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 Birmingham Canal, received the royal assent on the 17th June, 1793; it is entitled, An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from the Dudley Canal, in the county of Worcester, to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, now making at or near Selly Oak, in the said county; and also certain collateral Cuts to communicate therewith. The new subscribers to this extension are incorporated and made part of the Dudley Canal Company, who are hereby empowered to raise £90,000, in nine hundred shares of £100 each, and an additional sum of £40,000, if necessary.