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TONNAGE RATES.
Wharfage Rates to be determined by the Company.

A junction having been proposed between the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and this canal, it is provided, that the proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation are exempted from all rates for conveying stone on this canal, when the water flows over the lock weirs, such stone being for the repair of the banks, &amp;c. of the said Mersey and Irwell Navigation; and the proprietors of this canal may lock down into the Mersey and Irwell without paying any rates or dues, for any distance between Hunt's Bank and Throstle Nest. When this company's vessels pass below the first lock on the Irwell, they are to pay the following

TONNAGE RATES.
Additional Rates to the same Amount as above may be demanded by the Mersey and Irwell Company, when the Rate of Carriage between Liverpool and Manchester shall be Six Shillings per Ton.

Proprietors of mines may make cuts to communicate with the canal. Lords of manors, and proprietors of land on the line may build wharfs, cranes, weigh-beams and warehouses, and if not, then the company may build the same. Proprietors of wharfs may demand the following

WHARFAGE RATES.
Coal, Iron and Lime-stone may remain for Three Weeks on the Wharf ; the other Goods may remain not longer than Six Days, without paying an additional Sum of One Penny per Ton for the next Thirty Days.

The company having received the powers above recited, commenced their operations; but after having carried on the work for some time, it was found that not only the sums, directed