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 for this undertaking was made by Mr. J. 0. Blackett and Mr. J. Stedholme, under the direction of Benjamin Thompson, Esq. who estimated the cost at £272;633, 0s. 10d.; of which the item for bridges alone amounts to £49,950, 3s. 9d.

The subscribers are to be allowed £4 per cent, as interest on the sums advanced, till the annual dividends shall amount to that sum per cent. The usual clauses are inserted in this act, and the tonnage rates are declared as below.

TONNAGE AND CARRIAGE RATES.
For all Persons, Cattle and other Animals, according to such Rates as the Company shall determine.

The company, if they should build bridges at Corby and Scotswood, which under certain restrictions they may do, are entitled to receive, in addition to the above tonnage rates, a pontage on