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TONNAGE RATES CONTINUED.
Proportionate Charges to be made for less than a Ton.

If, after the completion of the canal, from its junction with the Oxford Canal to Old Stratford, the tolls to the Oxford do not amount to £5,000 a year, the deficiency shall be made good by the Grand Junction Company; and if, after the communication is opened between the Oxford Canal and the Thames, or after the 1st January, 1804, the rates shall not secure to the Oxford Canal Company the sum of £10,000 a year, the deficiency shall be made good by this company within three months; it being understood that the Oxford Canal is kept in good condition.

We have mentioned above, the toll of one half-penny per ton, to be paid for goods going in or out of this canal from the Thames, and the toll of equal amount due to time municipal authorities of London; if these rates do not amount annually to £200 from 30th April to Midsusnmer, 1795, and to £500 for the year ending Midsummer, 1796; £600 for the year 1797, and so on, increasing by £100 each year, till 1801, when the sum of £1,000 is to be paid to the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons, or those whom they shall appoint, the deficiency shall be made up by the company; and if the said tolls exceed the said sums, then the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons shall pay to the said company the surplus for the purposes of the act; but after 1801, the excess above £1,000 per annum shall belong to the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of London. A penalty of £50 is to be levied, if coals, culm, or cinders are brought by this canal, nearer to London than the mouth of the tunnel at Langley Bar.

In 1794, about a year after the granting of the first act, a second was obtained, entitled, An Act for making certain navigable Cuts from the towns of Buckingham, Aylesbury, and Wendover, in the county of Buckingham, to communicate with the Grand Junction Navigation authorized to be made by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, and for amending the said Act.