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ADDENDA.

Sleasord

Navigation.

The allowed rates are not to exceed as follow :

For goods, wares, merchandise, &c. conveyed on any partbetween Haverholm-inill and Sleaford-causevvay, or from aboveHaverholm-mill to the river Witham, two shillings per ton.

From any part between the said mill and ' the second lock,near Flax Dyke, to the river Witham, or any less distance belowthe second lock, or from any distance below to between the saidsecond lock andHaverholm-mill,one shilling and six-pence per ton.

From any part between the second lock and Bestries-bridgeto the river Witham, or any less distance, or from the riverWitham, or any less distance, to between the said bridge andsecond lock, one shilling and three-pence per ton ; and from anypart between the said bridge and the first lock in Kyme Eau,to the river Witham, or any less distance, or from the riverWitham, or any less distance, to between th^ said first lock andBeffries-bridge, one shilling per ton.

Lime, lime-stone, manure, or materials for roads, to pay onlyhalf the accustomed dues.

The profits or dividends are limited to eight per cent. ; andwhen they exceed that sum, after reserving a fund of one thou-sand pounds for contingencies, the tolls are to be reduced. Theproprietors are incorporated under the title of “ The Companyof Proprietors of the Sleasord Navigation, in the County ofLincoln.”

This year, 1792, an act of-parliament was obtained for im-proving the navigation of the river Medway from Maidstone toAylesford-bridge ; but as this is for mending an old navigation,not making a new one, I forbear giving the particulars.

STOVER