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LOYNE OR LUNE RIVER.
23 Geo. II. C. 12, R. A. 14th March, 1749.

12 Geo. III. C. 81, R. A. 1st April, 1772.

29 Geo. III. C, 39, R. A. 24th June, 1789.

47 Geo. III. C. 37. R. A. 1st Aug. 1807.

THE first enactment for improving the Loyne or Lune took place as far back as the year 1749, under the title of 'An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Loyne, otherwise called Lune, and for building a Quay or Wharf, &amp;c.;' wherein it is stated that the Loyne or Lune has become dangerous for navigators, and very inconvenient for the town and port of Lancaster, now becoming a place of considerable trade to the West Indies and other foreign parts; it is therefore necessary that a quay or wharf, with other conveniences, should be built on the west side of the river, and that buoys should be placed at the entrance into the said river and other places thereof, and land-marks erected for guiding ships and vessels to and from the said town; this act therefore appoints certain trustees to build a quay or wharf with other works and conveniences, and to erect piers or moles at the mouth of the said river, and for raising the necessary funds. The following rates are to be collected during twenty-one years for all ships and vessels coming into or going out of the port.

TONNAGE RATES.
For ditto coming into the River in Ballast and not lading or unlading in the Port, One-fourth of the said Rates.

Vessels of War and Ships driven in by Stress of Weather, are exempt.

At the end of twenty-one years half the above rates are to cease. Trustees are empowered to borrow £2,000 on security of the duties, and to pay interest thereon at £5 per cent.

A second act was obtained in 1772, under the title of 'An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majesty George the Second, for improving the