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HE Committee proceeded in the first instance to inquire how far the Science of propelling Carriages on common roads, by means of Steam or mechanical power, had been carried into practical operation; and whether the result of the experiments already made had been sufficiently favourable to justify their recommending to The House that protection should be extended to this mode of conveyance, should the Tolls imposed on Steam Carriages, by local Acts of Parliament, be found prohibitory or excessive.

In the progress of their inquiry, they have extended their examination to the following points on which the chief objections to this application of Steam have