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For all Articles conveyed between the River Ouze and Monkbridge only, double Rates may be demanded.

If Goods remain on the Wharfs belonging to the Company a longer Time than Twenty-four Hours, an Allowance to be made for the same.

Vessels under Twenty-five Tons not to pass Looks without leave, or without paying for that Amount.

Land-owners may make Wharfs and charge Two-pence per Ton for all Goods remaining on them for any Period under Six Days.

The act of the 41st George III. is entitled, An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, entitled, An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Communication from the Junction of the River Foss with the River Ouze, at or near the city of York, to Stillington Mill, in the parish of Stillington, in the North Riding of the county of York; and for draining and improving certain Low Lands lying on each side of the said River Foss, so far as the said Act relates to the said Navigation; and for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the said Navigation to complete the same. It was obtained chiefly for the purpose of raising money to complete the navigation, the company having failed in their endeavour to borrow the sum of £10,000, which the former act authorized them to do. This act therefore directs that the above-mentioned sum shall be raised by the admission of new subscribers, or by calls on the proprietors in proportion to their respective shares; and if £10,000 is not sufficient, they may borrow, on mortgage of the rates, the further sum of £10,000; and if the funds are insufficient to complete the navigation to Stillington Mill, the company are authorized to terminate this navigation at Sheriff Hutton Bridge.

This act further empowers the company to demand an additional tonnage rate, equal to half the former rate, whenever the nett profits of the navigation are below four per cent. upon the outlay.

The object of this navigation is the conveyance of coal and general merchandize into the interior of the county north of York; and to export the surplus agricultural produce. It serves, also, to drain the low grounds in the immediate vicinity of York, for which a drainage tax is annually levied upon the adjoining land.