-chest, one penny. Tea, per box, one halfpenny. Timber, per 100 feet, twopence. Tobacco, per tierce, fourpence.

Tobacco, per keg or case, twopence. Tobacco, per basket or roll, one penny. Truss or roll sundries, twopence. Vinegar, per cask, threepence. Whalebone, per bundle, twopence. Wheelbarrows, each, fourpence.

Wines and spirits, pipe or punch, eightpence

Wines and spirits, per hhd., fourpence.

Wines and spirits, per quarter-cask, twopence. Wines and spirits, per case 4 gallons, fourpence. Wines and spirits, per case, 2 gallons, twopence. Wine, per 3 dozen, threepence.

Wool, per bale, threepence.

Wool-lashings, per coil, one penny.

Unenumerated Goods.

Heavy, per ton, two shillings and sixpence. Package, tun, or butt, one shilling and threepence. Puncheon, eightpence.

Hogshead, sixpence. Barrel, threepence. Keg, twopence.

Bundle or case, fourpence. Jar or can, one penny.

Livestock.

Horned Cattle, one shilling Horses, one shilling and sixpence Sheep, twopence. Sheep, twopence. Pigs, twopence.

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 9th

September 1864, and reserved for the Governors assent.

Previously, in Session XIX., an Ordinance, similarly named, was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 12th November 1862, and reserved for the Governor’s assent. This assent was withheld, and this was notified in the New Zealand Government Gazette, No. 17, 12th May, 1863, page 172.

Guide to some of the quantities noted:

A Tierce was “one third of a pipe as old wine-measure [35 gallons], cask containing certain quantity (varying with the goods) especially of provisions. [COD 1355p.]

A Pipe was a “cask of wine, especially as measure, usually 105 gallons.

A Kit was a “wooden tub for various purposes (articles carried in) [COD 667.] A Hogshead (hhd.) “a large cask, liquid measure, fifty-two and a half imperial gallons.” [COD 580.]

A Caroteel (of currants) term not in COD, but larger quantity than barrel.

A Tun was a “large cask for wine, beer, etc., especially, formerly as a measure of capacity (252 wine gallons.) [COD 1401p.]

Shooks were a “set of staves and headings for cask, ready for putting together.” [COD 1176p.]

A Puncheon was “a large cask for liquids holding from 72 to 120 gallons.” [COD

993p.]

For other Tolls Schedules see the following The Peacock Wharf Ordinance 1857 during Session VIII, and the Ferrymead Railway and Wharf Tolls Ordinance

1863, passed during Session XX.