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 Edward Knapp, a third act, which is entitled, An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual the several Acts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth of King Charles the Second, and of the Seventh of his present Majesty, relating to the Navigation of the River Itchin, in the county of Southampton, and for improving the Navigation thereof, and for ascertaining the Rates of Carriage, Riverage, and Wharfage payable thereon, was obtained in 1795, these rates were adopted as approved of by the proprietor and the inhabitants of Winchester. By this act also, Mr. D'Arcy engaged to make the river navigable from Woodmill to the Roman Ditch, by widening the same, and also to render the same ditch navigable by diverting the river from its old bed into the Roman Ditch aforesaid; the navigation was also vested in Mr. D'Arcy, and he was authorized to demand the following

TONNAGE RATES.
By this act also the navigation is declared to consist of one hundred and sixty equal shares or parts, any or all of which the said Mr. D'Arcy, his heirs or assigns, may dispose of. Persons purchasing the same are entitled to proportional shares of the rents and profits, deducting annuities and various other incumbrances on the same, which Mr. D'Arcy undertakes to liquidate. By this and the former acts, the proprietors of the river were also appointed sole carriers thereon; but, in the year 1801, when the property fell into the hands of Mr. George Hollis of Winchester, and Mr. Harry Baker of Westminster, these gentlemen consented to relinquish the power thus vested in them; and accordingly a fourth act was obtained in 1802, which is styled, An Act for explaining, amending, and rendering more effectual several Acts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth of Charles the Second, and of the Seventh and Thirty-fifth of his present Majesty, relating to the Navigation of the River Itchin, in the county of Southampton. By this act the river is declared navigable by all persons; and the wharf at Northam is free to the public for taking in lading or to land the same,