County Secretary's Office / Piers & Harbours / Public Notices, 1892 - 1916
TitleCounty Secretary's Office / Piers & Harbours / Public Notices, 1892 - 1916
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGC/CSO/002/001/
Date1892-1916
CreatorGalway County Council
Production date 1892 - 1916
Scope and Content
Printed public notices in poster format detailing the by-laws, rules and regulations and penalties associated with a particular pier or harbour, and others detailing the schedule of tolls and rates to be paid by vessels using the marine works, including for instance ‘general merchandise and goods of all kinds loaded at or discharged on pier, quay or landing place, one penny per ton or part of ton…’ and ‘for each horse or head of cattle - one penny’.
Authority for fixing the tolls and rates was with the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, or the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland ‘with the approbation of the Treasury’.
Extent6 items
Physical descriptionOutsize
LanguageEnglish
Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.
Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.
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