By this act Sir George Duckett, his heirs and assigns, may borrow on mortgage of the canal and rates, any sum not exceeding £50,000; and for defraying the cost of completing the work, authority is given to charge all persons using the said canal the following
TONNAGE RATES AND TOLLS.
| For all Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Articles, Matters and Things whatsoever, entering the Canal either from the River Lea Navigation or the Regent's Canal | 1s 0d per Ton. |
| For every Horse, Mule, or Ass, except those used for drawing or haling Boats and Barges | 0s 6d. |
Fractions of a Ton to be taken as Quarters, and of a Quarter as a Quarter; and Barges or other Vessels not carrying Twenty Tons, to pay for Twenty Tons. Tolls for Horses and other Animals to be paid only once a Day.
Lords of manors and proprietors of lands may erect wharfs and warehouses; and if not, Sir George Duckett, his heirs or assigns, may do so, and claim the following
CRANAGE AND WHARFAGE RATES.
| For all Goods, Wares, Merchandize and Things whatsoever, not remaining, on the Wharfs above Forty-eight Hours | 3d per Ton. |
| For ditto remaining more than Forty.eight Hours | 6d ditto. |
If Goods are left more than Forty.eight Hours upon the Wharfs, without Permission of Sir George or his Agents, they may be removed into a Place of safety at the Owner's Expense, and detained till such Costs are discharged; and, in Case the Rents and Charges for Warehousing shall not be liquidated within Two Months, the Goods are to be sold to pay the same.
The summit level of this canal is to be 6 inches above the top water mark of the Regent's Canal; bridges are to be erected over the towing-paths of the same; and a stop-lock is to be made within a hundred yards of the same. Various other regulations are made for the preservation of the Lea Navigation and the Regent's Canal, which it is unnecessary to state; we may therefore briefly remark, that the work is of very great utility as well to the vicinity of the metropolis as to other parts of the country; more especially by connecting the Paddington Canal, through the Regent's Canal, with the Lea Navigation, without locking down into the Thames.
