themselves, for the purposes of the act, the sum of £121,000, in shares of £50 each, and they are to pay £200 per annum to the Duchy of Cornwall for the liberty of making this navigation. Inclined planes and railways may be substituted in place of locks on this canal.
This canal was designed principally for the supply of coal, sea-sand and lime as manure, and affords an opening for the export of the agricultural products of the country through which it passes.
TAVISTOCK CANAL.
43 George III. Cap. 130, Royal Assent 27th July, 1803.
THIS canal commences in the tideway of the Tamar River, (near the commencement of the Tamar Manure Navigation) at Morwelham Quay New Basin, near Calstock, and terminates at the town of Tavistock. Its length is about four miles, in nearly a north-east course, and through Morwelham Down by a tunnel about two thousand six hundred and forty yards long and about 460 feet beneath the highest point of the down above it. It has likewise a branch from Crebar, near the north end of the tunnel, to the slate quarries at Millhill Bridge.
The act of parliament for this canal is entitled, 'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from and out of the River Tamar, at or near Morwelham Quay, to the town of Tavistock; and also a collateral Cut to lead from the said Canal to Millhill Bridge, in the county of Devon.' It empowers the company of proprietors to raise amongst themselves, for the purposes of the act, the sum of £50,000, in shares of £50 each, and to take the following
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Lime-stone conveyed through the Tunnel | 1s 3d per Ton. |
| For all Building-stone, Slates, Bricks, Tiles, Clay, Sand, Earth, Dung, Ores, Iron and Metals (made marketable) conveyed through the Tunnel | 2s 0d ditto. |
| For all Coal, Coke, Culm, Lime, Timber, Bark, Corn, Grain and all other Goods passing through the Tunnel | 3s 0d ditto. |
| For all Building-stone, Slate, &c. as above, carried on any Part of the Canal or its Branches, except in the Tunnel | 1s 0d ditto. |
| For all Coals, Coke, &c | 1s 6d ditto. |
Ores may be carried to the Dressing Floor, or the Waste or Rubbish of Mines or Lodes be removed to proper Places on any part of the Canal free of Toll.
