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 goods, &amp;c. conveyed on the railway and over the bridges connected therewith; they are also to charge, for the passage of carriages over the general road-way to be made over Scotswood Bridge, the following

PONTAGE RATES.
The Prices of Carriage for small Parcels to be determined by the Company,

This is an important project, and one which, though very expensive in the commencement, is considered likely to repay the spirited persons who have ventured to undertake it.

NEWPORT PAGNELL CANAL.
54 George III. Cap. 98, Royal Assent 17th June, 1814.

THIS canal was designed, as the preamble of the act declares, for the purpose of forming a communication with the Grand Junction Canal. The act was obtained in 1814, under title of 'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from Newport Pagnell to the Grand Junction Canal, at Great Linford, in the county of Buckingham.' The proprietors are incorporated as "The Company of the Proprietors of the Newport Pagnell Canal," and have the usual powers granted to such companies. Water for the supply of this canal may be taken from the Grand Junction Canal, under certain restrictions, the Newport Company making a lock at the union of the canals, with its upper gates 1 foot above the top water level of the Grand Junction, such lock to be maintained at the cost of the Newport Company.