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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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No wharfage to be demanded at any of the company’swharfs, for goods, &c. provided the fame do not lay more thantwenty-four hours. And for chalk, lime, and other manure,not more than three-pence per ton ; and for other goods, mer-chandise, &c. one flilling per ton, for any time not longer thansix days ; and if the fame remain for any longer time than sixdays ,fix-pence per week per ton, shall be paid for the wharfage,coals always excepted.

Cheliperand

filackwater

Navigatioa.

Tolls may be varied.

Vessels under twenty tons, not to pass locks withoutleave, or paying for that quantity.

By this navigation the inhabitants of Chelmsford, and thesurrounding country, will be particularly accommodated, by avery cheap carriage for all their imports, particularly coal.And the farmers cannot fail to be very materially interestedin it, for by it their corn will be shipped for the London marketat a very trifling expence, and instead of fending their teamsseveral miles through bad roads, they may now be profitablyemployed at home, in less laborious work, and under themaster’s eye.

CRINAN CANAL. Crinan

Canal.

Description of a Canal from Loch Gilp to Loch Crinan , in thecounty of Argyll , Scotland. ZZ Geo. III. Ch. 104.

THIS canal being a short cut of only seven or nine miles,is intended to accommodate the trade of the Western Isles,

particularly