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 also provided that the port of Lancaster shall from time to time be cleansed and scoured, and the entrance from the sea kept clear and open.

A fourth act was obtained in 1807, entitled, 'An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual several Acts, for improving the Navigation of the River Loyne, otherwise Lune, and for building a Quay or Wharf near Lancaster, in the county palatine of Lancaster.' By this act it appears that the commissioners cannot, out of the present rates, pay the interest, &amp;c. due from their trust, or carry on and uphold the necessary works, they are therefore empowered to take, in lieu of all former rates, except the light-house dues, which are to continue the same, the following

TONNAGE RATES.
The same Exemptions as before are made by this Act, and Vessels conveying Coal or Fuel are also declared free from the Dues or Rates.

By this act the commissioners are empowered to appoint or license a sufficient number of pilots to conduct vessels in and out of the port, and to enforce the pilotage dues from all masters of vessels refusing to take on board a pilot, licensed according to the powers of this act.

MACCLESFIELD CANAL.
7 George IV. Cap. 30, Royal Assent 11th April, 1826.

DURING the progress of the Peak Forest Canal, it appeared desirable that another should be made between the summit levels of that work and of the Trent and Mersey Canal, thereby forming a more direct communication between the southern canals and the town of Manchester; no resolution, however, was come to on this subject before the year 1825, when a line was determined upon,