EXEMPTIONS.
Stones, Timber, Gravel, Sand or other Materials to be used for making or repairing any Mills within the Limits of the intended Navigation; Soapers' Waste, Dung or other Manure, unmixt with Lime for Land, other than Lime or Lime-stone.
The tolls and rates to be exempted from all taxes whatever.
In 1776 a second act was passed, entitled, 'An Act for making the River Soar navigable, from the River Trent to Bishop's Meadow, within the liberty of Garenton, in the county of Leicester; and for making and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal from thence, near, or up, and into the Rushes, at Loughborough, in the said county.' The preamble states, that it being found impracticable to carry into effect the provisions of the former act, in consequence of the frequent floods of the River Soar, a company is incorporated by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Navigation from the River Trent, to the town of Loughborough," with power to make the river navigable from the Trent to a place called Bishop's Meadow, and from thence to communicate with Loughborough, by a canal through Knight Thorpe and Thorpe Arch, to the Rushes, in that town.
The company are empowered to raise amongst themselves, for the purposes of the act, the sum of £7,000, in seventy shares of £100 each; and, if necessary, a further sum of £3,000, either amongst themselves, by new subscribers, or by mortgage of the navigation, and to take the following
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Wheat, Rye, Beans or Peas | 0s 6d per Quarter. |
| For Malt | 0s 4d ditto. |
| For Barley or other Grain not before enumerated | 0s 5d ditto. |
| For all Goods, Wares or Merchandise of all Kinds | 2s 6d per Ton. |
And in proportion for greater or less Quantities.
Lords of manors and land-owners may erect wharfs, &c. on the navigation, and take the following
WHARFAGE RATES.
| For all Goods, Wares or Merchandize, for Ten Days | 6d per Ton. |
| For every Day after the expiration of Ten Days | ½d ditto. |
The length of the River Soar, made navigable under authority of these acts of parliament, is seven miles; and the canal, from the river to the town of Loughborough, rather more than a mile
