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ADDENDA.

Barnfley with the necessary powers for making the canal, &c. Thebreadth of the ground allowed for the canal, towing-path, &c.is twenty-four yards; not to deviate more than one hundredyards from the line laid down in the book of reference inmaking the canal, nor more than twenty yards in making therail ways. The rubbish, &c. dug in making the canal, is to beleveled on the adjoining ground in a proper manner.

The proprietors are authorised to raise the sum of 72,000kto be divided into shares of tool. each, a further sum of25,000k may be raised if necessary, no person to have morethan ten votes.

The allowed rates of tonnage are—

For every quarter of wheat, shelling beans, peas, vetches,and lentils, rape, line, cole, mustard feed, apples, pears, onions,and potatoes, carried the whole length of the canal, and in thesame proportion for any less distance, fx-pence.

For every quarter of barley, carried the whole length of thecanal, and so in proportion ,five-pence.

For every quarter of oats or malt, carried the whole lengthof the canal, and so in proportion, four fence.

For every pack or sheet of wool, dried pelts, or spetches,carried the whole length of the canal, and so in proportion forany less weight, or any less distance, fix-[ience.

For every ton of coal, fleck, cinders, culm, and charcoal, permile, one-penny.

For every ton of lime, per mile, one-penny.

For every ton of limestone, per mile, three-j'arthings.

But if it shall happen that boats or vessels which carry upeither of the two last articles, videlicet , lime or limestone, re-turn loaded with coals, or any other articles, amounting to

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