TONNAGE RATES IN GROSS.
| For all Coals and Coke which shall pass from the Oxford Canal into the Grand Junction Canal, except such as shall have been previously navigated along the Warwick and Napton Canal | 2s 9d per Ton. |
| For all Goods, Wares, Merchandize and Things, not being Coals, Coke, Lime or Lime-stone, which shall pass from any navigable Canal, except the Warwick and Napton Canal, into the Oxford Canal, and thence into the Grand Junction Canal, or from the Grand Junction Canal into the Oxford Canal, and thence into any other navigable Canal except the Warwick and Napton Canal | 4s 4d ditto. |
| For all Coals and Coke which shall pass from the Warwick and Napton Canal into the Oxford Canal | 1s 6d ditto. |
| For all Bar, Pig, Rod, Hoop and Sheet Iron, Castings, and other unmanufactured Iron and unmanufactured Steel, and Warwickshire Sand or Freestone, which shall pass from the warwick and Napton Canal into the Oxford Canal, or from the Oxford Canal into the Warwick and Napton Canal | 1s 2d ditto. |
| For all Grain which shall pass from the Warwick and Napton Canal into the Oxford Canal, or from the Oxford Canal into the Warwick and Napton Canal | 1s 6d ditto. |
| For all Lime and Lime-stone which shall pass from the Warwick and Napton Canal into the Oxford Canal | 0s 4d ditto. |
| For all other Goods. Wares, Merchandize and Things which shall pass from the Warwick and Napton Canal into the Oxford canal, from the Oxford Canal into the Warwick and Napton Canal | 3s 0d ditto. |
Such Gross Tonnage to be taken instead of Mileage Rates, for Coal or Coke passing along the said Canal, between the End of the Second Mile from Longford and its Junction with the Warwick and Napton; and for Pig, Bar, Rod, Hoop or Sheet-iron, Castings and all other manufactured and unmanufactured Iron, Steel, Grain, Lime-stone, Lime, Sand, Freestone, and all other Goods, between the Junction with the Warwick and Napton and the Coventry Canal, and vice versa.
Warehouses and wharfs may be built and the following demanded as
WAREHOUSING AND WARFAGE RATES.
| For all Coals, Metals and other Goods whatever | 2d per Ton. |
| For all Parcels not weighing more than Fifty-six Pounds | 2d each. |
| For all ditto not weighing more than Six Hundred Pounds | 4d ditto. |
| For all ditto exceeding One Thousand Pounds | 6d per Ton. |
If they remain above Twenty-four Hours, One Half-penny per Ton shall be paid for Wharfage and Two-pence per Ton for Warehousing for the first Seven Days, and the same Sums respectively for every further Seven Days.
The company are authorized to raise for the completion of the work, £131,877, on mortgage, at £5 per cent. interest; but they may borrow at a lower rate. It is impossible to describe all the public benefits derived from this important work; but by inspecting our map, it will be seen that the direct line of water communication is through a certain part of this canal, from London to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and the extensive manufacturing districts of the middle and northern parts of the kingdom; and further, it is also the means of conveying an
