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 rates, there shall be demanded according to the following list, for goods, &amp;c. conveyed on the canal from the Humber to and above the lock, called the Basin Lock, as in the first column of the list, and for all goods, &amp;c. conveyed a less distance, as in the second column of the said list.

LIST OF TONNAGE RATES BEFORE REFERRED TO.
And so in Proportion for a greater or less Quantity than above.

if Goods remain on the Wharfs or in the Warehouses for more than Twenty-four Hours and not exceeding Six Days, the Company may charge the Owners Three-pence per Ton, over and above the Tonnage Rates for the same.

Provision is also made for keeping the water of the River Ludd at a certain level, and for protecting the low lands between Tetney Haven and Alvington Out Fen. After the debt charged upon the work shall have been paid off, the commissioners and their successors, named and appointed in the act, may invest any part of the surplus monies, not exceeding £3,000 in each year, in the Public Funds or Exchequer Bills, as a fund for repairs.

There are other clauses for the protection of private property, which being such as are usually inserted, it is needless here to enumerate.

This, as far as it extends, is an useful work, and highly beneficial to the town of Louth, and the adjoining district.