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Ellesmere

Canal.

The Llanymvnecli branch is twelve miles, with twenty-onefeet fall.

The Whitchurch branch is fourteen miles, withThe Brombo’ branch is three miles and a half, and level.The Holt branch is four miles and level.

The Dee will be crossed by an immense aqueduct of sevenarches, of the height of one hundred and thirty feet, and lengththree hundred and fifty feet; exclusive of considerable em-banking ; the ascent on the Welch side is by three locks, andthe descent on the Chester side by four locks.

In the course of the canal there will be two tunnels, one atWeston Lulling-field, two furlongs and forty-seven yards; theother near Chirk, of three furlongs and one hundred andfifteen yards.

The proprietors of this canal are incorporated by the name of" The Proprietors of The TLllesmere Canal ,” with the customarypowers for making the canal and branches, not to deviate morethan one hundred yards from the line laid down in the book ofreference. No water to be taken from the rivers Perryand Belan, nor from the river Dee for the use of that part ofthe canal which is between Chester and the Mersey. Thebreadth of ground allowed for the canal, towing path, &c. is.twenty-four yards. May take all springs, brooks, &c. withintwo miles, for the uses of the canal, except as above.

The proprietors are authorised to raise the sum of 400,000kto be divided into shares of 1 ool. each, for which a ticket shall

be