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 Place, (the seat of Sir Edward Hales, Bart.) by the village of St. Stephen's, to St. Dunstan's, near the city of Canterbury. The length of the original line was six miles, one furlong and three chains, and the estimate for making it was made by Mr. John Dixon, and amounted to the sum of £29,400.

A company, consisting of twenty-four persons, (amongst whom were Sir Henry Montresor, K.C.B. and General Ramsay,) obtained an act in 1825, entitled, An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from the Sea Shore at or near Whitstable, in the county of Kent, to, or near to, the city of Canterbury, in the said county, by which they were incorporated by the name of "The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Company," with power to raise among themselves the sum of £31,000, in shares of £50 each, (of which £25,000 was subscribed before going to parliament,) with unlimited power, under the act, for borrowing any additional sum on mortgage of the undertaking.

TONNAGE GRANTED BY THIS ACT.
Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Mile, and as for a Quarter of a Ton.