On the 5th of May 1826, the royal assent was given to another act, entitled, 'An Act for maintaining an existing public Railway from the summit of the Hill above Churchway Engine, in the Forest of Dean, to Cinderford Bridge, and for making public a private Railway from thence to the River Severn, at or near Bullo Pill, all in the county of Gloucester; and for amending an Act of his late Majesty relating to the said Railways,' by which a company, consisting of eighteen persons, agree to purchase the interest of the Bullo Pill Railway Company, and make the whole public, and they are by this act incorporated by the name of "The Forest of Dean Railway Company," with power to raise among themselves for these purposes, the sum of £125,000, to be divided into two thousand five hundred shares, of £50 each. Edward Protheroe, Esq. was the principal proprietor of this concern. The rents and payments due to his Majesty and inspectors, are by this act reserved, with the many other privileges which the King enjoys as owner of the Forest of Dean; so much of the former act as related to the tonnage is repealed, and the following are now the
TONNAGE RATES.
| Coal, Coke, Culm, Stone, Coal Cinders, Chalk, Marl, Sand, Lime, Clay, Ashes, Peat, Lime-stone, Iron-stone, Iron or other Ore, and other Minerals and Bricks, the produce of the said Forest, to be conveyed from any place on the said Forest, to or near Cinderford Bridge | 1 6 | per Ton. |
| Ditto, conveyed from one place to another within the said Forest | 0 6 | per Ton, per Mile. |
| Timber, Goods, Commodities, Wares and Merchandize, whether the produce of the Forest or not | 0 6 | ditto. ditto. |
| Coal, Coke, Culm, Stone, Coal Cinders, Marl, Sand, Lime, Clay, Ashes, Peat, Lime-stone, lron-stone, Iron or other Ore, and other Minerals and Bricks, carried downwards from Cinderford Bridge to Bullo Pill, or any part thereof, which Sum shall include all Tonnage chargeable upon the Railway, from Churchway Engine to Cinderford Bridge | 3 0 | per Ton, per Mile. |
| Timber and Wood, felled in the Forest under the direction of his Majesty's Surveyor General, conveyed from Cinderford Bridge | 0 2 | per Foot. |
| All other Timber, Goods, Commodities, Wares and Merchandize, from Cinderford Bridge to Bullo Pill | 0 6 | per Ton, per Mile. |
WHARFAGE RATES.
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| Goods, Wares, Merchandize and other Things remaining on the Wharf at Bullo Pill, any Time less than Two Months | 3 | per Ton. |
| For Two Months and not exceeding Three | 6 | ditto. |
| For a longer Time than Three Months | 6 | ditto, per Month, in addition. |
- His Majesty's Timber is exempt from Payment of Wharfage Rates.
- Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Ton, and as for a Quarter of a Mile.
