Whereas by section 670 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is provided that where any lighthouse, buoy or beacon has been erected or placed on or near the coasts of any British possession by or with the consent of the legislature of that possession His Majesty may by Order in Council fix such dues (in that Act referred to as colonial light dues) to be paid in respect of that lighthouse, buoy or beacon by the owner or master of every ship which passes the same and derives benefit therefrom as His Majesty may deem reasonable and may by like Order increase, diminish or repeal such dues, and those dues shall from the time mentioned in the Order be leviable throughout His Majesty’s dominions and further that colonial light dues shall not be levied in any British possession unless the legislature of that possession has by address to the Crown or by Act or Ordinance duly passed signified its opinion that the dues ought to be levied:

And whereas the lighthouses and buoy specified in the Schedule hereto have been erected or placed on or near the coasts of the Bahamas and the Leeward Islands by or with the consent of the legislatures of those Possessions:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers in that behalf vested in Him by the said section and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to fix and doth hereby fix the dues to be paid in respect of the lighthouses and buoy specified in the first part of the said Schedule by the owner or master of every ship at one penny per ton of her register tonnage for every occasion after the first day of April, 1932, on which such ship passes and derives benefit from any of the said lighthouses or the said buoy.

And His Majesty is further pleased to fix and doth hereby fix the dues to be paid in respect of the lighthouse specified in the second part of the said Schedule by the owner or master of every ship at a half-penny per ton of her register tonnage for every occasion after the first day of April, 1932, on which such ship passes and derives benefit from the said lighthouse.

M. P. A. Hankey.