TONNAGE RATES CONTINUED.
| Coals, Culm or Cinders, of Forty-eight Bushels to the Chaldron | 3s 6d per Chaldron. |
| Brick, Stone, Tile, or Lime for Building | 3s 6d per Ton. |
| All other Goods, Wares, Merchandize or Commodities whatsoever, not before enumerated | 4s 0d ditto. |
And in Proportion for lesser Weights and Quantities.
Goods remaining on the Wharfs, &c. above Twenty-four Hours, are to pay Wharfage Rates appointed by the Commissioners. Manure, Hay and Straw not for Sale, but to be used by the Owners, are exempt from the Tolls.
The commissioners appear to have proceeded in the execution of the plan for which the act was obtained; but the trade of Hedon having greatly declined, the advantages accruing are only of a limited nature.
HEREFORD RAILWAY.
7 George IV> Cap. 100, Royal Assent 26th May, 1826.
WE have, in a former page, given an account of the Grosmont Railway, to which the present may be properly considered an addition. The act for executing it was obtained in 1826, and bears for its title, An Act for making and maintaining a Tramroad or Railway from the End of the Grosmont Railway, at Monmouth Cap, in the parish of Llangua, in the county of Monmouth, to Wye Bridge, in the parish of Saint Martin, within the Liberties of the city of Hereford. Locomotive engines are allowed by the act, and the following are appointed as
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Dung, Compost, Lime-stone, Manure and Materials for repairing Roads | 2d per Ton, per Mile. |
| For all Lime, Chalk, Marl, Peat, Ashes, Clay, Bricks and Sand | 3d ditto. ditto. |
| For all Coals, Cinders, Coke, Cuim, Charcoal, Tin, Copper, Lead-ore, Lead in Pigs or Sheets, Iron-stone or Ore, Iron in Pigs, Bar-iron, Timber, Tiles, Slates, Flag.stones and other Stone | 4d ditto. ditto. |
| For all other Goods, Wares, Merchandize and Things whatsoever | 6d ditto. ditto. |
Fractions of a Ton to be taken as the Number of Quarters in the Fractions, and of a Quarter as a Quarter. Fractions of a Mile as Quarters, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.
For passing along the road with cattle, &c. the following are the authorized tolls.
