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142 facilitate the conveyance of lime, coal and general merchandize to and from the said city. Having been now some time finished, its advantages are duly felt; and when the railway, proposed between Newcastle and Carlisle, (for the making of which an act received the royal assent during the last session of parliament,) is effected, it will materially increase the revenues derived from this undertaking.

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Mile, and as for a Quarter of a Ton.

Vessels passing through Locks to pay for Forty Tons, whether they have as much or not, provided there is sufficient Water for such a Weight.

WHARFAGE RATES.
Forty Cubic Feet of Light Goods to be deemed a Ton.

CARDIFF CANAL.
(SEE /Glamorganshire Canal.)

CARMARTHENSHIRE RAILWAY.
42 George III. Cap. SO, Royal Assent 3rd June, 1802.

THIS railway commences from the River Bury, near a place called The Flats, in the parish of Llanelly, and takes a northerly direction by Stradey Furnace, and up the valley of the Lliedi or Morfa Bach River, by Pandyback and Gynhydre Farm; thence, in an easterly course, crossing the Gwendraeth Faur River, 'to Castell-y-Garreg Limestone Quarries, in the parish of Llanfihan-gel-Aberbythich. It is in length sixteen miles; and upon the line, for the purpose of carrying the same on a more gradual inclination, are many deep cuttings and embankments; among