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 defect was obviated by the formation of the Rochdale Canal. With this impression a survey was made, in the year 1793, by Mr. Nicholas Brown; and the measure obtained legislative sanction in an act, entitled, '''An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from and out of the Canal of Sir John Ramsden, Bart. at or near the town of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the county of York, to join and communicate with the Canal Navigation from Manchester to or near Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham, at or near the town of Ashton-under-Lyne aforesaid, in the county palatine of Lancaster.''' Under the above act the proprietors, who are incorporated by the title of the "Huddersfield Canal Company," are enabled to raise in shares of £100 each, the sum of £184,000; and in case such sum should prove insufficient, they may raise £90,000 in addition, amongst themselves, or by creating new shares, or by mortgage. By the same act the following are to be collected as

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions of a Mile to be taken as a Mile; of a Ton as the Quarters of a Ton contained therein; and of a Quarter as a Quarter.

Wharfage Rates to be demanded by the Company, or others having Wharfs on the Line of the Canal, shall not exceed Three-pence per Ton for the Space of Ten Days, after which Time an Additional Charge may be made for every succeeding Day of One Half-penny per Ton per Day. Vessels of less than Ten Tons are not to pass a Lock when the Water does not run over the Weir, nor of Fifteen Tons when it does, without Leave of the Company's Agent, to be given in Writing.

The company are required to make reservoirs for supplying the canal, sufficient to contain not less than twenty thousand locks of water, each lock containing one hundred and eighty cubic yards; but none of this water, except in times of flood, is to be taken from rivers on the line. In case Sir John Ramsdensustains