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miles and a half, that is to Edmondthorpe ; from thence to 
Oakham is level; the refervoir is on the weft fide of the 
canal, near Langham. The rates are: For all coals, three¬ 
pence halfpenny per ton per mile ; fo that the grofsamount 
of the fame does not exceed in the whole three (hillings. 
.For all iron, timber, coke, and other goods, &c. four- 
pence halfpenny per ton per mile ; fo that the grofs amount 
does not exceed four (hillings. For all lime, lime-ftone, 
and (tones, to be ufed for building, and materials for pa¬ 
ving and repairing roads, half the rates authorifed to be 
taken for coals. Exemptions : owners of land thro’ which 
the canal paffes, may carry dung, foil, marl, allies of coal 
and turf, and ali other manures (except lime) to be ufed on 
faid lands ; alio all materials for making, repairing, or pa¬ 
ving, any public or private roads; thefe are to be free of all 
tolls, provided the fame do not pafs any lock, unlefs the 
v-ater (hall (low over the water weir, and to give twenty- 
four hours notice. 
Shrewsbury Canal. 
This commences on the eaft fide of Shrewlbury, and 
.winding with the Severn paffes Uffington, whence it runs 
■ parallel with the river Tern, and pafies Upton Forge, Wi- 
thington, and Rodington, where it crofies the river Roden, 
alfo the river Tern at Long Mill, pafies I.angdon, Eyton, 
.erodes the Ketley Brook at Rockwardine Wood, and there 
joins the Donnington Wood and tlve Shropfiiirc canals. The 
total length isfeventeen miles and a half; with 147 feet rife 
in the five miles between Langdon and Wombridge. The 
rates are: For all icon, iron-done, coal, (lone, timber, and 
other goods, two-pence per ton per mile, and fo in pro¬ 
portion for lefs than a ton and lels than a mile. Alfo, tor 
the tonnage of any of the above articles, which (hall be 
conveyed on this line by rollers, inclined planes, or in any 
other manner than by water, one-penny per ton,; but, when 
the profits of this canal (hall amount to eight per cent, 
then this rate (hall cqafe. Exemption : all manure (ex¬ 
cept iime), but not to pafs locks when the water (hall be 
half an inch under the weirs. 
Stratford Canal. 
This joins the Worcefter.and Birmingham canal at King’s 
Norton, about fix miles from Birmingham; from the 
junction it takes an eafterly courfe to Yardley Wood Com¬ 
mon, whence it bends to the fouth, and pafies Shirley- 
ftreet, Monkford-ftreet, Lapworth, and Prefton Bagot, 
where it crolfes the river Alne; thence by Wootton, to tlie 
north (ide of Stratford ; there is a branch by Billefley to 
the (tone quarries 1 near Temple Grafton: and another to 
the quarries near Tanworth : the total length cf the canal, 
,-exclufive of the branches, is twenty-four miles and a half, 
with'309 feet fall to Stratford. The branch, to Tanworth 
is near two miles and a half, and level ; that to Grafton 
Field is near four miles, with twenty feet rife in the lafi 
mile and a half. The rates are : For all coal, coke, iron- 
ftone, timber, and other goods, (except (lag-done, carried 
cm that part of the canal which is between Salter’s-lane in 
the parifh of A (Ion Cantloe and Strantford, and upon the 
branch to Grafton-field ; and except coal for the purpofe 
of burning limb on that part of the canal which is between 
Salter’s-lane and Ccpmafs-hill, or upon the branch to 
Temple Grafton, and alfo except lime and lime-ftone,) 
one penny halfpenny per ton per mile, and fo in proportion 
for lefs than a ton or lefs titan a mile. For all lime and 
lime-flone, carried on this canal between the Birmingham 
and Worcelier canal and Salter’s-lane, or upon the cut to 
Tanworth, one halfpenny per ton per mile, and fo in pro¬ 
portion. For all lime and lime-ftone, carried between 
Salter’s-lane and Stratford, or upon the branch to Temple 
Grafton, one penny halfpenny per ton, and fo in proportion 
for lefs than a ton. For all flag-ftones, and coal for the pur¬ 
pofe of burning lime only, carried between Salter’s-lane and 
Copmafs-hiil; or on thecut to Temple Grafton, four-pence 
per ton, and fo in proportion. Exemptions: paving ftones, 
gravel, fand, &c. for making and repairing of roads; dung, 
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foil, marl, or other manure, (lime and lime-flone excepted,$ 
for the improvement only of the grounds of any perlon 
whofe lands (hall be taken for the purpofes of this canal ; 
provided the fame do not pafs any lock unlefs the,water 
(hall flow over the wafte weir. 
