But if the boats, &cc. which carry up the last mentionedarticle, come down loaded as before mentioned, then to becharged, per ton per mile, three farthings.
For every ton of old or pig iron, per mile, one-penny.
For every ton of cast metal goods, ready for the purposefor which they are intended, except dresiing, cleaning andputting together; and for every ton of bar-iron, per mile,two-pence.
For every ton of English oak timber and plank, elm, ash,and other English timber, containing forty cubical feet, accord-ing to the customary way of measuring, per mile, three half-pence.
For every ton of fir, and all other kinds of foreign timber,containing fifty cubical feet, according to the customary wayof measuring, per mile, three-half pence.
For every ton of deals and battens, equal to thirty deals oftwelve feet long, three inches thick, and from nine to twelveinches broad, per mile, three-halfpence.
• And for every ton of groceries of all kinds, linen and woolenyarn, cotton, flax, hemp, manufactured goods of all forts, andall other kinds of goods, wares, &c. per mile, two-pence.
Provided always, that if any boat or other vessel going upor down the said canal, or either of the collateral cuts, shallpass or go through any one or more of the locks on said canalor cuts, and shall not have passed loaded, more than six milesupon the canal, &c. shall nevertheless have the loading ratedand charged the fame, as if it had been actually navigated thefull length of six miles ; and if the loading shall not amountto thirty tons, yet it shall be rated and charged tonnage forthirty tons : and in cafe the loading shall be composed of vari-
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