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  'Derby.'  The proprietors of this canal and railways were incorporated by the name of "The Derby Canal Company," with power to raise among themselves the sum of £60,000, in six hundred shares of £100 each, and a further sum of £30,000, if necessary. The dividends of this concern are not to exceed eight per cent.; and after the sum of £4,000 is accumulated for the purpose of meeting any emergency, the rates are to be reduced, so that the profits may be no more, in future, than eight per cent.

TOLL ON THE RAILWAYS.
Boats laden with Straw, Corn in the Straw, or Hay, or any Kind of Manure, shall not pass a Lock without consent, unless the Water be running over the Waste Weir.

Lime and all other Articles navigated on the Erewash, and afterwards brought on the Derby Canal, One-half only of the Rates and Duties which they are empowered to charge under the Act of the 17th George III. but, should the Derby Canal Company ever permit any other Canal or Railway to be made between the Erewash Canal and the Town of Derby, in such Case, the Erewash Canal Company will be entitled to demand the full Toll granted by the above-mentioned Act. The Tonnage Rates on the Trent Navigation are also reduced in the same Proportion, upon all Goods which shall not have been carried on the Trent for a greater Distance than Three Miles, and which shall be carried on the Derby Canal, on the North Side of the Grand Trunk Canal.

EXEMPTION FROM TOLL.
Gravel and Sand for making and repairing any public Roads (Turnpike Roads excepted,) in any Township through which the Canal or Railways shall pass; also Dung, Soil, Marl, Ashes of Coal or Turf, and all other Manure (except Lime,) to be used only on the Lands in any Township through which the Canal or Railways pass; also Puncheons, Clogs, or other Wood to be used under ground in any of the Collieries on the Line of Canal, &amp;c. provided Three Hours Notice be given, and that they do not pass a Lock, except at such Times as when the Water flows over the Waste Weir.