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==A description of Ballast Regulations==

This is a summary of Ballast regulations during the period of the Commonwealth. It is summarised from ([http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63906 Ballast Regulations])

==='''Regulations on the regarding ballast'''===

On 20 May 1514, letters patent were granted to the Trinity which conferred upon the corporation two main responsibilities:
By the early seventeenth century, as a result of a statute of 1566, further letters patent of 1594, and the growth of usage, the corporation was also concerned with the conservation of the river and the administration of the ballastage supply for shipping there; beaconage, buoyage and lighthouses, amongst other things

==='''17th Century Disputes'''===

One disputed privilege was that of ballastage in the Thames.

There was an important link between ballastage and the conservation of the river. Silting in the harbour of Sandwich had destroyed the commerce of that port, and the government and the city aldermen feared a similar fate for London if the deterioration in the condition of the Thames was allowed to go unchecked. Such fears had foundation: in 1633, the elder brethren reported that during their lifetimes the depth of water in the Pool of London had been reduced from twelve or thirteen feet to eight or nine feet, and they considered that the river would soon not be navigable within six or eight miles of London.

'''Why was the Thames silting up'''

The deterioration was partly attributable to natural silting, but a major factor was seen to be the propensity of Londoners to use the river and streams flowing into it as a repository for rubbish. Apart from measures against such dumping, the remedy was dredging. But that was an expensive operation and one way of cutting costs was to utilise the spoil (i. e. the product of dredging). It could be used for brickmaking, paving, and above all as ballast for ships. The spoil, even when left to dry, was not ideal as ballast; the scourings of a river which was used partially as a sewer were bound to be smelly and unhygienic, as well as damp.

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 ==='''Regulations on the regarding ballast'''===
-On 20 May 1514, letters patent were granted to the Trinity which conferred upon the corporation two main responsibilities:
+On 20 May 1514, letters patent were granted to Trinity House which conferred upon the corporation two main responsibilities.
-By the early seventeenth century, as a result of a statute of 1566, further letters patent of 1594, and the growth of usage, the corporation was also concerned with the conservation of the river and the administration of the ballastage supply for shipping there; beaconage, buoyage and lighthouses, amongst other things
+By the early seventeenth century, as a result of a statute of 1566, further letters patent of 1594, and the growth of usage, the corporation was also concerned with the conservation of the river and '''the administration of the ballastage supply for shipping there'''; beaconage, buoyage and lighthouses, amongst other things
 ==='''17th Century Disputes'''===
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 The deterioration was partly attributable to natural silting, but a major factor was seen to be the propensity of Londoners to use the river and streams flowing into it as a repository for rubbish.   Apart from measures against such dumping, the remedy was dredging. But that was an expensive operation and one way of cutting costs was to utilise the spoil (i. e. the product of dredging).  It could be used for brickmaking, paving, and above all as ballast for ships. The spoil, even when left to dry, was not ideal as ballast; the scourings of a river which was used partially as a sewer were bound to be smelly and unhygienic, as well as damp.

HCA 13/72: Ballast Regulations - Revision history

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