INLAND NAVIGATION.

pounds sterling, to be divided into one hundred shares of fifty poundseach; and if that should not be found sufficient, a further sum, not ex-ceeding three thousand pounds sterling more, may be raised and dividedinto shares of fifty pounds sterling each; and every five shares shallhave a vote or proxy; and the toll to be collected on the said canal fortonnage and wharfage, for all iron, coals, stones, timber, and all othergoods, wares, and merchandises, and commodities whatsoever, whichshall be navigated thereon, at the rate of three half-pence per ton permile, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a ton;lime, lime-stone, and iron-stone, not to pay more than one-third of thetolls before mentioned ; and paving stones, gravel, and all materials formaking and repairing of roads (lime-stone excepted); and also dung,marie, and all sorts of manure, to be exempted paying any tolls orduties.

In the year 1784 an act passed for extending, amending, and alter-ing the powers of the former act. After reciting and mentioning fur-ther particulars, this act proceeds as follows: Whereas the said companyof proprietors, in order to accommodate the trade upon the said nact-uation, have expended a considerable sum of money in building a basinat the east entrance of the said navigation, where vessels lie to load andunload their cargoes; be it farther enacted, by the authority aforesaid,that from and after passing of this act it shall and may be lawful to andfor the said company of proprietors, their successors and assigns, in orderto defray the expence of supporting, cleansing, and improving the saidbasin, to ask, demand, and take a wharfage, not exceeding one pennysterling per ton for all goods landed or put into lighters from, and on allgoods loaded into, vessels lying in the said basin ; and also the same forgoods out of vessels lying on the west side thereof; and a wharfage oftwo-pence sterling per ton on all foreign vessels; and one penny perton sterling on all British and Irish vessels, to be paid for vessels lying inthe north and south outer basin, for the accommodation of larger shipsand vessels which cannot enter the inner basin: and for preventing ac-cidents