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EXEMPTION FROM TOLL.
Straw, Muck, Marl, Clay, or other Manure, and Materials for the repair of the Mills upon the River

As the navigable part of the North River and River Bure, from the head of this navigation, at Aylsham, to the sea at Yarmouth, is, by its course, forty-two miles, and as it passes through one of the finest agricultural districts of which this kingdom can boast, the advantages arising from the facilities it affords for the export of the natural productions of its vicinity are incalculable. The towns of Aylsham, Cawsham, Reepham, and the immediate neighbourhood, participate, perhaps, more directly in the advantages thus derived.

BURE, YARE AND WAVENEY RIVERS, AND YARMOUTH HAVEN.
22 Charles II. C. 16, R. A. 11th Apr. 1670.

9 Geo. IC. 10, R. A. 22nd Mar. 1722.

20 Geo. II, C. 40, R. A. 17th June, 1747.

23 Geo. II. C. 6, R. A. 14th Mar. 1749.

12 Geo. III. C. 14, R. A. 1st April, 1772.

As these rivers and the harbour of Yarmouth are under one description of management, and the principal legislative enactments relating to them are, with only one exception, combined, the description of them will be given under the above title. The first act of parliament relating to a part of these navigations, occurs in the 22nd Charles II. and is entitled,  'An Act for making navigable the Rivers Brandon and Waveney,'  in which commissioners were appointed to carry the act into execution, and to ascertain the damage done to the banks of the said rivers, by the haling of vessels thereon; so that it clearly appears that the River Waveney was navigable previous to this early date; but as this river became subsequently under the control of commissioners appointed by the corporations of Yarmouth, Norwich, and the magistrates of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, it is not necessary to enter into the earlier provisions of the above recited act. The first act, therefore, in which is embodied the necessary power for rendering the whole of the above-mentioned rivers navigable, is the 9th George I. which is entitled,  'An Act for clearing, depthening, repairing, extending, maintaining and improving the Haven and