Basses Lights Act 1869
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1869 c. 77 |
| Year | 1869 |
Basses Lights Act, 1869
(32 & 33 Vict.) CHAP. 77.
An Act for making better provision for the erection of a Lighthouse on the Great Basses Rock in the Colony of Ceylon, and for other purposes connected therewith.
[9th August 1869]
Whereas by the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, 1855, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and the Public Works Loan Commissioners are authorized to advance sums of money for the purpose of constructing a lighthouse on or near the coasts of any British possession:
And whereas a considerable sum has been advanced by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the establishment of a lightship near the Little Basses Rock, off the coast of Ceylon, part of which has been repaid out of the dues received in respect of such lightship:
And whereas it is expedient to make further provision for the exercise of the said powers for the purpose of the construction of a lighthouse on the Great Basses Rock near the Little Basses Rock:
And whereas the Secretary of State in Council of India has agreed to guarantee one half of a loan for the purpose of such lighthouse:
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as ‘TheBasses Lights Act, 1869.’
2 Construction of Act.
2. This Act shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, 1855, in this Act referred to as ‘the principal Acts.’
3 Loan by Public Works Loan Commissioners.
3. For the purpose of constructing a lighthouse on the said Great Basses Rock, the Public Works Loan Commissioners are hereby required to advance, in pursuance of the principal Acts, out of the monies at their disposal which are applicable for advances under The Harbours and Passing Tolls, &c. Act, 1861, a sum or sums not exceeding in the whole seventy thousand pounds at interest at the rate of three and a quarter per cent. per annum, such sums to be repayable within a period not exceeding fifty years, and to be secured on the fund formed out of the dues mentioned in this Act.
4 Guarantee of loan.
4. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury are hereby authorized to guarantee jointly with the Secretary of State in Council of India the...
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