T 1/500/132 - Report on Harbours 1772-1773

Sir

In pursuance of the Directions of the Act the 11th of his present Majesty, intitled "An Act for Repairing, Amending and Supporting the several Harbours and Sea Ports of the Isle of Man".I beg you will please lay before the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury the inclosed Account of the State and Condition of the said Ports and Harbours, and of the Receipts & Disbursements attending the same as exhibited to the Commissioners at their Meeting the 10th October 1773, together with their Observations thereupon.

I am &c Chas Lutwidge

Whitehaven 31th May 1774

An Account of the State and Condition of his Majesty's Harbours in theIsle of Man Exhibited to the Commissioners thereof 10th October 1773.

In the Harbour of Douglas the remarkable Insufficiency of the Original Works will from time to time occasion more Repairs than were at first apprehended. In the Month of March last a considerable part of the upper Quay having sunk Several Feet, owong to its being founded on Loose Ground it hath been taken down, the Foundation laid Deeper & Secured with a Frame of Timber, & the Quay rebuilt in a Sufficient manner.

That part of the inner Wall of the Pier mentioned in Last Years State hath been taken down, the Bank of Gravel gathered there removed the Foundation lowered, and the Harbour in that part cleared & Deepined near three feet, so that Vessels of Three Hundred Tons Burthen may now Moor there at Ordinary Tides, and the Sharpest Vessels rest against the Pier before they take [the] Ground, which will be found a very Considerable Benefit to the Harbour.

At Peel the Securing the Mole by a Frame of Timber mentioned in last years State, is finished, and found to produce the good effect proposed by it.

At Ramsay Darby haven and Castletown such breaches as occasionally happen in the Course of the Year have been duly repaired and the Works in these Harbours kept in good Condition.

Annexed hereunto, is the Annual Account of the Produce of the Harbour Funds, and of the Expence of the Repairs above mentioned & other Incidents Persuant to the Directions of the Statutes.

Chas Lutwidge Recr General

Observations

The Commissioners of his Majesties [sic] Harbours in the Isle of Man having taken into Consideration the foregoing State thereof Exhibited by his Majestys Receiver General the 10th October 1773 approve of the Several Works & Repairs therein mentioned.

The said Commissioners have also Examined the Annual Acct annexed to the Statute, and the Disbursements conformable to the Minutes of the said Commissioners.

Customhouse Douglas 10th October 1773

Certified by us Thos Durie Michael Cullin Geo Savage [ ] Dan Gill

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