upon the holders of the three hundred shares; or they may obtain the last-mentioned sum by mortgage of the undertaking; but if £20,000 be found sufficient to make that part of the navigation extending from Loch Ken to the tideway of the Dee, the company may, in preference, complete that part, and suspend, until funds can be raised, the further prosecution of the remainder of the original design.
TONNAGE RATES.
| Coal, Lime, Sand, Stone, Lime-stone, and all Kinds of Manure, (Upon the Canal) | 3d per Ton, per Mile. |
| Grain, Potatoes, Slate, Iron-stone, lron, Timber, and other Goods, Wares and Merchandize, (upon the Canal) | 6d ditto. ditto. |
For all Goods carried upon the navigable part of the River Dee, or Loch of Ken, half only of the above Rates.
Fractions to be taken for Half a Mile and Quarter of a Ton.
For every Ship, whether laden or unladen, passing through the Tide Lock into the Dee, and into or out of the Basin at Kirkcudbrigbt, an additional Charge of Six-pence per Ton for every Ton upon the Burthen of such Ship.
WHARFAGE RATES.
lf any Goods remain on the Wharfs for above the Space of Two Calendar Months, an Allowance to be made to the Proprietors, to be adjusted by Commissioners appointed by the Act.
For the purposes of this Act, One Hundred and Twenty Pounds Avoirdupois to be deemed a Hundred Weight.
Owners of land may also erect warehouses and construct wharfs, and charge the following rates.
RATES FOR PRIVATE WHARFS.
| Coal, Lime, Lime-stone, Clay, Iron, Iron-stone, Timber, Stone, Brick, Tile, Slate or Gravel | 2d per Ton. |
| For any other Goods | 3d ditto. |
Provided the same does not continue more than Twenty Days, except the enumerated Articles as above, which may remain Two Calendar Months, on payment of Four-pence per Ton. But should any of the above-mentioned Articles remain on the Wharf or Quays for the Space of Twenty Days over and above the Time specified, then Three-pence per Ton shall be paid for such Twenty Days, and One Penny per Ton per Week afterwards.
The object of this navigation is to give facilities for the conveyance of coal, lime, manure and general merchandize, into the interior of the stewartry or county of Kirkcudbright, and for the improvement of the estates which border upon it.
