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1594 Lett. Patent Trinity House (MS Guildhall 30002A/1) Wee..haue given..the master wardens and Assistant of the Trynitie howse of Deptford..the lastage and balastage..of all and all manner of Shippes..vpon..the River of the Thames.

1660 Jrnl. House of Lords (1771) XI. 60/1 The said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, shall be..settled in the Possession of the said Office of Lastage and Ballastage of all Ships and Vessels whatsoever, lying between London Bridge and the Main Sea Eastwards.

1680 W. Petyt Britannia Languens v. 54 The Act of Navigation..hath given occasion to our Sea-men to raise their Wages... The like may be said of our late Charge of Ballastage, &c.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 95 The Right of the Ballastage..belongs to the Admiral.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 97/2 Better regulation of lastage and Ballastage in the Thames.

1822 Times 23 July 2/4 The Thames ballastage bill.

1853 Times 6 Dec. 6/4 River tolls, tonnage dues, pilot licenses, ballastage charges, lighthouse dues, &c., and these are set down at 68,378l.

1912 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 27 130 Another meaning given to lastage is ballastage, or a payment for the privilege of taking in ballast.

1930 Harvard Law Rev. 43 763 The jus privatum is the interest of property or franchise... The subject is then entitled to exact certain tolls such as anchorage, ballastage, keelage, and others.