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A general history of inland navigation, foreign and domestic : containing a complete account of the canals already executed in England, with considerations on those projected, to which are added, practical observations / by J. Phillips
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LEICESTER NAVIGATION to MELTON MOWBRAY.

Particulars of an AB, Id c. for making navigable the Rivers Wreakand Eye, from. the Jun&ion of the said River Wreak with theLeicefer Navigation at Turnwatcr Meadow , to MillclofeHomes ead, in the Parijh of Melton Mowbray , in the County ofLeicefer, 1791.

THE act enables the proprietors to make the rivers Wreakand Eye navigable, from the junction at Turn water Meadow toMelton Mowbray, by new cuts and deviations where necessary ;and to cleanse, scour, deepen, enlarge, alter, straighten, &c.; tomake new trenches or passages for water, in or upon thegrounds adjoining. The breadth of new cuts and towing-pathsis limited to twenty yards ; and the towing-path on the side ofthe rivers to three yards, or six in crooked places. They areimpowered to raise twenty-five thousand pounds, and, if not suf-ficient, five thousand pounds more ; to indemnify which, the. company are allowed the following rates of tonnage :

For coal navigated from the Leicester navigation to Eye,Kettleby, Sysonby, or Melton, two shillings and six-pence per ton ;for any shorter distance, two-pence halfpenny per ton per mile.

For iron, timber, &c. navigated from the Leicester navigation•to>Eye, Kettleby, Sysonby, or Melton, four shillings per ton; forany shorter distance, four-pence per ton per mile.

Dung, &c. manure, materials for repairing of roads, are ex-empted from tolls, under the same restriction as on the Leicesternavigation.

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