ton for every time of passing, or deriving
advantage from any light, with the exception of the Bell-Rock, for
which one penny per ton is the toll. Every foreign vessel not
privileged must pay double toll. Exemptions were made in favour of the
King's vessels, those of Trinity House, and all vessels going in
ballast or engaged in the herring fishery. Power was given to the
commissioners of northern lighthouses to erect beacons, and moor
buoys, and the harbour-lights on the Scotch coast were placed under
their controul. This Act also confers on the Trinity House the power
of entering any lighthouse under the charge of other boards, to
inspect their condition, and it gives them a controul as to the
erection of new lighthouses, or the alteration of those already
existing, both in Scotland and Ireland. In the event of any
differences of opinion between the three boards, appeal is to be made
to the Privy Council. It is also enacted, that accounts of the receipt
of all monies, and a report of all alterations made during the
preceding year, be annually laid before each House of Parliament.

The public lights of England, including Heligoland (a small island
belonging to England situate about twenty-five miles from the mouth of
the Elbe), amount to seventy-one in number, and have been arranged in
the following classes.

1. Those belonging to and under the management of the
Corporation of the Trinity House 55 lights

2. Those in the charge of individuals under lease from
the Trinity House, and having different periods to
run 3 "

3. Those let by the Crown to individuals for a period of
years on leases renewed since the year 1822 7 "

4. Lights originally held under patents subsequently
sanctioned by Acts of Parliament, and now in the
hands of proprietors 4 "

5. At Heligoland 1 light

6. One floating light at Benbridge Lodge 1 "
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Total number of public general lights in England 71 lights
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A list of the lighthouses of the British Islands, corrected to July,
1836, is published at the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty.

CHAPTER III.

HISTORY