Place, (the seat of Sir Edward Hales, Bart.) by the village of St. Stephen's, to St. Dunstan's, near the city of Canterbury. The length of the original line was six miles, one furlong and three chains, and the estimate for making it was made by Mr. John Dixon, and amounted to the sum of £29,400.
A company, consisting of twenty-four persons, (amongst whom were Sir Henry Montresor, K.C.B. and General Ramsay,) obtained an act in 1825, entitled, An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from the Sea Shore at or near Whitstable, in the county of Kent, to, or near to, the city of Canterbury, in the said county, by which they were incorporated by the name of "The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Company," with power to raise among themselves the sum of £31,000, in shares of £50 each, (of which £25,000 was subscribed before going to parliament,) with unlimited power, under the act, for borrowing any additional sum on mortgage of the undertaking.
TONNAGE GRANTED BY THIS ACT.
| Limestone, Materials for the repair of Roads, Dung, Compost, and all Sorts of Manure, except Chalk and Lime | 0s 3d per Ton, per Mile. |
| Coal, Coke, Culm, Charcoal, Cinders, Stone, Marl, Sand, Lime, Clay, Iron-stone, and other Minerals, Building-stone, Pitching and Paviog-stone, Bricks, Tiles, Slate, Chalk, Timber, Staves, Deals, Lead, Iron, and other Metals, and all Gross and Unmanufactured Articles, and Building Materials | 0s 4d ditto, ditto. |
| Cotton, Wool, Hides, Drugs, Drywoods, Sugar, Corn, Grain, Flour, Manufactured Goods, Agricultural Produce, and all other Goods, Commodities, Wares, and Merchandize | 0s 6d ditto, ditto. |
| For every Person carried in any Carriage upon this Railway for any Distance not exceeding Two Miles | 0s 4d |
| Two Miles and not exceeding Four Miles | 0s 8d |
| Any Distance exceeding Four Miles | 1s 6d |
| For every Ton of Goods drawn or propelled by the Engines of the Company | 0s 2d per Ton, per Mile, |
| For every Person carried in each Carriage for any Distance not exceeding Three Miles | 0s 6d |
| Exceeding Three Miles and not exceeding Five Miles | 0s 10d |
| Exceeding Five Miles | 1s 0d |
Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Mile, and as for a Quarter of a Ton.
WHARFAGE RATES.
| For every Description of Goods which does not lay on the Quay or Wharf, or remain in the Warehouses more than Six Days | 1d per Ton. |
