WHARFAGE RATES CONTINUED.
For Wrought Copper or Brass and Nails, per Ton | 1s 8d |
For Brass Wire, and Red and White Lead, per Ton | 1s 6d |
For Tin, per Block or Barrel | 0s 2d |
For Tin Plates, per Box | 0s 1d |
For Coal, CuIm or Stone Coal, per Ton | 0s 9d |
For Oak Bark, per Ton | 2s 0d |
For Oak, Ash, Elm, Fir, or other Timber, per Load | 1s 3d |
For Deal Ends, per 120 | 0s 4d |
For Deals, per 120 | 1s 0d |
For large Oak Knees, each | 0s 2d |
For small ditto, each | 0s 1d |
For Oak, Ash, Elm and Fir Plank, per 100 Superficial Feet | 0s 6d |
For Quarter Oak, per 100 Feet in length | 0s 6d |
For Mast, Yard or Bow-sprit, Six Inches and under Eight in Diameter | 0s 3d |
For ditto, Eight Inches in Diameter and under Twelve | 0s 6d |
For ditto, if Twelve and upwards | 1s 0d |
For Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas and Beans, per Quarter | 0s 2d |
For Flour, or Meal, per Twenty Barrels or Bags | 2s 0d |
For Tar, per Barrel | 0s 1d |
For Gunpowder, per Barrel | 0s 2d |
For Bricks or Pantiles, per Thousand | 1s 0d |
For Paving Bricks and Malt Kiln Tiles, per Hundred | 0s 6d |
For Fire Bricks, per Thousand | 2s 0d |
For Limestone, per Ton | 0s 3d |
For Manure, per Ton | 0s 1d |
And so in proportion for any greater or less Quantity than a Ton.
For any other Article or Merchandize whatsoever, which shall be shipped from or landed or deposited upon any of the Wharfs, such reasonable Rate, Rent or Sum, not exceeding the Rates then usually paid in the Port of Bristol.
Goods not to remain on the Quays or Landing Places more than Three Days, without consent of the Marquis of Bute, or his Agents.
His Majesty's Vessels are exempt from payment of any of the above Rates or Duties,
The object of this canal is to avoid the dangers and difficulties of the present intricate navigation from the sea to the Glamorganshire Canal; and by affording additional accommodation to the shipping interest it will have the effect of increasing and improving the trade of Cardiff and its vicinity; and by facilitating the exportation of the mineral productions of this rich district, and providing a safe and convenient place for the loading and unloading afloat ships, and other vessels of greater burthen than can be at present accommodated, a general advantage will of necessity accrue to the public, and too much praise cannot be given to the noble Marquis for his spirited undertaking.
CAISTOR CANAL.
33 George III, Cap. 114, Royal Assent 3rd June, 1793.
THIS canal commences on the New River Ancholme Navigation, near Creampoke, in Kesley Carrs, and proceeds in an easterly