Stainforth and Keadsy Canal, 
Commences at the river Dun, about a mile to the weft: 
of Fiflilake, and runs parallel with the river oppofite to 
Thorn ; whence, in a line nearly due eaft,, it pafies Crowle 
and Keadby, where it joins the river Trent. There is a 
branch of about a mile acrofs Thorn-common to Hangman- 
hill, which joins the river Dun. The total length of this 
canal is between fourteen and fifteen miles, and running 
through a part of the fenny country lias little elevation, and 
no lockage, except out of the rivers at the extremities. 
The rates are : Forevery ton of fir timber, deals,, afh, elm, 
oak, per mile, one penny. For every ton of coals, fleck, 
cinders, culm, charcoal, and lime, three farthings. Forevery 
ton of lime-ftone, per mile, one halfpenny. For every ton 
of other forts of (tone, iron-ftone, flags, paving-ftone, (late, 
iron, pig-iron, bar-iron, old-iron, eaft-metal, bricks, and 
tiles, per mile, one penny. For every quarter of wheat, 
beans, peafe, vetches, lintels, rape, line, cole, and muftard, 
feed, apples, pears, onions, and potatoes, carried the whole 
length of the canal, and in the fame proportion for a lefs 
diftance, four-pence. Tor every quarter of barley, carried 
as above, three-pence. For every quarter of malt or oats, 
carried as above, two-pence. For every ton of groceries, 
linen or woollen yarn, cotton, flax, hemp, wares, merchan¬ 
dise, Sec. per mile, one penny halfpenny. For every boat 
which (hall navigate only between Stainforth-lock and 
Hangman-hill, fix-pence per ton. Exemptions: all dung 
or other manure (except lime) produced in any of the pa- 
rifhes through which the canal palles. Alfo all turfs and 
peats dug from Thorn-peat-moors, or the Peat-moors of 
Crowle and Keadby, which (hall be navigated to the river 
Dun ; but, if the fame be navigated to the river Trent, then 
(hall pay one penny per ton per mile. Al(o in recompence, 
on luch articles as may want craneage and porterage, fix- 
pence. 
Ulverstone Canal. 
The length of this canal is about one mile and a half, in¬ 
tended altogether for the conveniences of the trade of Ul- 
verftone, by having an intermediate communication with 
the Irilh fea, with proper bafons, wharfs, Sec. neceftary for 
tl'.e ufes of the (hipping and merchandife. The following 
are the rates: For all merchants’ goods, bar-iron, pig-iron, 
timber, coals, Sec. fix-pence per ton. For all (late, lime, 
iron-ftone, iron-ore, and all kinds of ores, four-pence per 
ton. Forevery veil'd continuing in the bafonordock longer 
than four days after the cargo is difeharged, one penny .per 
ton per week, to be computed from the regifter of the vef- 
lel. For goods remaining longer on wharfs than twenty- 
four hours, a reafonable allowance to be made. 
Union Canal. 
This canal commences at, and joins, the river Soar na¬ 
vigation on the weft fide of Leicefter, and for near three 
miles, that is to Aylefton, runs with a few deviations in the 
courfe of that river; from Aylefton the whole running a 
foutherly courfe pafies Glen Parva, Wigfton, Newton 
Harcourf, Widow, and Saddington, where is a tunnel of 
forty chains; from this tunnel milking an elbow it pafies 
Foxton, where is another tunnel of forty-eight chains, paf- 
ling which is the branch to Market Harborongh ; from the 
above tunnel it makes a bend, erodes the river Welland, 
and pafies between MarftonTruflel and Hothorp, and turns 
up by Eaft Farndon and Oxendon Magna, where is a (mail 
tunnel of thirteen chains; near which is the refervoir for 
the fummit level, fupplied by the Oxendon brook. From 
Oxendon it goes near Kelmarfh, where it paffes another 
tunnel of forty-five chains, and proceeds by Maidwell, 
Lamport, Hanging Houghton, Brixworth, and parallel with 
that branch of the river Non, called the Northern river; 
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