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Monmouth-shire Canal.

by Ebwy Vale Furnace, to the iron-works at Beaufort, being acontinuance of near seven miles, with four hundred and eightyfeet rife : from near the extremity of this road there is a branch toSorwy Furnace, of one mile and a quarter. There is also anotherrail-way along the river called Ebwy Frach to Nant-y-glo, sixmiles and a quarter long, with a rife of five hundred and eighteenfeet. In this country these roads are, I think, generally madewith stone.

The act for this canal was obtained in 1792, and by it theproprietors of the canal are styled " The Company of Proprie-tors of the Monmouthshire Canal Navigation.” The severalplaces receiving accommodations from this canal are already soparticularly enumerated, that it is needless to enlarge more thanto fay—The act authorises the proprietors of the canal to makenew rail-ways to any iron-works, lime-stone quarries, or coal-mines, within the distance of eight miles ; the fame may be doneby owners of iron-works, &c. if the company refuse.

The ground allowed for the width of this canal, towing-path,ditches, &c. is twenty-six yards, and the company are impoweredto raise one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, divided asusual into one hundred pound shares, and sixty thousand poundsmore if their first estimate is deficient.

The rates of tonnage on the canal are allowed as follow :

For iron-stone, iron ore, lead ore, coals, culm, stone-coal,coke, cinders, charcoal, lime (except intended for manure), tiles,bricks, lime-stone, flag-stones, and other stone, which shall benavigated or conveyed on the canal or rail-ways, two-pence half-penny per ton per mile.

For hay, straw, corn in the straw, materials for the repair of

roads,