Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1838

XLI Commissioners to fix Royalty payable to Her Majesty for existing Coal Works.

And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners hereby appointed shall determine by their said Award the Amount of the Galeage Rent, Royalty, Tonnage Duty, or other Payments payable and to be paid to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for or in respect of Coal to be got by means of the several Gales, Pits, Levels, or Works now existing within the said Hundred, and which shall be ascertained and set forth in their said Award, so that such Galeage Rent, Royalty, Tonnage Duty, or Payments do not in any Case exceed the Sum of Four-pence per Ton of Twenty Hundred Weight of One hundred and twelve Pounds: Provided always, that in fixing the Amount of such Galeage Rent, Royalty, Tonnage Duty, or other Payments, the said Commissioners shall have due Regard to the relative Value of the Coal to be gotten in each Pit or Level, and shall to the best of their Judgment fix the Amount to be paid in respect thereof in proportion to such relative Value.