trade of this populous and important town and neighbourhood; amongst which, we may enumerate one, a quarter of a mile in length, which proceeds from the west side of Great Ancoats Street, across Mill Street, to Kirby Street, and from which three collateral cuts proceed. A short distance further, on the line of canal, there is another cut, nearly a quarter of a mile in length, which crosses Pollard Street, to the back of the large factories which front into Great Ancoats Street. These short cuts are all on one level.
The canal and branches are made 31 feet wide at top and 15 at the bottom, and in depth 5 feet. The locks are 70 feet long and 7 feet wide.
TONNAGE RATES ALLOWED BY THE FIRST ACT.
| d. | ||
| For Lime, Limestone, Dung, Manure, Clay, Sand and Gravel | ½ | per Ton, per Mile. |
| Coals, Cannel Coal, Stone, and other Minerals, not passing through Locks | 1 | ditto. ditto. |
| On the same, passing through Locks | 2½ | ditto. ditto. |
| On Timber, and other Goods, not passing through Locks | 1 | ditto. ditto. |
| On the same passing through Locks | 1½ | ditto, ditto. |
By the act of the 38th George III. cap. 32, the proprietors are allowed the following
RATES OF WHARFAGE.
| d. | ||
| For Coal, Lime, Limestone, Clay, Iron, Iron-stone, Timber, Stone, Brick, Tile, Slate, Flag, Sand and Gravel | 1 | per Ton. |
| On all other Goods | 3 | ditto. |
| If such Goods remain more than Three Days | ½ | ditto. |
| If more than Ten Days | 1 | ditto. |
By the act, entitled, 'An Act for amending the several Acts passed for making, extending,finishing, and completing the Canal Navigation from Manchester, to or near Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham, and the several Cuts and other Works authorized to be made and done by the Company of Proprietors of the said Canal Navigation, and for granting to the said Company further and other Powers,' the proprietors are allowed the following
ADDITIONAL RATES.
| d. | |
| For every Boat, passing a Lock, laden with Lime or Limestone | 2 |
| For Wharfage of such Goods as shall not have paid the Company Two-pence, per Ton, Tonnage | 1 |
In the preamble of the last act, relating to this navigation, entitled, 'An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the
