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 end of the town of Daventry, and another, for the same purposes, to branch therefrom in the parish of Gayton, in the county of Northampton, to join the navigation of the River Nen, at Northampton; a third cut from the parish of Cosgrove, to join the turnpike road leading to London, at Old Stratford, in the same county; and a fourth branch, extending from Rickmansworth to Watford, both in Hertfordshire. It is provided, by one of the clauses of this act, that, in passing through Osterley Park, the estates of J. Robinson, Esq. the Duke of Northumberland, and James Clitheroe, Esq. the towing-paths shall be on the north, north-east, and east side of the canal, and that no water shall be taken from those domains to the use of the canal. Reservoirs are also to be provided for supplying the Rivers Gade, Colne, and Bulbourne, with as much water as may be taken from them for its use, and the same provision is made for the River Brent. From the Thames to Bax's Mill, the owners of wharfs, warehouses, &amp;c. are not to pay any rates or tolls of this canal, not even the duty of one half-penny per ton, which, it will be seen below, is granted to the city of London; and it is further enacted, that waste water from this canal shall be so carried from the summit at Marsworth, as neither to impede the navigation of the Brent, nor inconvenience the owners of wharfs, &amp;c. on it. By this act the following are allowed as

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions to be considered as One Mile, and all Fractions of a Ton to be taken according to the Quarters of a Ton contained therein.

Forty Cubic Feet of Oak, Ash, or Elm, and Fifty Cubic Feet of Fir, Deal, Plank, Poplar, Beech or Birch, to be rated as One Ton; One Hundred and Twenty Pounds, Avoirdupois, of Coal or Coke, as One Hundred Weight; and One Hundred and Twelve Pounds of any other Article.

Proprietors may fix the Price of Carriage for any Parcel not exceeding Five Hundred Weight. affixing the same on every Wharf of the said CanaL