Section 45. I n each of the ports mentioned in the first

CHAPTER V. Salvage 43. If anv anchors, wreck. stores, or other propayable. for mreck,&c. p erty be rec6vered by any officer e&ploYed by\he Local Government for that DurDose. from the surface. bed or shore of any port subject' to this Act, the L O C ~ ~ Gove~nment shall be entitled to receive a reasonable sum for salvage, having regard to the place of recovery. Register to A register shall be kept of all property so recovbe kept. ered, in such manner and at such place as the Local Government may direct. It shall contain a description of such property, and .of the times and places where the same has been re.covered ; and it shall be open to public inspection at reasonable office-houss, except on Sundays and such holidays as the Local Government may direct. Property 44. If the property recovered under the last "ecOv?"'d preceding section, or by a Conservator acting under may, in certain cases, section fifteen, is unclaimed, be sold. or if the person claiming the same fails to pay the amount due to theLocalGovernment in respect thereof, such property may be sold by public auction, if of a perishable nature, forthwith; and if not of a perishable nature, at any period not less than six months after the recovery thereof; and 2% `India%` Ports. `1875.` J and on the realization of the proceeds, the amount Proceeds IIOW due to the Local Government for salvage, or for the &ppfied. expenses incurred under section fifteen, shall be deducted therefrom, and credited to the Local Government, and the balance shall be paid to the person entitled to the property recovered, or, if no auoh person, appear and claim the same, shall be held in deposit for payment, without interest, to any person thereafter establishing his right to the same : Provided that he makes his claim within one year from the date of the sale. OHAFTER VI. OF PORT-DUES AND AND CHARGES. 45. I n each of the ports mentioned in the first Levy of schedule hereto annexed, such port-due not exceeding the amount specified for such port in the third column of the same schedule as the Local Government from time to time directs shall be levied on vessels entering the same port and described in the second column of the same schedule, but not oftener than the time fixed for such port in the fourth column of the same schedule. Whenever the Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor-General in Council, has declared or hereafter declares any port to be subject to this Act, it may, with the like sanction, by the same or any subsequent declaration, further declare- (a) the maximum amount of dues to be levied on vessels entering such port ; (6) the conditions and modifications under which such dues shall be levied; and may also, from time to time, with the like sanction, vary such conditions and modifications; and such dues shall be levied accordingly. All port-dues now leviable in any of the said ports shall continue to be so leviable until it is otherwise declared in exercise of the powers conferred by this section. , I i I j i No 23 Local Government may vary , port-dues. j Proviso. No port-dues or fees shall hereafter be levied in any port except under the authority of this Act. No order increasing or imposing port-dues under .this section shall take effect until the expiration of sixty days from the day on which such order has been published in the looa,l official Gazette.