1810.] 
The greatest possible tonnage that 
ean be taken on cach of these Canals, is: 
per ton, per mile, 
1. For goods and general oti 
merchandize — - f et 
2. Corn and grain, flour, 
malt, meal, timber, 2d. 
bar-iron and lead 
8. Coais, culm, coke, cin-’} 
ders, charcoal, iron- 
stone, pig-iron,iron, 
copper, and lead U td 
ores, lime, lime- Zi 
stone, and other 
stone, bricks, and 
tiles = f 
and Wilts and Berks Canals. 
535 
Z per ton, per mile. 
4. Hay, straw, dung, peat, 
and peat-ashes. and 
for all materials in- 
tended to be used 
as manures, and for 
repairs of roads, _ 
calculating, therefore, on the highest 
tonnave, the expence on each line of 
Canal will stand thus -— 
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Wilts and Berks Line. 4 Sa, 
K. and A. Capal, to Semington, 15 miles, at 24 per ton, ner mile - 3 114 
W. and B. ditto to Abingdon, 52 miles, at ditto - : 10 10 
a : oe Li oonO rong locks at ods i - i 
River Thames to Reading Old Tek te wee , Pee) 
16 84 
Kennet and Avon Line. 
KK. and A. Canal to Newbury, 57 miles, at 24 per ton, per mile 41 104 
Ruver Kennet to Reading, 18} miles = eigie 4 0 
15 104, 
This leaves, in the first instance, 10d. a 
ton in favour of the K. and A, line. 
To equalize this, the W. and B. com- 
pany must reduce their tonnage to 10s, 
instead of 10s. 10d. For observe, on 
the K. and A. line, neither the whole, 
nor any part of the tonnage, can be re- 
duced to meet a competition, because 
the whole line is in the hands of those 
interested to make such a reduction; 
but on the W. and B. line, a part is in 
the hands of their competitors, whovwill 
take the full tonnage; and no_ partial 
reduction can take place on that part of 
the Thames, exclusively, on which they 
navigate: therefore any reduction of 
tonnage, in case of a competition, must 
be made by themselves ; that is, mest 
be deducted from the receipts arising 
from their own part of the line of na- 
vigation, 
But farther: after the tonnages are 
equalized, the distances and consequent 
expenses of boating cannot be reduced ; 
Wilts and Berks Line. Sud 
K. and A. Canal, 15 miles 3 it 
W. and B. reduced tonnage 10 0 
Thames - - 2 9 
Boating 99 miles, at 24d. Oe et 
per ton, perinile « : 
£1 16 6 
111 63 
Leavingin favourofK.andA.O 4 112 
and therefore, the Wilts and Berks com- 
pany must, to equalize the joint expenses 
of boating and tonnage on the K. and 
A. line, be under the necessity of making 
still greater reductions in their tonnage, 
to meet a competition, even without 
reference to the longer time they must 
be on their voyage. This argument 
will have additional weight when it is 
considered, that the K. and A. barges 
of sixty tons, are navigated at a chéaper 
rate per ton, than W.and B. boats of 
twenty-five tons; and that the boating 
on the Thames is attended with a greater 
average expense than on the Canals. 
Again: the expenses of boating fur 
the extra twenty-three miles, must be 
subtracted from their own tonnage. 
Now, supposing these expenses to cor- 
respond with those of the Grand Trunk 
Canal, which include the boat-master’s 
profit, and being taken on twenty-five 
ton boats, are equally favourable to both 
lines, they will stand thus: 
Kennet and Avon Line. Shs un he 
Tonnage to Reading - 15.4.0 
Boating 754, at 24d. at 15° 68 
ton, per mile = - 
Nika 62, 
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