In 1795 the company obtained another act, entitled, 'An Act for making a navigable Cut from the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, in the parish of Lapworth, unto the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, in the manor of Kingswood, in the county of Warwick,' which empowered them to raise a further sum of £10,000, by mortgage of the tolls, &c. and to take on the intended new cut the following
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Coal, Coke, Iron, Iron-stone, Stone and other Goods and Things, (except Lime and Lime-stone) which having been carried on any Part of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, between Birmingham and the Junction with the intended Cut, shall pass along the said Cut into the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal towards the Town of Stratford; or having been carried upon the Stratford Canal between the Town of Stratford and the End of the Cut, shall pass along the said Cut into the Warwick and Birmingham Canal towards the Town of Birmingham | 1s 3d per Ton. |
| For all other Coal, Coke, Iron, Iron-stone, and other Goods (except Lime, Lime-stone and other Stone) | 0s 4d ditto. |
| For all Lime and Lime-stone which has been carried on any Part of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, and shall pass along the said Cut into the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal | 1s 2d ditto. |
| For all other Lime and Lime-stone | 0s 3d ditto. |
| For all Flag and other Stone | 0s 6d ditto. |
And so in proportion for a less Quantity than a Ton.
The act provides that the following rates shall be paid to the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Company, over and above the rates allowed them by the act for making their canal, by way of compensation for any injury they may sustain by the intended cut.
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Coal, Goods and other Things carried upon any Part of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, between the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and the Place where the said Cut is to be made, and along the Cut into the Warwick and Birmingham Canal; and on all Coal, Goods and other Things (Lime and Lime-stone excepted) which shall be carried from the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, along the said Cut into the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, and along the same towards the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, and also for all Coal which shall be landed upon either Side of the said Cut (not to be used for Burning Lime on either of the Banks of the Cut); and also for all Coal which shall be landed on either Side of the said Cut, within Half a Mile of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, and used for Burning Lime on either of the Banks of the said Cut | 0s 11d per Ton. |
| For all Lime and Lime-stone carried upon the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, and along the said Cut to and upon the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, towards the Town of Birmingham or towards the Town of Warwick, and landed at any Place upon the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, more than One Hundred Yards from the Town of Warwick | 1s 0d ditto. |
No higher Rate than Three Half-pence per Ton to be taken by the Proprietors of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, for passing upon that Canal between the Place where it is to be joined by the intended Cut and the Town of Warwick, on any Coal, Goods or other Things subject to the Payment hereinbefore made payable to that Company, of the Rate of Eleven-pence per Ton.
