TONNAGE RATES.
Coal, Culm, Coke, Building Lime, Sand, Clay, Brick, Tile and Slate, Building, Pitching and Paving-stone and Flags | 3d per Ton, per Mile. |
Lime-stone, Lead-ore, Iron-ore and other Minerals in their raw state, Manure and Lime for Husbandry purposes, Stone and other Material for the repair of Roads | 2d ditto. ditto. |
Timber, Deals, Corn, Grain, Flour, Hay, Straw, Corn in the Straw, Green Fodder and Vegetables, and all other Commodities not before specified | 4d ditto. ditto. |
Coal, Culm and Coke to be afterwards conveyed to the River Avon, in the parish of Bitton, by any Railroad branching from the said Railway | 5d ditto. ditto. |
For every Person passing in any Carriage upon this Railroad | 2½d per Mile. |
For every Horse, Mule, Ass, Ox, Cow, Bull or other Cattle | 1½d ditto. |
For every Calf, Sheep, Lamb or Pig | ¼d ditto. |
Fractions as for a Quarter of a Ton, and as for a Quarter of a Mile.
Carriages of Four Wheels not to carry more than Four Tons, including the Weight of such Carriage; and those of Six Wheels may carry Six Tons.
WHARFAGE RATES.
For Goods loaded, landed, or placed, in, or upon, any of the Wharfs or Warehouses, and which shall not remain there more than Seventy-two Hours | 1d per Ton. |
If more than Seventy-two Hours, the further Sum of | 1d ditto. |
And for the Warehousing for the succeeding Week | 6d ditto. |
And the like additional Sum of One Penny and Sixpence for every subsequent Week.
CRANAGE RATES.
Any Weight under Two Tons at one lift of the Crane | 0s 6d per Ton. |
Of Two Tons and less than Three | 1s 0d ditto. |
Of Three Tons and less than Four | 1s 6d ditto. |
And for every additional Ton | 0s 6d ditto. |
The act allows six years for the execution of the railroad, and if not then done, the powers so granted are to cease, excepting as to such parts as may have been completed.
The chief object of this railway is the making a cheaper and more expeditious conveyance for coal and stone to the city of Bristol, and for the return of merchandize in general, to the populous mining districts on its line.
BRITTON CANAL.
This canal, the property of the gentleman through whose estate it is made, commences in the River Neath, about half a mile above Britton Ferry, three miles below the town of Neath, and directly opposite the end of the Neath Canal. Its course is in a westerly direction north of Coed-y-yarll, and across the Morass,