ered to make rollers and inclined planes, and to dig the canal 4 feet deep, with a width of 14 feet at the bottom and 26 feet at the surface. For accomplishing these purposes, the act directs a sum of £13,000 to be raised in shares of £25 each; and in case that sum should prove insufficient, the company may raise £10,000 in addition, by mortgage. For paying interest and contingent expenses the following are to be received as
TONNAGE AND WHARFAGE RATES.
| For all Lime-stone, Culm or Coal for burning Lime, Sand, Oreweed, Dung or any other Manure, except Salt and Burnt Lime, Building-stone, Free-stone, Granite, Clay and Stone for making Roads | 0s 3½d per Ton, per Mile. |
| For Lime | 0s 7d ditto. ditto. |
| For all Wheat, Barley, Oats, Bran, Flour, Meal and Potatoes | 0s 10d ditto. ditto. |
| For all Tin-ore, Copper-ore, Lead-ore, Iron-stone, Antimony, Manganese, and all other Metals, Semi-Metals and Minerals not smelted, Coals and Culm not used for burning Lime | 0s 7d ditto. ditto. |
| For all Tin, Copper, Lead, Iron, and all other Metals having been smelted, Bricks, Tiles, Timber, Charcoal, Deals, Wood, Faggots, Bark, Seeds, Vetches, Peas,Paper, Old Junk or Rags, Salt and all other Goods, Wares, Merchandize and Things whatever, Hay, Straw, Cattle, Calves, Sheep, Swine and other Beasts | 1s 1½d ditto. ditto. |
| For all Goods, Wares, Merchandize and Things landed on any Wharf, but not remaining more than Seventy-two Hours | 0s 9d per Ton. |
| For ditto after the first Seventy-two Hours | 0s 6d ditto, per Day. |
Fractions of a Ton to be taken as the Quarters therein, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.
Fractions of a Mile as the Quarters, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.
Lords of manors and others may erect wharfs and warehouses on the line, having first obtained the company's consent. And should the work not be completed in five years from the date of the act, the powers thereof are to cease.
This canal was projected for the purpose of facilitating the transport of coals, timber, stone, minerals and other products of the mines and lands on its line and in the vicinity, and of various composts and manure for the use of the farmer, and it fully answers the intention of the projectors.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
7 Geo. IV. C. 49, R. A. 5th May, 1826.
7 & 8 Geo. IV. C. 21, R. A. 12th April, 1827.
9 Geo. IV. 0. 7, R. A. 26th Mar. 1828.
10 Geo. IV. C. 35, R. A. 14th May, 1829.
AFTER various disappointments, and at above £30,000 expenditure, this company succeeded in their application to parliament,
