Papers relating to Liverpool docks and dues including Plan of proposed improvements of the Liverpool docks, 1846 and reports

Papers relating to Liverpool docks and dues: 'Plan of proposed improvements of the Liverpool docks, 1846'; 'Report of the speech of J Bramley-Moore, chairman of the Dock Committee', regarding dock extension, at a special meeting of the Liverpool Town Council, 19 January 1846; 'Birkenhead docks bill, statement of opposition and as to the Liverpool town dues' in Parliament, session 1856; 'The true plan to develop the docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead. Refusal of the Dock Board to locate the saLieutenant trade at Birkenhead. Sheds of the old style to be erected at Birkenhead'; 'Refusal to proceed with the Liverpool bridge approaches', 1 January 1867; 'Improvement in working the Liverpool Docks. High level railway for goods and passengers'; Report by John Granthan, consulting engineer, 1853; 'Local dues on shipping, etc. Bill. Liverpool town dues. Case of Manchester and the surrounding districts in favour of the regulation and due appropriation of the Liverpool town dues and against compensation', 1856; 'An inquiry into the origin of the Liverpool town dues', 1857; 'An inquiry whether the Liverpool Dock Estate, as national property, is not properly exempt from local taxation' by Eyre Evans, 1859; 'Report of the Special Committee of the Liverpool Steam Ship Owners Association, appointed 20 November 1863, to examine and report upon the returns recently issued by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, showing the revenue derived from steamers and sailing vessels' 1864; 'Report of the proceedings of a special meeting of the Liverpool Steam Ship Owners' Association, held 2 Feb 1864, to receive the foregoing report of the special committee', 1864; 'Naval and Commercial docks on the Mersey. A letter addressed to John Laird, esq., M.P. for Birkenhead, by J Abernethy esq., C.E. with plans', 1862; 'Local dues upon shipping etc. Bill. Liverpool Town dues. Report of the Committee for General Purposes of the Council of the City of Manchester....subsequent proceedings before the Select Committee of the House of Commons...' presented to the Council, 3 September 1856; 'Borough of Liverpool. Report of the Joint Committee consisting of the Finance and Estate Committee and the General and Parliamentary Committee on the Mersey, Docks and Harbour Board Bill (No.2)', 6 Jun 1871; 'An abstract of the evidence etc., taken before a special committee of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, at Liverpool' (in reference to the dock accomodation of the port), with the report of the special committee, 7 June 1872; 'Borough of Oldham, Report of the Committee on Railway Rates and Charges, appointed by the Town Council on the 2nd day of August 1882', 7 February 1883