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DERBY CANAL
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'Derby.' The proprietors of this canal and railways were incorporated by the name of "The Derby Canal Company," with power to raise among themselves the sum of £60,000, in six hundred shares of £100 each, and a further sum of £30,000, if necessary. The dividends of this concern are not to exceed eight per cent.; and after the sum of £4,000 is accumulated for the purpose of meeting any emergency, the rates are to be reduced, so that the profits may be no more, in future, than eight per cent.

TONNAGE RATES UNDER THIS ACT.

Lime, Lime-stone and other Stone, Coal and Coke, navigated only on that part of the Canal between the River Trent and the Grand Trunk Canal 0s 3d per Ton.
Lime, Lime-stone and other Stone, Coal, Coke, and all other Goods and Merchandize, carried between the River Trent and the Town of Derby 0s 9d ditto. ditto.
Lime and Lime-atone carried between Derby and Little Eaton, and upon the Railways 0s 4d ditto. ditto.
Coal, Coke, and other Goods, ditto 1s 5d ditto. ditto.
Bricks, Grit-stone, or Free-stone, for Building, ditto 0s 3d ditto. ditto.
Coal, Coke, Lime, Lime-stone, and other Goods, Wares, or Mercharidize, carried between Derby and the Erewash Canal 0s 10d ditto. ditto.

TOLL ON THE RAILWAYS.

For every Horse, Mare, Gelding, Mule or Ass, (not carrying or drawing) which shall pass along the Railways 1d.
For all Cows and Horned or Neat Cattle ½d.

Boats laden with Straw, Corn in the Straw, or Hay, or any Kind of Manure, shall not pass a Lock without consent, unless the Water be running over the Waste Weir.

In Consideration of the great Advantage which the Erewash Canal Company would, in all probability derive from this connexion with the Derby Canal, it is enacted, that for Coal or Coke navigated on the Erewash and passing thence into the Derby Canal, the Erewash Canal Company's Toll shall be no more than 5d per Ton.
And Mercantile Goods which shall pass on the Erewash, between the Derby Canal and the River Trent 3d ditto. ditto.

Lime and all other Articles navigated on the Erewash, and afterwards brought on the Derby Canal, One-half only of the Rates and Duties which they are empowered to charge under the Act of the 17th George III. but, should the Derby Canal Company ever permit any other Canal or Railway to be made between the Erewash Canal and the Town of Derby, in such Case, the Erewash Canal Company will be entitled to demand the full Toll granted by the above-mentioned Act. The Tonnage Rates on the Trent Navigation are also reduced in the same Proportion, upon all Goods which shall not have been carried on the Trent for a greater Distance than Three Miles, and which shall be carried on the Derby Canal, on the North Side of the Grand Trunk Canal.

EXEMPTION FROM TOLL.

Gravel and Sand for making and repairing any public Roads (Turnpike Roads excepted,) in any Township through which the Canal or Railways shall pass; also Dung, Soil, Marl, Ashes of Coal or Turf, and all other Manure (except Lime,) to be used only on the Lands in any Township through which the Canal or Railways pass; also Puncheons, Clogs, or other Wood to be used under ground in any of the Collieries on the Line of Canal, &c. provided Three Hours Notice be given, and that they do not pass a Lock, except at such Times as when the Water flows over the Waste Weir.