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the rebuilding or repairing any mill on the rivers Irk or Roach,or on the river Irwell, below the junction thereof with theRoach, or on the river Calder between Deyne Head andSalter Hebble. The above are not to pals any lock exceptwhen the water shall flow from the waste weir of such lock.The goods, &c. not to lie upon the wharfs or quays longerthan necessary for loading, unloading, &c. Persons claimingthe above exemptions, not being entitled thereto, or after-wards disposing of the articles, &c. shall for every offence for-feit, not exceeding five pounds.

No vessel of less than twenty tons when the water doesnot, or of less than fifteen tons when the water does flow overthe weirs to pass any lock without leave, or paying for thatquantity.

Steam engines may be erected on the borders of the canaland supplied with water from the same, not exceeding twentyyards distance from the canal, and returning the surpluswater.

The line of this canal passes through a country aboundingin coal and other minerals, but particularly in coal; and as itconnects those two great manufacturing towns Halifax andManchester, must tend greatly to the advantages of thosetowns and their commerce, as well as to the benefit of thecountry and property in the vicinity of the canal. Halifax,the centre of the broad cloth trade, will also have an easv andcertain conveyance by this canal and the Duke of Bridge-water’s Canal to the port of Liverpool, and by the Grand Trunkto the heart of England and the ports of Bristol and London.

Rochdale

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