History of Savannah, Ga.; from its settlement to the close of the eighteenth century . exports were valued at $379,422, verynearly double the value of the exports ten years before. A bill passedby the General Assembly early in 1774 indicates that the trade of thecity was enlarging, for it explains that whereas the increase of tradeand quantity of produce brought for sale to the several ports of thisprovince requires a regulation in the rates of wharfage and storage, andthe number of vessels resorting to the said ports, and in particular tothe port of Savannah, makes it necessary to have some p
History of Savannah, Ga.; from its settlement to the close of the eighteenth century . exports were valued at $379,422, verynearly double the value of the exports ten years before. A bill passedby the General Assembly early in 1774 indicates that the trade of thecity was enlarging, for it explains that whereas the increase of tradeand quantity of produce brought for sale to the several ports of thisprovince requires a regulation in the rates of wharfage and storage, andthe number of vessels resorting to the said ports, and in particular tothe port of Savannah, makes it necessary to have some person appointedto overlook and regulate such vessels while in the said port. By this act owners and lessees of wharfs were allowed to charge anddemand certain fees which were then fixed. On rice the wharfage chargewas one penny per half barrel. On rosin, turpentine, tar and beef thecharge was one penny per barrel. Mahogany and logwood were im-ported largely, and staves, rice, turpentine, rosin and hides were exported. Throwing ballast or rubbish in the river was forbidden and made. ?*F m I
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