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Wandsworth to Croydon, so that loaded waggons may pass under the same; the span of the arch under such aqueducts to be full 16 feet wide. The company may make rollers, inclined planes, railways, waggon-ways, and cranes, if the conveyance of goods over any part of the projected line should require it; such rollers, ,&amp;c. to be considered as part or parts of the said canal or branches. If the cut into Greenland Dock should be made, the proprietors are to pay certain sums to be agreed upon by them and the proprietors of the dock, for the use thereof for vessels on this canal. This act also provides that the company shall receive the following

TONNAGE RATES.
And in Proportion for more or less than a Ton, and more or less than a Mile.

Vessels passing in or out of any Outlet or Lock communicating with the Thames, to pay according to their Tonnage as for One Mile; which Charge shall never be calculated for less than Five Tons. The same Quantum of Rate to be paid for every Vessel passing up or down any Inclined Plane.

Vessels entering any other company's basins, and landing or taking in goods, shall pay the following rates.

RATES.
This last Rate is to be deducted from the gross Amount of Toll, provided the Vessel so charged shall afterwards proceed along the whole Line or collateral Cut.

Fractions of a Quarter of a Ton or a Quarter of a Mile to be reckoned as a Quarter of a Ton and a Quarter of a Mile. Fifty Cubic Feet of Fir, Balk, Poplar, Deal or Birch; Fifty Cubic Feet of Round, and Forty Cubic Feet of Square Oak, Ash, Elm, Beech, or other Timber not cut into Scantlings, to be estimated as One Ton; One Hundred and Twelve Pounds Avoirdupois of all other Goods, Wares, Merchandize, or Things whatsoever, tobe considered One Hundred Weight; and Two Thousand Two Hundred and Forty Pounds Weight of the same, One Ton. Rates for conveying small Parcels to be fixed by the Proprietors; and Goods remaining on the Wharfs above Twenty-four Hours to be paid for according to Bargain between said Company and the Owners.

The act further provides that £2, 2s. shall be paid as a fine or acknowledgment to the mayor and commonalty of London, for the liberty of opening a communication between the canal and the