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ADDENDA,

KennetandAvon Canal.

“ and Avon Canal Navigation.” The company are impoweredto purchase lands, &c. to enter, take possession, dig, cut, &c.in the customary manner. There are many restrictions re-specting water and land, the property of the several partiesmentioned. A reservoir of water is to be made at Devizesfor the use of the town’s people. Inclined planes are allowedand protected. No reservoir, or steam, or other engine, to bemade below Great Bed win, for the purpose of supplying thecanal with water. The land, under all ordinary circum-stances allowed for the canal, towing path, ditches, &c. isnot to exceed thirty yards broad. The company are empow-ered to raise the sum of 420,0001. for the purposes of thiscanal, which is to be divided into three thousand five hundredshares, that is 120I. each (hare : a sufficient number of sharesare to be subdivided into half shares, to be distinguished by theletters A. and B. respectively ; possessors of two half shares tohave one vote. Shares to be numbered; a ticket may be hadon paying to the clerk six-pence , which shall be evidence incourts of law, of possession, &c. if the sum before mentionedis not sufficient, the company may raise 150,0001. more, bymortgage or new shares.

The tolls allowed to be taken are—

For hay, straw, dung, peat, and peat affies, and for all otherashes to be used for manure ; chalk, clay, marie, and sand,lime intended for manure, and all other articles for manure,and all materials for the repair of roads, one penny per ton permile.

For coals, culm, coke, cinders, charcoal, iron-stone, pigiron, iron ore, copper ore, lead ore, lime, (except for manure)lime-stone, and other stone, bricks and tiles, three halfpe?iceper ton per mile.

For