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appoint two commissioners, tlie person so appointing always 
acting, when present, instead of one of those he has appointed. 
In case of a vacancy occmring from any cause, a meeting of the 
proprietors of Land is to be convened by notice in a public news- 
paper, at which every owner of 10 acres has one vote, with an addi- 
tional vote for every additional 10 acres, but not more than five 
votes altogether, to be given either personally or by proxy, for 
choosing another commissioner ; and the qualification of such 
commissioner chosen by the landowners is his possession of not 
less than 10 acres of land within the taxable districts : when he 
is merely " appointed," however, there needs no such qualifica- 
tion. This is as far as the /a«rf interest is concerned. The Cor- 
poration of Wisl)ech have power to appoint four commissioners; 
the Bedford Level Corporation, two ; the North Level Commis- 
sioners, two ; the Waldersey Drainage Commissioners, two ; the 
Commissioners of Sewers for Wisbech Hundred, two ; the 
Northampton Corporation, one ; the Northampton Improvement 
Commissioners, one ; and the Peterborough Improvement Com- 
missioners, one ; or others to fill up their places. So that all 
the parties contributing are represented, and have a voice in exe- 
cuting the Act, and in expending their money. 
The expense of the undertaking, and the sources from whence 
the funds are derived, appear in the following estimates : — 
First and Second Division, or Ujij^er Yatley, 
Dr. 
Engineer's estimate for 
■works .... £81,794 0 0 
Land .32,000 0 o 
Half the expense of Act 
of Parliament . . 5,000 0 0 
Value of the upper navi- 
gation .... 4,000 0 0 
Ditto of the lower navi- 
. gation . , . . 2,000 0 0 
£124,794 0 0 
Annual interest at 4 per 
cent £4,991 14 
Cr. 
16,186 acres of land at 
5s. per acre tax, an- 
nually .... £4,040 10 0 
Contribution from 
Northampton, an- 
nually .... 40 0 0 
Navigation tonnage, 
25,000 tons, at 2s. 
annually .... 2,500 0 0 
£6,580 10 0 
4,991 14 0 
Annual surplus . £1,594 10 0 
Tliird District, reterhoroiKjli to Wisbech, 
Works, land, buildings, and half the cost of obtaining the Act . £150,000 
Contribution from Wisbech corporation £40,000 
Ditto Peterborough 1,000 
Ditto North Level and Duke of Bedford . . 4,,500 
16,181 acres in the Upper Valley, paying an annual outfall- 
tax of Is. per acre, which, capitalized at 25s., gives . . 20,232 
Contribution from the Bedford Level Corporation . . . 1,500 
Ditto Waldersey district 5,500 
72,732 
£77,268 
