asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce to state in respect of each year since 1923 (1) the total expenditure of the Dublin Port and Docks Board, showing separately capital expenditure, expenditure on revenue accounts and wages paid; (2) receipts from tonnage dues, dues on goods, cranage, towage, rents and interest, etc.; (3) tonnage dues for ton of register tonnage at Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Liverpool and Glasgow, and (4) the net register tonnage entering the Port of Dublin and the number of vessels entering the port.
Written Answers. - Dublin Port and Docks Board Expenditure.
The only information available to me on these matters is the information derivable from the accounts of the Board. From those accounts I can give the following particulars:—
(1) The Total Expenditure of the Dublin Port and Docks Board, showing separately Capital Expenditure and Expenditure on Revenue Accounts. The Accounts do not disclose the total amount of wages paid.
|
1924 |
1925 |
1926 |
1927 |
1928 |
|
|
Expenditure charged to capital Account |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
28,355 |
40,501 |
24,106 |
7,092 |
25,322 |
|
Aggregate Capital Expenditure to 31st December, 1928, £2,453,136.
|
1924 |
1925 |
1926 |
1927 |
1928 |
|
|
Expenditure Charged to:— |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Revenue Account |
183,238 |
189,011 |
184,119 |
189,956 |
184,544 |
|
Unappropriated Receipts Account |
6,107 |
19,252 |
14,696 |
5,597 |
10,866 |
|
Custom House Docks and Warehouses Account |
37,218 |
34,801 |
28,355 |
32,721 |
28,036 |
|
226,563 |
243,064 |
227,170 |
228,274 |
223,446 |
(2) Receipts from tonnage dues, dues on goods, cranage, towage, rents, interest, etc.
|
1924 |
1925 |
1926 |
1927 |
1928 |
|
|
Receipts:— |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Tonnage dues |
86,455 |
79,464 |
80,143 |
79,840 |
74,874 |
|
Dues on goods |
100,631 |
91,782 |
91,185 |
94,053 |
86,925 |
|
Cranage |
5,110 |
5,189 |
7,630 |
9,356 |
7,283 |
|
Towage and Salvage |
3,771 |
2,151 |
9,112 |
3,947 |
2,330 |
|
Rents and Wayleaves |
5,418 |
4,829 |
4,941 |
4,917 |
7,434 |
|
Interest |
4,629 |
7,453 |
8,986 |
8,351 |
11,030 |
|
Miscellaneous |
3,041 |
4,336 |
4,522 |
5,821 |
3,798 |
|
Custom House Docks (Storage, etc.) |
45,817 |
40,573 |
37,846 |
40,650 |
34,865 |
|
Unappropriated Receipts |
1,564 |
320 |
18 |
174 |
50 |
|
256,436 |
236,097 |
244,383 |
247,109 |
228,589 |
(3) Tonnage dues per ton of register tonnage at Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry, Liverpool and Glasgow.
The following are the principal classes of tonnage dues on vessels at present in force:—
|
Dublin |
Belfast |
Cork |
Derry |
Liverpool |
Glasgow |
|
|
d. |
d. |
d. |
Inwards. |
Outwards |
||
|
6½Vessels from ports in Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man. |
From 2½d.(less 5%) to 6d. (Net.) |
4½(Deepwater quay dues payable if such a quay is used, 3d.) |
7¼ |
(a) 27/32d. to 1 11/16d.(b) 5d. to 11½d.(c) 1¼d. to 2 5/6d.(All above rates are less 5%.) |
2½d. |
2½d. |
|
d. |
||||||
|
10¼Vessels from foreign and colonial ports |
1S. (Net). |
Cargo Vessels,1S.(Deepwater quay dues payable if such a quay is used, 4d.) |
Cargo Vessels,1S. 1½d. |
(a) 3 3/8 to 4½d.(b) 1s. 8d. to 2S. 8d.(c) 5d. to 8d. |
6 2/3d. |
6 2/3d. |
|
Liners, &c. ½d. (with free entry on homeward voyage). |
Liners, ½d. |
(All above rates are less 5%.) |
NOTES.—Liverpool:
(a) Harbour rates chargeable on vessels which use the River Mersey only.
(b) Dock tonnage rates (inclusive of both Harbour and Wharf rates) in respect of vessels using the Mersey Port Board's Docks.
(c) Wharf rates on vessels chargeable where stores or passengers are conveyed to or from the Mersey Board's Piers, Quays or Landing Stages to or from vessels which do not enter a Dock.
(4) The net register tonnage entering the Port of Dublin and the number of vessels entering the Port.
|
Year |
Net register tonnage (excluding Trawlers) |
Number of Vessels (excluding Trawlers) |
No. of Trawlers |
All Vessels Total |
|
1924 |
2,272,443 |
6,207 |
362 |
6,569 |
|
1925 |
2,138,009 |
5,608 |
186 |
5,794 |
|
1926 |
2,062,646 |
4,386 |
379 |
4,765 |
|
1927 |
2,271,856 |
5,672 |
303 |
5,975 |
|
1928 |
2,298,929 |
5,465 |
299 |
5,764 |